Tools, Tones and Toys for Guitarists
The Devi Ever Torn’s Peaker is a versatile dirt box, ranging from smooth and crunchy at low gain settings, to thick distortion/fuzz tones as the texture control is increased. The Torn’s Peaker is very close to a couple other Devi circuits (Aenima, US, and Never Drive) and it only takes a few modifications to get … Read more
The Ersatz Verben is a pseudo-reverb circuit using a PT2399 for short slapback delay. It was designed by FSB member CultureJam and refined by EarthTones, and based on the Crap-Fi Delay by Allesz. Delay time ranges from 40-140ms. I’ve laid it out for onboard pots and added polarity protection and an onboard LED resistor. Here’s … Read more
Got a request for this one. It’s another Timmy knockoff with a couple extra low value caps and a weird resistor array leading to the Bass control.
Here’s a popular JHS pedal that emulates old Supro/Valco amps: the Superbolt. It has a remarkable similarity to the Run Off Groove Supreaux and Supreaux Deux. It seems to be a slightly modded Supreaux, with the high/low switch and 18 volt supply of the Supreaux Deux. A charge pump is also added so the pedal … Read more
Part of the last request included a cab simulator to run the headphone amp through. The ROG Condor is a great cab sim and has a fairly low parts count. It uses a JFET amplifier at the input, boosting the signal to drive the following 3 filters (Bridged-T notch filter, High-pass filter, and Low-pass filter). … Read more
Got a request for a headphone amp, “for those of us who hit their peak inspiration when everyone’s asleep.” Being guilty myself of waking up my 1 year old son with a Peavey Classic 50 with the volume only at 2, I thought this was an excellent idea. So here’s ROG’s Ruby–a 386-based amplifier that can … Read more
The input caps on some old circuits like the Fuzz Face, Tone Bender, or Rangemaster are ripe for variation. Here’s a board that will allow you to switch between 6 different capacitors of your choice. You could also use this for a Gibson Varitone-like switch on a guitar. As with the Rotary Clipping Switch layout, … Read more
Ever want to have as many clipping options as possible on a distortion or overdrive pedal? Here’s a way to add up to 6 different combinations of diodes, LEDs or Mosfets with a 6-way rotary switch. Here’s the break down on the different diode layouts by switch position: Standard 2 diode orientation Asymmetrical diode orientation … Read more
The Vox Treble Booster was a simple silicon treble boost effect that plugged straight into an amp’s input jack. It allowed the user a boost in high frequencies for lead work. I laid this one out to use as a built in effect on a guitar (hence the lack of a power filtering cap and … Read more
The JHS Morning Glory is a modified Blues Breaker overdrive, but with an added JFET output buffer to increase the volume. The original Marshall circuits barely made it above unity with the volume maxed (see the video below), so the output buffer is a good improvement over the original. There’s also a high cut switch … Read more