Tools, Tones and Toys for Guitarists
If you’ve got a bunch of NPN germanium transistors kicking around, this Fuzz Friday’s for you. Here’s Zzoyd’s adaption of the Basic Audio Spooky Tooth for use with germanium transistors. The first 2 stages each use 2 germaniums in a Darlington pair, with the 3rd stage using either a 2N7000 MOSFET or an NPN silicon … Read more
Here’s an interesting one from Frantone for Fuzz Friday. Think the first half of a Big Muff into an LM386. Schematic over on FSB here.
Happy Fuzz Friday everyone! The Hyper Fuzz is Boss’s take on the Univox Super Fuzz with a load of modifications. Schematic for reference here. Fits nicely in a 1590BB.
Not quite a Fuzz Friday, but a Filter Friday I guess. Goes hand in hand with some fuzz though. The Sound Saw has two different passive filters selected by the Channel footswitch. The filters then share a 2-transistor gain recovery stage. Here’s the schematic for reference. You can use a common cathode LED for the … Read more
Had a request for 2 Red Llamas on a single board, and my initial reaction was, “Just build two,” but since there are 4 unused hex inverters that could easily be used for a second Llama, my reaction changed to, “Why not?” lol Designed to fit in a 1590BB, but might fit vertically and sideways … Read more
This week for Fuzz Friday here’s another design from JSA. It’s a Fuzz Face variant, with additional controls and an additional gain stage at the end. Should squeeze into a 1590B.
Here’s another layout that needed a refresh/correction. Old layout was pretty trash and had a few errors which have all be resolved. Similar to the Blues Breaker (at least in circuit topography), but with a 3-band EQ and hard clipping. Bit more gain and distortion on tap. Here’s the schematic for reference. Should fit nicely in … Read more
This one was due for a revision/redo. Optical compression with all the knobs from our favorite pedal slingers in Akron. Will fit nicely in a 125B with top mounted jacks.
Made a video. Watch it here:
