Tools, Tones and Toys for Guitarists
Had a couple questions about stompbox use with line level, so I drew up this. This allows you to drop the line level signal down to instrument level, send it out to whichever stompboxes you want to use, then back and amplified back up to line level. Schematic and discussion here. Made two versions, one … Read more
Turns out the Southland is pretty much the same circuit as the Lightspeed, but with some hard clipping diodes thrown in the middle (and a couple value tweaks). Figured I’d make a new layout with space for the diodes. This layout uses the same drill template as the Lightspeed. I ended up building a 2-in-1 … Read more
Happy Fuzz Friday, everyone! Here’s a cool take on the IC Big Muff by JuanSolo and Grind Customs. It’s essentially the ’78 IC Big Muff with the tone bypass switch with the tone stack from the Ultrastoner. Should be able to squeeze it into a 1590B.
Here’s a transistor based overdrive I came across on FSB. Demos sound interesting, so give it ago. Easy fit in a 1590B.
Here’s a popular drive box from Greer Amps. It’s essentially a Distortion +/DOD 250 but with a modified gain control, LED clipping and a treble cut pot. Should be an easy fit in a 1590B.
Here’s a really great sounding overdrive from Hudson Electronics. The Sidecar is loosely based on the Tube Screamer with a 2-band Baxendall EQ and some interesting soft clipping. It uses a PNP germanium as a diode along side an LED and a 1N4148 in an asymmetrical configuration. I’ve got a fabricated version available in the … Read more
Happy Fuzz Friday everyone! This one recently got traced on the Aion blog (so go check out the full write up over there for more info and schematics). The Karma Suture is based on the Harmonic Percolator and has come in both germanium and silicon versions. The difference between the two are just a couple … Read more
Just stumbled across this on FSB. It’s a tap tempo + modulation add on for PT2399 delays designed by Electric Canary. It is digital so you’ll either need to buy a pre-programed chipset or burn the code onto the chips yourself. Lots of off board wiring with this, but it’s probably worth if you have … Read more
Happy New Year, everybody! This one recently got traced over on FSB. The 25th Anniversary edition of the Red Llama has an added hi cut tone control, but also has a few variations from the original circuit. The hi cut itself is just a basic cap/pot to ground tone control, the minimum gain resistor on … Read more
Here’s a little something I whipped up the other night on a whim. Actually built it on the fly before I even drew up a layout. I was trying to build something with some old mojo caps I found on my bench, and it initially started as a treble booster, but I ended up wanting … Read more