Tools, Tones and Toys for Guitarists
This one was a request. I removed the input/output buffers and the original switching scheme to allow for true-bypass switching. There is one jumper (the original had 6!) and a couple things that bug me, but I’m probably the only one who would care, so I won’t worry about it. Update Feb 25, 2022: Had … Read more
Here’s another Lovepedal circuit. It’s similar to the Black Magic, adding a frequency control, and is supposed to sound like a Marshall amp.
This layout is for the distortion side of the Box of Rock. The Boost side is just a SHO. I’ve laid this effect out for top mounted pots like in my other Zvex layouts and should fit vertically in a 1590B. Pots are 1.1 inches (28mm) apart. Board dimensions: 3.2 x 1 in. or 81.3 … Read more
Being so similar to Wylde Signature and GT-OD, i can understand why this one was still missing from the library. Well. Up the 100n to 220n-1µ from inverting input of the driver amp to VRef and swap the clippers for LEDs. Should be worth your while…
Here’s a rare one that came in via the request folder. It’s a distortion/filter effect. Used live by guitarist Kevin Sheilds from My Bloody Valentine on “Sometimes,” this might be a must-build for shoegazer fans out there. Here’s a demo video of a clone with the 100k trim pot wired externally as a distortion control … Read more
With the exception of the IC BMP (’77, ’78) you can theoretically build just about any version of the Big Muff on any other version’s layouts, but the values listed in this one are for the Tall Font Green Russian version. This one is smaller than the BMP layout I did with on board pots … Read more
Nocentelli’s Bikini Wax is a shaved down Big Muff with the tone control and gain recovery stage removed. Play around with transistors and especially diodes to change the tone to your liking. Update 3/16/15: Since the layouts for the Green Russian Big Muff were derived from this one, and the Green Russian was missing a … Read more
Last post of 2014. Happy New Year, everybody! Here’s the early 80s DOD FX55 Distortion, without the original switching circuit so you can wire it for true bypass. The original used a TL062 dual op-amp, but the 2nd half of it wasn’t in the signal path all, so I went with the single TL061. The … Read more
Haven’t done a layout with board mounted pots in a while, so here’s the Lovepedal Black Magic. It’s a LM386 based distortion that tries to get achieve the “Brown Sound.” I added polarity protection and put the LED resistor on the board as well.
One of the many Plexi-in-a-pedal options out there, the Marvel Drive has parallel input stages allowing you to create your own blend between the normal “channel” and the treble “channel.” Gearmandude can show you better than I can try to explain it: