Tools, Tones and Toys for Guitarists
Here’s EQD’s take on PT2399 delay. The most unique thing about it probably the use of a Big Muff-like tone stack. It will definitely fit best in a 125B with the board mounted pots, but if you use long leg board mounted pots and populate them from the component side it should fit in a … Read more
Another fun overdrive from Rockett, this time going for a Plexi sound. Think of it as the first half of a buffer-less Tube Screamer with an AMZ Stupidly Wonderful Tone Control 2. Here’s the schematic for reference. Should be an easy fit in a 1590B.
Another brutal fuzz machine from Devi, and sounds great on bass and guitar. Pretty straight forward design–two cascaded transistor amplifier stages with a pre-gain control (intensity) and standard volume control. Pots are board mounted and it shouldn’t take all that long to throw together.
Merry Fuzz Friday, everyone! Here’s EQD’s latest fuzz offering, the Erupter. Essentially it’s a JFET buffer into a pickup sim (the transformer) into a Fuzz Face-esque circuit. The Bias control controls the amount of voltage going to Q3 and is a center detent pot (though a regular B10k pot will work just fine). This one … Read more
Here’s an other heavy one. This one was designed by Martin (aka soulsonic) and is basically 3 transistor stages and a tone stack into a JFET gain recovery stage. The toggle switch selects between distortion and fuzz. The tone in Distortion mode is a big heavy, “Doom-y” sort of thing with alot of sustain. In … Read more
Got a request for this one. Another take on the classic Tube Screamer built for Brad Paisley. The traditional input/output buffers have been swapped out for JFET-based buffers, and there are two toggles for Presence and EQ (mids). Should be able to squeeze it into a 1590B.
Here’s a cool DIY design of a Green (Mutamp) amp emulator. Four JFET stages with a 2-band EQ and a Boost control. Should be a nice easy fit in a 125B with the board mounted pots. Here’s the schematic for reference. Sound demo here.
The Zippy is a silicon fuzz designed to give that vintage brassy sound. I’ve laid it out for board mounted pots and it’ll fit in a 1590B or a 125B with top mount jacks. In the words of John Lyons… Early fuzz boxes were designed to emulate the sounds of the saxophone.The Zippy will allow … Read more
The Boost ‘n’ Buff is a simple little booster that doubles as a buffer when it’s turned off (so it’s not a true bypass effect). You should be able to squeeze this one in a 1590A. The FSw pads are for the bypass footswitch. If you want to build the second version of the Boost … Read more
Here’s a nice little compressor that should be a fairly easy build. It doesn’t have the squish of a DynaComp, but goes for a more subtle compression like the Orange Squeezer. Board mounted pots and an easy fit in a 1590B. Here’s the schematic for reference.