Tools, Tones and Toys for Guitarists
This is the classic single-knob tone circuit made famous by a number of Fender amps—most notably the 5E3 Tweed Deluxe. Despite not inventing it, Leo must have thought that he nailed it when he first dropped this into a guitar amplifier: it’s simple, clever, and very musical. Despite using only a handful of parts, it … Read more
An old forgotten madbean project based on the pre amp section of solid state Squier 51 amplifier. I really find these SS amp designs interesting and they usually ditorts in an interesting way. The op amp types aren’t specified in the schematic but I bet TL072 will work fine. You can also try op amps … Read more
Something of a classic, the Fender Blender is a monster octave fuzz. I’d be tempted to remove the Blend pot myself, as I don’t like fuzz pedals with clean blend. Probably advisable to add LEDs to the Tone boost switch too. Layout has been designed for a wide enclosure to accomodate the switching and 4 … Read more
There’s a few variations of this circuit, so I’d recommend reading through the Aion FX build docs or maybe just skip the vero all together and buy the board from them. The build docs also include LTspice simulations of the frequency response, so that saves me a bit of time plotting them out. I’ve labelled a … Read more
It is all about the MOJO! Got a comission to build a bunch of the larger classic fuzz circuits using “mojo” parts, more preciely 1/2w carbon composition resistors and axial electrolyctics/tantalums. It may not be a huge difference soundwise but it is quite fun to build and it looks cool.:-p. Power filter caps remains radial … Read more
