Tools, Tones and Toys for Guitarists
Happy Fuzz Friday, everybody! The Select-A-Fuzz is a pretty interesting fuzz box from Foxx. It has a rotary switch to select the input cap (the larger the cap the fuzzier the effect), followed by a Fuzz Face-esque stage and an extra gain stage. Here’s the schematic for reference with some good notes on alternative transistors … Read more
Here is a monster layout for a 70s phaser made famous by Brian May. No many infos/videos around. You can find the schematic in the original DIY thread here and FSB’s here. To draw a layout for this wasn’t easy. To build it would be as difficult. Double check everything is correct before starting. There are … Read more
The fOXX Tone Machine is a classic fuzz box and a very versatile octave effect as well. Pretty standard controls, and the toggle switch controls the octave effect. I’ve laid this out for onboard pots and octave switch, and added polarity protection and power filtering. 2N3904s or 2N2222s can also be used in place of … Read more
