Tools, Tones and Toys for Guitarists
Here’s a big one, and just so happens to be the 700th layout on the blog 😎—the OKKO Dominator distortion. It’s a couple of JFETs pushing an opamp with active EQ, with a charge pump. Originals use a switch to select the range of the mids control, but it’s easy to swap out for a … Read more
For Fuzz Friday here’s what most people think is the Cornish P2. It’s a slightly modified Ram’s Head Big Muff with flat mids and the Cornish buffer up front. If you want to use the Cornish bypass like the original check out the Cornish G2 layout for the bypass board. Also, this will be the … Read more
Got a request for this and an interesting circuit. Apparently it’s a simplified version of the MI Audio Tube Zone. Should be a good jumping off point for modding. Schematic on FSB.
Got a request for this one, and it’s an interesting Big Muff variant. If you’re a fan of Muse you’re probably already familiar with this one. There’s a germanium input stage followed by a fairly standard Big Muff circuit. Here’s the schematic for reference. It would be a tight squeeze in a 1590B even if you … Read more
Got a request for this one. It’s apparently a modified Bogner Ecstasy Red, which is a JFET adaption of the Red channel on the Bogner Ecstasy amp. Since it uses 2 footswitches, I went ahead and designed the board for a 1590BB with all 6 pots board mounted. The boost switch uses one side of … Read more
Got a request for this one, it’s a good addition to the collection. It’s Ibanez’s take on the RAT in their Power Series from the mid-late 80s. It’s very similar to the LM7 LA Metal circuit, with just a few value changes and omissions (detailed below). I removed the FET switching and output buffer to … Read more
Stumbled across this one and it seems pretty cool. It’s like an Escobedo Punch-in-the-Face sandwiched between two opamp gain stages, and is very similar to the Carl Martin Crush Zone. Wide range of gain and tones on tap as well. Pots are board mounted and it’ll fit in a 1590B.
An oldie, but a goodie (I assume–Jack designs good stuff). It’s a unique high gain design with a 3-band EQ. In Jack’s own words: It was made by combining the following circuit fragments: input gain stage is the Muffer, followed by the IC gain stage of the Fat Gnat, a tone control from the Fender … Read more
Here’s the newer version of the Angry Charlie with the 3-band EQ. Pretty much the Crunch Box with a 3-band Baxandall tone stack (similar to this) tacked onto the end. Pots are board mounted and it should squeeze nicely into a 1590B.
