Distortion
PROCO: Rat, with mods
The humble Proco Rat – a staple of distortion throughout the 80s, and then later rediscovered by people that couldn’t afford expensive pedals or just liked the sound. By the way, I refuse to acknowledge the Rat as a fuzz pedal. Others may, but not me… Excellent analysis on Electrosmash if you have somehow missed it – link here The … Read more
BALMORAL ELECTRIC: Kool Thing Distortion
This is an LM386L based distortion that I’ve been playing with – I called it Kool Thing as I was testing it on one of my guitars that has an open tuning (DADDAD for the record), and I was getting a distinct Sonic Youth vibe – which is not all that surprising with that tuning. It’s basically … Read more
COLORSOUND: Tone Bender Distortion
I did a point to point layout for this some time ago, which was actually my first post for this blog. Full description via the link above. The Colorsound Tone Bender Distortion is more distortion than bender – there are zero similarities between a MKI, MKII or MKIII bender and this circuit. COLORSOUND TONE BENDER DISTORTION – … Read more
Dunwich Amplification Volt Thrower – Big box version
A bit hesistant to upload this one since there is an unknown cap value and pot value. But a quite a few people have requested this one so I guess a 95% accurate trace is ok? Traced by evilarsen, AlexS and myself. It is a Rat based circuit running on 9v/-9v up to 18v/-18v. It … Read more
PETE CORNISH: SS-2, Vero Layout, Modded Buffer, SS-3 Values
Like the very lengthy title below suggest, it’s a Pete Cornish SS-2 with mods. After finishing the SS-3, they’re almost the same, so I thought I would also do a SS-2 layout. Changes Swapped the Cornish buffer for a standard opamp based buffer Ran the reference voltage through the spare opamp Used a quad opamp … Read more
PETE CORNISH: SS-3 Soft Sustain, Vero Layout, Buffer Mod
The Pete Cornish SS-3 is one of my favourite overdrives – so I thought I might make another one with a different layout and buffer. Changes Swapped the Cornish buffer for a standard opamp based buffer Ran the reference voltage through the spare opamp Used a quad opamp instead of 2 x single op amps … Read more
Midnight Amplification Holy Mountain
Based on the Green Citrus Matamp amp emulator circuit but it have enough value changes to warrant its own layout. Based on a schematic from Dead End Fx.
