Tools, Tones and Toys for Guitarists
The Lovepedal Karl, it’s actually a pretty cool sounding fuzz box – it sounds sweet at low gain and with a higher gain there’s octave and ring mod tones too, it’s really fun to play with. This is the older “two knob” version (there is a newer 3 knob variant that includes a tone knob). … Read more
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.
Is it a fuzz? Is it a distortion? Is it a delay? No it’s an Invading Cannibal Ladybird….. Hmmm. Here is the schematic for a crazy device I knocked up on breadboard. It’s a Cannibalization of the Parallel Universe from eaced.com, the big muff tone control and the lofi delay created by Allesz for last … Read more
Another sought after Muff variant for the aficionados. Verified There were apparently lots of revisions of this pedal, this one based on Kit Rae’s schematic
There you go Aaron ;o) Currently unverified of course. Should also be a quick mod to make it into a Aenima, Torn’s Peaker or Never Drive if anyone prefers.
I’ve done a few Skreddy layouts, but to be fair to the man here’s one of his discontinued effects to start off with. If you want to build an authentic one using the original transistors you’ll need to find some high gain 2N5133s to use. You do find them on eBay but the last seller … Read more
I had a request for a vero of the Mastotron, so here’s the Woolly Mammoth which is virtually the same, with the Mastotron just having an additional 100K linear pot which the input is taken to before the first capacitor. The new input wiring with the Relax/Pull pot can be seen on my tagboard layout … Read more
Like the last one, a bit of a pain but the Gary Hurst version is slightly more forgiving I believe. Again don’t forget to cut the trimmer legs that are shown over the -9V rail, there should be no connection there. This is based on the original Gary Hurst MkI because the reissue was … Read more
Updated 31st January 2014: A lot of people have mentioned that the trimmers in this aren’t as important as finding the correct transistors, so I’d recommend building this version which omits the trimmers entirely and puts the fixed resistors back. Make sure you use sockets for the transistors and prepare yourself to audition plenty! :o) … Read more
