Tools, Tones and Toys for Guitarists
The Equinox is Spaceman’s trimmed-down version of an old-school studio equaliser – it’s definitely inspired by Pultec, but with a few key differences. I’m fine with the differences, as it makes it practical to build. Schematic can be found here on PedalPCB. If you don’t have a power supply that kicks out 18v, Dirtbox … Read more
This is a simple adaptation of the Neve high / low shelf EQ found on a few famous model consoles. I had never noticed it on the online tone stack calculator before, so I thought I would try it out in spice using a Neve Preamp. The TSC version has a generic opamp in there for gain. Speaking of … Read more
I found this schematic a little while ago and thought I might give it a try, as I’ve been looking to make a single band parametric equaliser, in this case, based on a State-Variable Bandpass Filter. It’s supposed to be from a Japanese textbook, but I’m not sure of its origin. It looks remarkably similar to a … Read more
The Pete Cornish ST-2 is a Colorsound Overdriver with a few mods. The ST-2 is intended to be a tone-shaper; it’s not actually an overdrive. So if you are looking for dirt, you have come to the wrong place with this one. Although one can make a few tweaks to bring some dirt to this, but … Read more