Tools, Tones and Toys for Guitarists
“Mad Professor Sweet Honey Overdrive (SHOD) is a super touch sensitive medium gain overdrive pedal. Distortion level can be controlled by pick attack and pickup strenght. Harder picking for overdrive and softer for cleaner tone. With the unique Focus control you can adjust the feel and dynamics of the pedal as well as overal EQ. … Read more
Info about the original: The Wampler Ecstacy uses a very simple control lay out but produces an incredible vasriety of tones that let your guitar do the talking thanks to transparency and awesome responsive gain that reacts just like a top end tube amp! Use the Ecstacy’s two band EQ (high and low), Smooth/Open/Crunch switch, … Read more
Many thanks to Equinox for supplying his traced PCB layout for us to create the schematic and layout from. This is based on the current version which I think was first released in 2011. Info about Brian’s fantastic original: Zeke Clark, Edward Van Halen’s longtime renowned guitar tech played through a pinnacle and this is … Read more
Another one for Miro because I know how much he loves JFETs! :o) Brian Marshall of Subdecay is one of those builders who adds a lot to the DIY community. He openly discusses the technology behind his products and has even corrected errors that have been made in schematics. The Liquid Sunshine is out of … Read more
Info from the Runoffgroove website: The Vox AC-30 amp is considered by many to be the defining sound of the British Invasion during the 1960s. The Top Boost circuitry provided crisp treble-laden overdrive that perfectly complemented the rich bass content. The English Channel is a JFET-based distortion stompbox that uses the same basic architecture as … Read more
Another great sounding pedal from Dave Barber, very well made and reasonably priced if you want the original. I have put all internal controls external with this for more flexible tweaking, and remember if you want to run this at 18V you need to select your caps appropriately. I’ve also seen a schematic for this … Read more
Short and sweet: The Pastrami Overdrive is well seasoned overdrive with great sustain. Delicious tone! FYA Electronics Moldy Meat Drive by mirosol Thanks mirosol for the first cheapy pedal mod, it sounds like this offers real improvements.
One for Miro: Crunchy distortion. The sound of the Slam Punk is what you would get from a contemporary British hi-gain stack.
