Fuzzrocious Rat Tail V2
Evilarsen traced a unit from 2015 last week and not surptisngly, it is a Rat derivate. However, the “One” and “Two” controls should give you more tonal options than a stock Rat.
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CODA FX: Black Hole Doom Machine
Could there be a better time than a super blood moon to post the Coda FX Black Hole Doom Machine? Yes, the super blood moon is a real thing, and it’s happening in my part of the world at the time of this post. Ominous astronomical omens aside – this is a JFET version of … Read more
DEAD ASTRONAUT: X Rock
The Dead Astronaut X Rock is a variation of the X Fuzz, which makes a mighty noise for a pretty small/simple circuit. It’s very loosely the first two stages of a Big Muff – so boost and clip with diodes across the base and collector. That’s about where all similarities end. DEAD ASTRONAUT X ROCK – … Read more
Dunwich Amplification Apostle (DIY version)
Schematic and BOM avaiable at OSH Park. Looks like a very interesting Matamp/Orange amp emulator running mostly at almost 36v with an active speaker simulator(?) and a “Mode” switch for two tonestacks. Each being at different locations in the circuit.
Dunwich Amplification DIY HM2 “2021 Edition”
Another take by Dunwich Amplification on the mighty HM2 circuit. Just released as a DIY project at OSH Park it has some tweaks all along the circuit compared to the stock Boss schematic. It also has a built in active clean blend circuit and switches for both hard and soft clipping diodes. Schematic and BOM … Read more
EARTHQUAKER DEVICES: Acapulco Gold
This is a nice easy one – think it might have been my first IC-based guitar pedal builds. The Earthquaker Devices Acapulco Gold is quite the beast. So loud… the 22k resistor going to volume 3 helps pull the level down a bit. It could even be a bit bigger or not there at … Read more
Dunwich Amplification CTG (DIY version)
Here we have a “little” monster layout for a DIY project that Dunwich Amplification just released at OSH Park. It is supposed to a emulate a part Al Cisneros of Sleep bass rig. It is basically three circuits in parallell, a DOD 250 Pre Amp, a Boss DS1 and a clean J FET boost with … Read more
LOVEPEDAL: Englishman, Point to Point Layout
Another Lovepedal, another Electra Distortion with big marketing claims… I found this one in my folders from a while back, so I thought I may as well do a quick update and post it incase someone is looking for an easy point to point effect build. LOVEPEDAL ENGLISHMAN – POINT TO POINT LAYOUT
GuitarPCB Plexi Plus
This was a request. Based on Ramble FX Marvel Drive but with some tweaks. Schematic and info HERE
INVENTIONS: 1981 DRV
The Inventions 1981 DRV is a modded Rat, and it’s a pretty nice one. If you wanted a more ‘hi-fi’ Rat, this would be it. It runs at 18v, which undoubtedly helps with the more open sound/dynamics compared to an original Proco Rat. There’s also a slight boost before the main op-amp, where the … Read more