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D*A*M: Fuzzrong 69, 0.15” Vero Layout
This is a standard germanium Fuzzrite with a 250k depth pot instead of a 350k. I found the old layout while doing a clean-out and a correction and realised that I had not posted the 0.15” version. The layout is a copy of the D*A*M design – mind you, I’ve never actually seen the … Read more
D*A*M: Grand Magnus Orbiter (incomplete trace), Tag Board Layout
It’s a Tone Machine / Arbiter Doubler – let’s get that out of the way up front. Here’s the thread on the D*A*M forum for the Grand Magnus Orbiter Rainy day project for me, as I already have a Tone Machine that I’m happy with. Not sure I’d ever be up for a two-layer tagboard … Read more
D*A*M: Fuzz Sounds FS-77
A full description can be found here, which is the tagboard layout. I built mine on tagboard, but that isn’t for everyone, so the standard vero layout is below. D*A*M FUZZ SOUND FS-77 – VERO LAYOUT
DAM Black on Black
A super rare tonebender by DAM. Input stage is pretty much a Buzzaround preamp stage while the fuzz stage (Q3) is a 3 knob tonebender stage. The tonestack is slightly tweaked to be more focused on the lower mids.
D*A*M: Ezekiel 25:17 Low Frequency Distortion Generator, 0.15″ Vero Layout
So I just worked out why I purchased some Motorola MC1748CG tin can op amps – it was to make one of these. I’ve had them in my parts draw for a while, trying to remember what they were supposed to be for. I thought maybe the Hudson Sidecar, but no, I need a dual for that. Anyways, here … Read more
DAM FS-77 Fuzz Sound
Andy at the most excellent layout and resource blog Vero & Point-2-Point Layouts traced this interesting tonebender variant a few months ago. It is a tweaked Tonebender Mk. III/IV with an input cap blend control and a Big Muff tonestack with odd values. Schematic and tracing jornal is avaiable HERE. *EDIT 220429* Andy discovered a … Read more
D*A*M: Sonic Titan ST-07
This is as close as I could get to the original layout for the D*A*M Sonic Titan. It’s pretty much a JFET smashing the LM386 with level, but in the nicest possible way. I’ve read a 10k level pot can brighten things up a little. Apparently, this was on some of the earlier versions. There’s … Read more
D*A*M: Red Rooster Booster, Tag Board Layout
While I was thinking of what could be made with tag board off-cuts, this popped into my head. The D*A*M Red Rooster Booster is probably my all-time favourite booster – I’ve only ever made one, and it was so good I stopped there (it was a point-to-point npn version with trimmer). This is a PNP … Read more
D*A*M: FZ-678
As far as I know, only a handful of D*A*M FZ-678 were ever made, maybe 5 in total – it’s a variation on a Zonk Machine. It’s the same structure as a Zonk / MKI, but with a filter attached to the input. I haven’t made a layout for it, as it’s all there to … Read more