Tools, Tones and Toys for Guitarists
A few people have requested a vero of the Mastotron, so here it is. If you want to make it verbatim then you would put a 100 ohm resistor in series with the input wire before the pot, and a 100 ohm resistor in series with the 9V supply wire, but I personally wouldn’t bother … Read more
I haven’t seen any layouts of this one around so thought it would be good to add to the collection. I have done this with a 3 position switch so in one position you’ll have silicon diodes, in the other postion you’ll have germanium, and in the centre off position it will remove all clipping … Read more
Another one requested by a few people. I did a tagboard layout a couple of years ago but it was based on an incorrect schematic so I pulled it and have been meaning to do this one for a while now. Compact version Customary mojo version
Another that I thought I’d already posted. I’ll add a more compact layout in the next day or so Geiri’s demo video of his build:
Note the pin layout required for the transistors. This will accommodate many modern NPN silicon transistors, but you will need to either alter the layout or twist over pins if using transistors with a different pin layout like the 2SC828s used in the original. One for a 1590BB, but I’ll do a 1590B friendly version … Read more
I wanted to try this one out with a quad opamp and so thought I’d put together a couple of layouts, one for the 1977 version and one for the 1978 version with a tone bypass switch. I have done a version of the 77 with all the diodes laid out on the board, but … Read more
I thought a few Big Muff fans who were looking for something a little different may be interested in this. From the runoffgroove website: “The Whisker Biscuit is a hybrid of the Bazz Fuss and the Big Muff Pi. A single Bazz Fuss stage replaces the two clipping stages of the BMP. Smooth, super-long sustain, … Read more
A few people have requested this so I thought I’d get one put together. Based on my previous layout but with some obvious differences due to component changes. And a mojo version for those who prefer it Video of Geiri’s build:
One requested by fx40b and including two layouts, one compact and one for DAM type axial mojo goodness! This isn’t yet verified and so if you make it successfully then please let us know.
