Fuzz
CASTLEDINE ELECTRONICS: Magical Mystery Box
Since I’ve been on a slight Beatles related run lately, I thought I should tackle the Castledine Electronics Magical Mystery Box. This is Stu Casteldine’s version of the Brilliant channel from a Vox Conqueror guitar amp. Castledine included a gain recovery section at the end and the transistor-based distortion switching has been removed. I ran … Read more
ACLAM: Mocker (Vox UL Series Fuzz)
I’m a bit of a fan of some of the late sixties / early seventies Beatles fuzz sounds, so I was interested to see this pop-up. Like the Creepy Fingers Lonely Hearts Fuzz, it’s based on the fuzz section built into the Vox UL series amps. I’m feeling a bit of déjà vu posting this, … Read more
Minotaur Sonic Terrors Swamp Lord
evilarsen is back! This time he traced Swamp Lord by Minotaur. A tweaked Rams Head style Muff with a clipping switch and a Mids control. Nothing new under the sun really but the doom crowd might be interested in this.
Umbrella Company Mayonaise Fuzz
A japanese boutique Big Muff variant with some bell and whistles. The 1979 switch adds a different stexture and aggression to the distortion. Doping switch is basically and Mid/Scoop tonestack switch. And the Mode switch (which is an internal DIP switch in stock units) toggles between two values for both clipping caps which adds some … Read more
Lastgasp Art Laboratories “46” Sooperfuzz
Traced by Deadend Fx. I opted for a layout for the stock circuit without the three additional Deadend Fx controls. Note that there is some intended noise is coming through with the Gain pot is dimed which is perfectly normal, it a part of the design. Schematic is avaiable HERE.
