Tools, Tones and Toys for Guitarists
A nice easy one – the Electro-Harmonix Muff Fuzz, which has a lot more in common with a Fuzz Face than a Big Muff. At some stage I’ll add some more layouts, including the Mark Hammer mods and the IC version. ELECTRO-HARMONIX MUFF FUZZ – VERO LAYOUT
This is one of the more recent Sola Sound MK1.5 Tone Benders built by David Main. MK1.5 TONE BENDER: THE DIRTY HIPPIE MOD – OC75 ONLY This has two additions to the regular circuit. A 10n cap to ground on the input and a 47k bias resistor on the base of Q1 to help … Read more
Another guest appearance with a verified layout by Chris at Capitalist Death Cult! Here is what he has to say about this bass fuzz monster: Capitali$t Death Cult Effect$ YUKAGIR Preserved Siberian Fuzz The Yukagir (pronounced Yookahgeer) Preserved Siberian Fuzz is named after a 39K year old Wooly Mammoth fossil that was unearthed in … Read more
Here’s a nice silicon MKII variant from Reeves Electro – who are most famous for their insanely well made point to point construction fuzzes. Write-up from Reeves can be found here Schematic can be found here The voice (mids) switch is basically switching between a 10n and 100n coupling cap after Q1 (buffer). The … Read more
A rare bird in the Colorsound range. Some additional mods can be made. Replace the 3,9k resistor with a 10k pot for a Freq control. And try a PNP Germanium for Q1 which smoothens the feel of the formant filter.. Schematic is avaiable HERE.
In Australia we have a lot of unusual sayings – one that comes to mind here is “you’ve been fleeced”. i.e. you paid too much money for something – specifically a Golden Fleece on the secondhand market when you can still buy perfectly good new one. The Mythos Golden Fleece is pretty much a … Read more
I accidentally messed up a small Colorsound Fuzz Box board by drilling mounting holes in the wrong place – but I didn’t want to waste the vero board, and I thought an Electra Distortion & Colorsound Fuzz Box might make a nice pair of one-knob pedals. Perhaps not the most exciting post to return … Read more
Some notes for later from a recent Vox Tone Bender build. Mainly wanted to jot down the placement of the pots and switch, as this layout is quite tight in a 1590BB – there’s no room for error. I probably should have made the layout a row or two shorter, but I just liked the … Read more
A recovery stage is needed because of the lossy tonestack Here is an another layout with an added BJT boost stage.
Schematic is avaiable HERE. There is two layouts for this one. One for an audio transformer and one for a fasel inductor. Transformer layout Fasel inductor layout.