Tools, Tones and Toys for Guitarists
Info from Devi: The Hyperion is a titan fuzz God in guitar geek mythology, literally translating to ‘I can’t hear anything anymore’. Imagine, if you will, a Big Muff with enough steroids in its system to kill an ox with its proverbial little finger. The new Hyperion 2 also adds oscillation to this heavy-hitter’s already … Read more
I had a request forthe Blind Mary and will do that when I get a confirmed schematic, but in the meantime thought I’d post the Hatchet Harry.
Requested. This is a slightly modified Triangle clone that some others may also be interested in. The original used buffered bypass and FET switching but this has removed those components and is designed to be used with external mechanical bypass switching of some description such as a 3PDT stomp switch. The scheme that I did … Read more
Info from Catalinbread about the original: What do you call an effect that isn’t quite a Bit Crusher, or an Octave, or a Harmonizer, or a Ring Modulator, or a Lo-Fi dirt box/fuzz – but a bit of a blend of each? Yeah – we don’t know either, so we came up with “Harmonic Pixelator”. … Read more
There is an ongoing discussion on FSB about this pedal, because we know that there are some hidden surface mount components underneath the board, and so this is based on a best guess by Marc Ahlfs after some experimentation he did on the circuit. Info from Dunlop about the original: No one cares more about … Read more
This layout was based on the original schematic, but here’s the manufacturers info about the reissue: There are few Fender products with as much “indie cred” as the Fender Blender. Once thought of as an overly harsh fuzz pedal, the Blender, thanks to players like Billy Corgan of Smashing Pumpkins and Kevin Shields of My … Read more
Now verified but note changes in pot lug connections from the original layout posted. If you’re going to build this then use the latest layout shown below. Info from the makers: Need to melt peoples brains with supersonic chaos?Want a different sound than everyone else? For an endless amount of full, insane, buzz sawing, jaw … Read more
Updated 11th May 2013: I wasn’t happy with this layout and so re-jigged it a bit Marc’s description of the original: Classic Smooth, Creamy Distortion Powerful and high gain while fairly tight and articulate, this fuzz pedal’s versatility lends it to many different musical applications; it’s not voiced after any particular genre or artist. Even … Read more
Request. It’s all noise to me, but some of you lot seem to like them! :o) Info from Devi about the original Disaster Fuzz: Why would you like the Disaster Fuzz? Because fuck you that’s why. The disaster fuzz is filled with rolling waves of oscillation… or metal gates. Depends on what you are looking … Read more
