Tools, Tones and Toys for Guitarists
Another day, another compressor layout… This is a Dan Coggins design, the Dinosaural OCT-201 Opticompressor, and the predecessor to the Thorpy Fat General, which was also designed by Dan. Not many of these are around, as it was only made in a short run. Schematic and tracing journal on Aion FX. DINOSAURAL OCT-201 OPTICOMPRESSOR – VERO … Read more
The Dinosaural OPA-101 Overdirven preamp is a variation (or improvement) on the Dinosaural Tube Bender. This is has the tone control like the the Aion FX version, but I did leave the output stage as a buffer as per the original. The filter itself is on the original which you can see on the schematic … Read more
In October 2003, Dan Coggins (formerly of Lovetone) released his first commercial pedal under the Dinosaural brand, called the Tube Bender. His design goal was to make something that was sort of a tonal hybrid of the Tone Bender and Tube Screamer, hence the name. And honestly, having listened to it, I’m not sure there’s … Read more
The Dinosaural Tube Bender from Dan Coggins of Lovetone fame, who now designs for Thorpy FX. The Thorpy Fat General compressor is actually a Dinosaural OTC-201 Opticompressor. You can read up on that here. This is the most recent trace from Aion Electronics. Aion do a pretty good job of tracing to say the least, … Read more