Os Mutantes Fuzz
Got a request for this one and thought it’d be a good Fuzz Friday layout. It’s got a fair amount of treble and grit on tap and should fit pretty easily in a 1590a. Schematic here.
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Lovepedal Jubilee
Here’s Lovepedal’s Jubilee–pretty close circuit-wise to the Purple Plexi and Black Magic. Should be a pretty quick build. Note, if it sounds too dark, replace the 47nF cap with a 4.7nF cap. Schematic here.
VooDoo Lab MicroVibe
Here’s the Micro Vibe from VooDoo Lab—aka, welcome to jumper city. Always seems to happen with vibe circuits, but this one will fit in a 125B quite nicely. Pretty standard adpation of the old Univibe with speed and intensity controls. Set the trimmer to 250Ω (and be careful if you adjust it since there’s no … Read more
zVex ’59 Sound
zVex’s new ’59 Sound looks to emulate an overdrive ’59 Fender Bassman amp and is essentially a tweaked Box of Rock. I’ve left out the boost section (which is essentially a SHO after this circuit), but can be easily added with the old SHO layout here on the blog. Also, there’s another installment of the … Read more
Jext Telez White Pedal
Here’s a pretty cool one for Fuzz Friday–the Jext Telez White Pedal. It’s a recreation of an onboard overdrive unit in a vintage Vox amp used by George Harrison in the late 60s. Schematic can be found here. Pots are board mounted and I’ve tweaked the Yoko switch to just be a toggle instead of … Read more
Vertex Steel String
Here’s a relatively new effect from Vertex–the Steel String Clean Drive. It’s supposed to sound like a Dumble amp and is 2 muamps going into a BMP tone stack. Schematic can be found here. More progress with the tutorial. Actually wrapping up the DIYLC portion before moving onto the Photoshop bits.
Baja SLO
Here’s another one from Bajaman. It’s a modified version of his AFD, but tuned to sound like a Soldano amp high gain channel. There are enough differences to necessitate a new board. More info here on FSB. Much like the AFD board, this one has the option for buffered bypass or true bypass. And the … Read more
Baja AFD
Here’s a unique overdrive design by Bajaman over on FSB. You can build it with either a buffered bypass or true bypass. If using true bypass, omit the 1k resistor below the lower TL062, and the 1uF cap and 100k resistor connected to the BP Out pad. To wire for buffered bypass, connect the In … Read more
MultiCab Sim
Got a request for this one, designed by Daniel Schwartz. Seems to be a pretty versatile cabinet simulator. Might be handy to throw this in the same box as the Mini Amp from earlier this week. More info, schematic, etc here on DIYSB. Also the next episode of the DIYLC tutorial is up on YouTube. Forgot … Read more
1 Watt Mini Amp
Here’s a nice little solid state amp for headphone use or a small 4Ω speaker. Good candidate for a bench top amp for testing purposes. You can board mount the pot and it will fit in a 1590A just fine.