Tools, Tones and Toys for Guitarists
The original Little Big Muff from the 70s which included just a volume knob and tone switch. To compare it to a conventional 3 pot Big Muff, the circuit is set up as if having a fuzz pot in the full clockwise rotation, so I suppose Electro Harmonix decided that most people would use it … Read more
This thing is close to a classic Fuzz Face, but just by looking at the schematic, i seemed like this baby has tons more bass and wilder fuzz control with much higher values than its idol. Simple and small, but some of you Fuzz Afficionadas might find this good thing to build. I promise not … Read more
How come i can never seem to find any good info about these circuits 😐 Anyway. Here’s another 60’s “classic”. Ugly and mean. Simple, yet effective. Added both versions; Silicon and Germanium. Please take note that the Ge version is positive ground with PNP germanium transistors, while the Si version is NPN with negative ground.
Phew. This board almost made me crazy. There is “only” 28 cuts and 11 links, but i got down to only one resistor over one strip. This one is quite interesting. CMOS Hex inverter based BMP adaptation. A word about the circuit from ROG: This circuit was born with the idea of making a CMOS … Read more
A few of you were looking for good fuzz circuits…. Gus Smalley modded the circuit from Aron. Aron modded it from tonebender. Both made enhancements and mods along the way. Or so the internet tells me. Anyway. It’s supposed to be a silicon adaptation of the classic. It says 2N5089 on the schematic, but i … Read more
Straight from the music forum equivalent of the Freemasons, without the funny handshake but your membership can be black-balled. The original has a trimmer for gain but I have put this as an external pot for my own personal preference in muff-like pedals. If you’d prefer to keep it authentic then remove the wires and … Read more
Argh. I just hate it when i draw a layout and when i’m posting it, i can’t find anything but just a few photos of the original unit – No ad texts, no original ads no nothing. Just a few images from google image search and one youtube clip from different design by the same … Read more
Once again. This one has surprisingly little info around the internets. Seems like a nice alternative for Distortion+. Nice, simple build anyway. Ad text from fmogearshop (also check the photos there): Here’s a vintage Carlsbro Suzz from the seventies. The name seems to imply that this would be some sort of fuzz pedal, don’t you think? … Read more
It was surprisingly hard to find a description about this ’90s IC powered re-issue. Well. So hard that i didn’t find any. Some demo videos are floating around the web….
Hello new and old friends! On this day AD, we have some exciting news. I, Miro have been dubbed as thee second-in-rank-admin to help Mark around on the blog. Many of you already know me from various post threads 🙂 Anyway. I’ve started to draw layouts some time ago and we thought we might give … Read more