Basic Audio Scarab Deluxe
This is a variation of the Mictester Silicon Tonebender, which is based of the Tone Bender Mk II Professional circuit. John Lyons was kind enough to shed some light on his version over at FSB.
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Rockett WTF
7 weeks I’ve had a bloody trapped nerve in my back now, but I thought I’d better at least attempt to concentrate enough to do a layout every so often so you don’t get bored. The B%st pot is just a second volume control with the B%st stomp selecting between the two. I have shown … Read more
Rockett WTF
Mmolteratx traced this one over on FSB. Figured I’d put it up. Seems to be a BossTone derivative with some tweaks. Here’s the original: And since all the offboard wiring is making a few people say, “WTF,” here’s the rat’s nest that is the offboard wiring for this effect. The “In” and “Out” wires go … Read more
Electro Harmonix Ram’s Head Big Muff
There are a lot of versions and subversions of the Big Muff. Many consider the Violet Ram’s Head to be the best, though many consider the Triangle, or IC, or Green Russian, etc. the best. YMMV This one has the pots hard mounted to the board, though depending on the enclosure you use, it may … Read more
Zvex Wooly Mammoth
The Zvex Wooly Mammoth is a Fuzz Face derivative designed for bass, but sounds awesome on guitar as well. For this one I’ve laid it out for on board pots oriented like the originals. On the PCB I added an LED and LED resistor for on/off indication. As with my layout for the Fuzz Factory, … Read more
Univox SuperFuzz (stock)
Here’s a layout for the stock Univox SuperFuzz. I probably should have drawn this one first and then the modded one below, but it was actually easier to take the modded layout and reverse it back to stock.
Univox SuperFuzz (modded)
Here the Univox SuperFuzz with the mods done by FSB member derringer. It replaces the stock tone switch with a pot, as well as a few other useful mods. Socket the 2 ceramic caps going from the base to collector on Q1 and Q6 and try some different values (I’m guessing in the 100pf to … Read more
Mosrite Fuzzrite
Here another classic fuzz, the Mosrite Fuzzrite. This is the silicon version. The original transistors were marked “TZ82” so be sure to use sockets and try a few different ones out. The original pots were 350k and 33k, which are going to be difficult values to track down. You can either use 500k and 50k, … Read more
SolaSound Tone Bender Mk. III
Smoother sounding than the Mk. II Professional, the Tone Bender Mk. III not only added a tone control, but the circuit was a deviation from earlier Tone Benders. Q1 and 2 create a Darlington pair that amplify the signal, while Q3 is what creates the fuzz. I’ve laid this out for negative ground operation, so … Read more
Jordan BossTone
Many associate this pedal with the fuzz tone for “Spirit in the Sky” by Prodigal Son, though I’m fairly sure that theory has been debunked. At any rate, it’s a great sounding fuzz, and should be a fairly easy build.