Tools, Tones and Toys for Guitarists
Here’s another (nearly) new one from me. It’s a tricked out super mod of the old Electro Harmonix LPB-1 circuit that produces some lovely singing overdrive tones reminiscent of an old VOX from their 1960’s heyday. I took the Lovepedal Englishman (A supposed Vox AC30 / AC15 emulator) as a base and went from there – Firstly … Read more
Here is a new design from myself. As far as I know it’s a concept that hasn’t been explored before (Although the Catalinbread Harmonic Mesmeriser uses a similar technique with an LFO running with opposite phase outputs to drive dual tremolo/vibrato circuits). Essentially the signal is split into two parallel paths – one path for treble and … Read more
Here’s the next new project from myself. It’s a fun little circuit for you, inspired by Tim Escobedo’s Tripple Fuzz. At lower gains it creates a really sweet tone, push it high and it gets truly evil! Stack it into other gain pedals for an absolute fuzz out heaven 🙂 Here’s the schematic: The transistors I … Read more
Here’s a new little project for you. I designed it for a friend who wanted something that would give his old pedals a new lease of life, well here it is. You stick your old gain pedal into the loop and whoosh -> extra life. More dynamics, more warmth, it’s all there. Here’s the schematic:
Here’s another one. I’ve had a lot of emails for this one. The best way I can describe it is as an “enhancer” – it makes and already good overdrive tone better! It produces a great low overdrive, the compression and shimmer controls are very interactive with regard to both the gain/clipping structure and the … Read more
I’ve been away for a while. I’m back and here is a schematic for you! It’s a great overdrive and boost, a development on from my standard overdrive. Add a switch to the diodes for extra fun 🙂
I’ve been working on this pedal for around two months now. From conception to completion it is the longest I’ve ever spent on a stompbox project. I think it’s paid off. Prepare yourself for some “mojo” chatter, here it goes – The original idea was to create something a little like the BJF Honeybee Overdrive … Read more