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DAM Buzzotron
For Fuzz Friday, here’s the D*A*M Buzzotron with a few modifications (based on H.A.’s suggestions).The Buzzotron is a tweaked Burns Buzzaround, which can also be built on this layout. What I’ve added is a master volume control and a ICL7660-based voltage inverter. This allows you to power the effect with a standard +9v supply and … Read more
D*A*M Flesh Head
Here’s a Tone Bender Mk. II variation from DAM for Fuzz Friday. Originals use PNP transistors are are positive ground effects, but it could be built with NPN transistors as well (negative ground). This varies from a Mk. II in that there is an added tone control (Flesh), and the fuzz control is a fixed … Read more
DAM Fuzzsound
Here’s four different versions of the DAM Fuzzsound, all of which are a mix of the MKIII & MKIV Tonebender. From the captain: Fuzz Sound MKIV (used to be badged as the MKIII) Basically a pimped out version of the Tone Bender MKIII and MKIV but with more tonal scope, more muscle and packing space … Read more
DAM Buzzotron
I was just reminded of this one on FSB and although there are already vero layouts available, I thought it was worth adding to the library for the sake of completeness. Positive ground so watch the daisy chaining or try the voltage inverter. David Main’s words: “This circuit is a little different to a stock … Read more
D*A*M/Emanating Fist Black Dust
For Fuzz Friday here’s another take on the classic Colorsound One-Knob Fuzz by Emanating Fist Electronics (a sister company of D*A*M). It’s fairly similar to the D*A*M Meathead, but with a few value changes. Here’s the schematic: Note that in earlier versions of this circuit, R4 is replaced by a 20k trim pot. So the … Read more
One-Knobber Project
I haven’t made a detailed project in a while, so for Fuzz Friday here’s the One-Knobber. It’s based on the old Dr. Tony Balls stripboard layout that covered the ColorSound One-Knob, D*A*M Meathead and Dark Meathead, and a one-knob adaptation of the ’66 Vox ToneBender, and I’ve added the Ritual fuzz by Black Arts Toneworks. … Read more
D*A*M Ezekiel 25:17
Here’s a non-Fuzz Face/Tone Bender offering from D*A*M for Fuzz Friday. It’s designed for bass, but sound great on guitar as well. It uses one half of a dual op amp to blend in clean signal, and the other half creates the distortion via soft clipping. You have 4 options for clipping diodes, germanium, silicon, … Read more
D*A*M Drag’n’Fly
For #FuzzFriday, here’s another D*A*M Fuzz Face variant, the Drag’n’Fly. This one is a silicon/germanium hybrid, using a BC337 silicon transistor for Q1 and a CV7112 germanium transistor for Q2 (but feel free to experiment with other transistors). I’ve laid this out for board mounted pots and the enclosure drilling template can be found here.
Vox ToneBender Mk I
You might look at this and think, “Gee, it’s just another Fuzz Face,” when in actuality, this pedal pre-dates the famous Dallas Arbiter stombox. (This is different from the Sola Sound ToneBender Mk I, as the Sola Sound has 3 transistors.) It was made in Italy for Vox and sounds like a Rangemaster and Fuzz … Read more