Tools, Tones and Toys for Guitarists
Vince on here asked me if I could adapt my layout to make a 2 Knob Woolly Mammoth with just Pinch and Volume controls. He wanted me to remove the Wool pot simulating it being set fully clockwise, and remove the the EQ pot and simulate it being set dead centre. The Wool pot was … Read more
A more compact layout for the Fuzz Factory using radial caps, so I thought I’d add a new post rather than add it to the old layout, to avoid confusion as this one obviously isn’t verified yet. Info about the original: This is a five-knob fuzz using two new old-stock sixties germanium transistors. The circuit … Read more
From a schematic on the Experimentalist Anonymous forum, this is what they wrote about it: This simple box realizes the common sample rate reduction effect in analog form. Sample rate reduction is essentially very low quality analog to digital conversion. A snapshot of the input signal is taken every so often and outputted. The effect … Read more
Found a couple of old ones that by the looks of them I did ages ago, but haven’t posted yet. May as well get them on here to keep everything together. :o) I haven’t mentioned which transistors but they’re germanium so just use your favourites. This video was apparently narrated by Stephen Hawking PNP Version … Read more
Yay, our 100th fuzz pedal layout! And yes Vince, I know you’re going to be annoyed about one of the pots! :o) I left the power supply filter / smoothing cap optional because we know from previous experience that they can change the character of the fuzz and tame things down a bit, so I’d … Read more
Originally sold in kit form, this used a single AA battery to supply the required 1.5V, but I have made this a little more user friendly by using a voltage divider to get it down to 1.5V for the circuit and so allowing the use of a standard daisy chained 9V supply. If you’d prefer … Read more
Request. Jeez YA”MF”BM!! But this time with added Depth and Mids controls so at least it offers something a bit different.
Request. Not heard of this before but it’s apparently a fuzz pedal made by Claudio Dias for his brother Sérgio Dias from Brazilian rock band Os Mutantes. Anyway here’s a vid of one and it sounds pretty good to me:
