Drive Master – Tone Controlled Marshall Blues Breaker
The ‘Drive Master’ is a tone-controlled Marshall Blues Breaker. Sorry! but no PCB layout at the moment for it.
Distortion
Boob Tube V1.5
There have been a few requests for tube based pedals and this is one I did previously. Based around JuanSolo’s 12V Boob Tube which is a Valvecaster variant, but here with a 33 – 40V supply via a charge pump. Make sure you choose appropriate rated capacitors for the voltage. This is verified and apparently … Read more
Catalinbread DLS
Manufacturers info: The Dirty Little Secret is something we at Catalinbread have been harboring for quite a long time now and we’re finally ready after months of testing and refining to spill the beans… In essence, the DLS is a ‘foundation’ pedal – a sonic platform to build the rest of your sound upon. It … Read more
Catalinbread Formula No 5
Manufacturers info: The Formula № 5 was inspired by old tweed amps, most notably the 5E3 circuit. The character of the 5E3 is very unique. It has very minimal power filtering, low plate voltages, elemental tone stack, and does next to nothing to control the low end between gain stages, not to mention the under-rated … Read more
Catalinbread WIIO
Manufacturer’s info about the original: Sheer raw power. Dynamics that feel like a roundhouse kick to the chest. Incredibly responsive clean up with the flick of the wrist. This is the WIIO. The WIIO is an overdrive inspired by the powerfully unforgiving British amps from the ‘70s. Its all right there at your fingertips – … Read more
Catalinbread Rah
The marketing: The Catalinbread RAH was built specifically to nail Jimmy Page’s gigantic guitar tone from Led Zeppelin’s legendary 1970 performance at Royal Albert Hall. At the time, in contrast to the Marshalls that he eventually came to be associated with, Page was using Hiwatt heads on stage, modified for a bit of extra gain. … Read more
Catalinbread Heliotrope
Info from Catalinbread about the original: What do you call an effect that isn’t quite a Bit Crusher, or an Octave, or a Harmonizer, or a Ring Modulator, or a Lo-Fi dirt box/fuzz – but a bit of a blend of each? Yeah – we don’t know either, so we came up with “Harmonic Pixelator”. … Read more
Bearfoot Dyna Red Distortion
Info from the builder: The Dyna Red is a classic distortion that immediatley sounds familiar. What sets the DRD apart is that it also manages to mimic the FEEL of a healthy plexibasketweaver. While it is known for its crunchy classic rock distortion – it also has a very tasty ‘just above driven’ sound that … Read more
Menatone King of the Britains
Info from the Menatone about the original: The King of the Britains is based on the famous ’67-’68 plexi that was all the rage in the eighties, but, this King is all hopped up on STEROIDS. This little beast can take you from clean to scream at a twist of its Gain, or a turn … Read more
AMT B1 Legend
And so on to the next AMT pedal, this one is based on the Bognor Triple Giant Sharp Channel. I’ve included trimmers with this one to help bias the alternative JFETs so this may be a better one to start with if you’re interested in building an AMT pedal. I haven’t included the cab sim, … Read more