Death By Audio
DEATH BY AUDIO: Evil Fuzz
Thought I was overdue for a regular vero layout, as it has been a while – schematic available at PedalPCB. It has the usual DBA weirdness – upside down low-gain silicon transistors etc (reverse beta). DEATH BY AUDIO – EVIL FUZZ VERO LAYOUT
Death by Audio Black Card Fuzz Delay
Once again, Ian Sheridan sent me another one of those DBA business card circuits to trace.
Capitalist Death Cult Just. Give. Up. V2
Another contribution by Chris. This time he made some improvements and addons on a rare and wild Death by Audio circuit. Tone houndz…stay away! Chris says: I don’t know if this warrants its own post but I wanted to show it to you anyway since I was the one who verified your purple card drawing. … Read more
Death by Audio Germanium Filter
A while ago. Chris Stelloh sent me a Death by Audio germanium Filter to trace. The trace went pretty smootly and I sent the schematic to Chris and he made a vero layout out of it. However, this circuit requires some transistor and diode picking to work as intended. See Chris’s notes below… My … Read more
Death By Audio Assault System – Op Amp channel
…and here is the op amp channel. Schematic (might to a complete layout for both channels if there is interest. It will require some extra offboard wiring due to two separate bypass switches and an order switch….)
Death by Audio Assault System – Transistor channel
An old super rare DBA pedal which was a two channel fuzz. Here is the transistor channel which resmebles most older DBA designs; cascaded reverse beta transistor gain stages. Socketing your transistors is a must since you need to find ones that doesn’t gate too much. Also, there is a Filter control which is a … Read more
DEATH BY AUDIO: Supersonic Fuzz Gun
This was one of my first attempts at DIY guitar effects – and it was a spectacular failure (different layout, all my fault, no doubt). I feel like I need to revisit this one on the breadboard, and I do owe someone a nasty uncontrollable fuzz that oscillates… Again like a lot of early DBA, reverse beta transistors, the usual … Read more
Death by Audio Purple Card Fuzz
A big thanks to Ian for sending me a couple of these PCB to trace! This one is already verified by Chris Stelloh, thanks buddy!