Kay F1 Fuzz Tone
Request. A nice little project here for an unused wah shell you may have lying around. The transistors may be difficult to source so I’ve laid this out based on 2N5088 for Q1 & Q2, and 2N3904 for Q3 & Q4.
Fuzz
Death By Audio – Harmonic Transformer
A huge pedal with a huge sound. Complete with enough alien noises to freak out your listeners. Direct crazy intermodulating distortion to make unique music with. The Harmonic Transformer is an extremely loud and intense fuzz pedal which is very interactive with the incoming signal ranging from over the top to bizzare.
Ampeg Scrambler
Info from the manufacturer: The AMPEG Scrambler was designed in response to requests for a distortion device that was flexible, easy to use, and most importantly, musical. Inherent performance limitations of all designs on the market precluded one or more of the aforementioned requisites. New concepts and methods were researched and tested by leading musicians … Read more
Devi Ever Hyperion 2
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
Rogue Sound Hatchet Harry
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.
Ibanez OD850 – V3
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
Catalinbread Heliotrope
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
Dunlop – Eric Johnson Signature Fuzz Face EJF1
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
Fender Blender
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