Tools, Tones and Toys for Guitarists
The Durham Sex Drive. Named as such, as it was initially made for Charlie Sexton. This is actually one of the first builds I ever did with an IC using the layout from Guitar FX Layouts – it’s a nice easy one, and it sounds great too. Despite having a compression switch, it’s really … Read more
The Durham Sex Drive is a pretty versatile Tube Screamer variation. It can go from clean boost to medium overdrive. The traditional input and output buffers have been removed and there’s a toggle switch (SPDT on/off/on) to select between different clipping options–hard, off, and soft. Pots are board mounted and it’ll fit snuggly in a … Read more
Original info: “I designed the SEX DRIVE pedal to fulfill the very particular needs of good friend Charlie Sexton. The goal was to build a “clean-boost” pedal that would supply additional bottom end and sustain when needed. The pedal would have to provide a boost that would not alter the original quality of the amplifiers … Read more
For Fuzz Friday here’s an really interesting circuit from Durham that’s both an overdrive and a fuzz. As the name implies helps you get some Neil Young tones, but does a lot more than that. The input stage features soft clipping in the feedback loop of an opamp, much like a Tube Screamer. The 2nd … Read more
I noticed we didn’t have this one in the library yet. The circuit is rather interesting mash of different bits and pieces. TS-styled clipping amp with serious sag called “Volts”, followed by two fuzz face style (with some features from the bazzfuss) circuits in series, which is followed by Big Muff-styled tone control. Not your … Read more