Tools, Tones and Toys for Guitarists
The Top Gear Fuzz is a rare English Fuzz Face variant from the late sixties / early seventies. It’s a fairly awkward build as it’s on a tiny piece of vero, floating between the two pots. There seems to be a couple of versions floating around (like all a lot of vintage circuits). I have … Read more
Traced and generously shared by Dirt Monger Instruments. Schematic can be downloaded HERE.
I do like some of the Beatles fuzz tones, and coincidentally I have a couple of Gretsch Guitars to match – so when I saw this, I thought I had to give it a try. It’s very closely based on the preamp from the Vox UL series amps, which were used on Revolver and in … Read more
There was an layout in the library based on an inaccurate schematic. It’s been taken down since Aion did a new trace. Schematic is avaiable HERE.
Aion FX recently traced a few more Cornish pedals – and the NG-3 trace was was a real surprise package. It was thought to be a NG-2 with an external bias control. It’s nothing like the NG-2 trace by Pedal PCB – not even close. I did have a vero layout for the NG-3 … Read more
So the mysterious P-2 has finally been traced, care of Aion FX (thank you). I had previously posted a guess as to what this might be, and I wasn’t too far off. Here’s the same layout with confirmed values. PETE CORNISH P-2 – VERO LAYOUT
