Tools, Tones and Toys for Guitarists
Early Pre-WEM and GermaniumWEM Pep Box Later Silicon Transistor WEM Pep Box The Pep Box is one of those old vintage effects that lives in a strange world of popular mystery – not as widely known as the Fuzz Face, Univibe or Tonebender yet still used by some of the most well known artists of … Read more
Here’s some yummy new Fuzz enclosures that are on my bench – folded/welded steel makes them as tough as nails. Now, what to put in them?
So I may as well include this one too. Manufacturers info: Manufactured for only a few short years in the early ’70s, the fOXX Tone Machine was stomped mightily by artists ranging from ZZ Top to Adrian Belew, Parliament-Funkadelic to Peter Frampton. Its legacy has lived on as a new generation of artists (Nine Inch … Read more
I think a few people will like this one: Guitar Player Magazine (Sept. ’96): “The Moose does an impressive imitation of the Foxx Tone Machine, a perennial favorite…The octave effect is extraordinary, one of the clearest and most consistent we’ve heard…The non-octave fuzz tone is huge and grunting with a lively resonant hum…” We use … Read more
Here’s a DIY Classic, tweak the diodes, tweak the input and output caps, tweak everything. It’s a super simple build and it creates some great tones. Here’s another version from Homewrecker.com: with an interesting diode comparison chart: diode(s) measured voltage notes 1N34A .220v decent, but output is too low 1N914 .570v stock version, great fuzz 1N34A, 1N914 … Read more
This is a layout for the Mid-Fi Electronics delay/fuzz/vibrato/modulation/unstable tape simulator/weird noise thing. Modified to include a switch to turn off the fuzz, leaving you with a clean weird noise thing :o) Geiri’s quick demo:
How many Big Muff variants is this now? :o) Manufacturers info: BJF design versatile fuzz pedal Hand-made in Finland premium quality fuzz pedal. Mad Professor Fire Red Fuzz (FRF) is a fuzz pedal that is easy to play with long sustain and lot of tone variations. The pedal has a compressed, deep effect to allow … Read more
I wanted to make this one suitable for a 1590B, but thinking about it, not many people are going to put a 6 knob effect into a 1590B. Still it will fit and I’ll be very impressed if anyone does it and posts a pic! :o) This is a great take on the muff and … Read more
Dave’s blurb: So any huw. The Grease Box. It is at heart, a MKIII/MKIV Tone Bender. Its bare bones and the circuit blue print are very Tone Bendery. The idea here was very simple indeed. What if Colorsound still made the Tone Bender MKIV in 1981. What would that sound like? Okay so, gibberish aside. … Read more
