Tools, Tones and Toys for Guitarists
I traced this one a while back and created the Lawn Darts PCB over on the store from it. About time I made a perf and etch layout. If a Rangemaster and an Electra ever got together and had a baby, the Arrows would be the baby. Should be an easy fit in a 1590A … Read more
Stumbled across this schematic on FSB. It’s a buffer/EQ/preamp for peizo pickups, specifically all Barcus-Berry electret microphone systems. I figured most would be building this into an instrument and not a pedal, so all the pots are off-board. If you’re planning on running it only off a 9v battery, you cab get away without the … Read more
This one was requested ages ago and I got halfway through laying it out, and then promptly forgot about it. It’s a power amp/speaker cabinet simulator, emulating a SLO power amp and a couple different speaker cabinets based on the value used for CX (see schematic for values). This layout follows the Rev4 schematic from the … Read more
Happy Fuzz Friday everyone! Got a request for this one put forth on FSB. It’s based on the ThroBak sTone Bender, which itself is just a straight clone of the Tone Bender Mk II Professional. The layout is setup for positive ground and PNP transistors. You can use a voltage inverter daughter board or flip any polarized … Read more
Here’s another one I was surprised I hadn’t drawn up before. Like the Custom Badass ’78 Distortion, it’s also based on an old Boss pedal—the SD-1. (Or I guess you could say it’s a modified version of the Zakk Wylde Overdrive, but that’s based on the SD-1… Either way, it’s definitely been modified with the … Read more
Someone requested the Openhaus which, to be honest upon pulling up the schematic, made my eyes glaze over. It’s big. But I came across a stripped down version on Sabrotone and it felt much more doable. So here you go! It’ll fit in a 125B with top mounted jacks and both footswitches. I’ll leave the … Read more
Not a lot out there on this one, but stumbled across the schematic over on FSB. Apparently it’s another Marshall-in-a-box type. Sounds pretty good. Should fit nicely in a 1590B. The 1uF and 2.2uF caps are tantalum in the original but eletrolytics could be used as well. Original 1S1588 clipping diodes could easily be replaced … Read more
Stumbled across this Big Muff variation designed by Anders over on the Tagboard forum. Seemed like a cool design for Fuzz Friday. Here’s what he had to say about it: Inspired by Skreddy Top Fuel and a DIY muff project One Knob Gilmour I have been tinkering with a big muff circuit using mosfet transistors … Read more
To say Craig Anderton’s body of work is vast is probably an understatement. But within that body are several DIY classics, and this tremolo is no exception. This is a modified/updated version, specifically in the power section with a +/- 9v charge pump. The vactrol in the original is VTL5C1, but some combination of home … Read more
Wondered about this one for a while (but always suspected it was YATS). The best way to describe the Lightspeed (that I can think of anyway) is it’s kind of like a Timmy with the bass and treble controls fixed and a simple treble cut tone control added just before the volume pot. The most … Read more