Tools, Tones and Toys for Guitarists
Here’s an other heavy one. This one was designed by Martin (aka soulsonic) and is basically 3 transistor stages and a tone stack into a JFET gain recovery stage. The toggle switch selects between distortion and fuzz. The tone in Distortion mode is a big heavy, “Doom-y” sort of thing with alot of sustain. In … Read more
Here’s a cool DIY design of a Green (Mutamp) amp emulator. Four JFET stages with a 2-band EQ and a Boost control. Should be a nice easy fit in a 125B with the board mounted pots. Here’s the schematic for reference. Sound demo here.
The Hot Wired is a dual channel dirt box offering distortion and overdrive modeled after the tones used by Nashville session artist Brent Mason. I’ve laid it out for board mounted pots with the board mounted vertically in the enclosure. I laid it out with a 1590BB in mind, but you might be able to make … Read more
Original FSB thread and schematic available here. These are 2 separate effects in one box. Follow Mark’s Dual Offboard Wiring. 23/11/2017 Layout Updated! Added the 2 Inputs caps.
“The DRAGON HOUND is a dual overdrive + distortion pedal that combines the core circuits from the Alpha Dog and Pale Horse into one unique dirt box. Each circuit has a dedicated drive control, and the blend control can dial in saturated distortion tones that retain the clarity of an overdrive.“ You can find their … Read more
From the source: The JHS Twin Twelve is the first effects pedal to go after the sound of the short-lived but revered Silvertone 1484 Twin Twelve. Available through the Sears catalog from 1963 – 1967, the Twin Twelve was not regarded in its day as a premier amplifier. However, modern players looking for a vintage … Read more
From the source: The Wizard is a new distortion pedal, inspired by Tony Iommi’s guitar sound on the early Black Sabbath albums. It is well known that he used a modified Rangemaster to drive his amps, so the same principle was used for The Wizard. The first gain stage is essentially a Rangemaster, using a … Read more
From the source: Following the very well received Brute Drive, we are proud to introduce the newest pedal from EWS, the Little Brute Drive (LBD). From its small body, jumps out an intense distortion similar to its big brother, the Brute Drive. Its compact design takes us very little real estate. It will fit anywhere … Read more
Here’s a really cool distortion based on Providence Stampede and designed by Kurt Ballou of GodCity Studio. He’s actually made his business card a PCB you can build this circuit on, and if you can catch them while they’re in stock you totally should. But while they’re sold out, you can build one using this … Read more
Not much info on this. From what I’ve read from the BJFE forum is that the 3 knob Sparkling Yellow Overdrive was a short BJFE Customshop run that’s supposed to have that old school early American tones, think Fender Tweed, Blonde, and Brownface. Video of the 3 Knob Video of Bearfoot version of the 4 … Read more