Tools, Tones and Toys for Guitarists
Last layout for a while. This is sort of a hack job, combining a Rat tuned for more low end with a LED/silicon diodes clipping switch. Then the signal is splitted into two signal paths using the Mid Scoop and Mid Boost tone sections from Boss FZ2. Signal is then fed into a treble cut … Read more
Harmonic Percolator is one the coolest vintage dirtboxes out there with its simple yet unique design, its odd even order harmonics texture, odd mojo parts and it is also a very good overdrive with the gain control rolled back. But using mostly humbucker equipped guitars nowadays it tend to be overly compressed and a bit … Read more
An updated version of a project I was tinkering with a couple of years ago. The idea was basically to find some use for some low leak USSR germaniums other than in Fuzz faces, Rangemasters and Tonebenders, And to do a germanium version of Zvex Box of Rock. Some biasing tweaks was necessary since BJT … Read more
YAFF (Yet Another Fuzz Face) with some addons. After the fuzz section there is a J FET buffer before the tonestack to keep things clear. Tonestack is inspired by Death by Audio Fuzz War V2 but with a bit more focus on the mids. A ge diode acts as a clipper on the treble side … Read more
Just a variation of various Death by Audio circuits using reverse beta gain (reversed transistor gain). Initially I was messing with Fuzz War 7 transistor fuzz and eventually got it to work but it was unstable and the decay was very erratic. Replaced the five first stages with the four first stages of Soundwave Breakdown … Read more
My take on Roland AF-100 Bee Baa. Ditched the boost switch and one of the tone settings but added two new ones. “Highs” switch toggles between stock (middle position) and two settings that cut some highs:-). The other switch named “Notch” toggles between three settings in the twin notch circuit. Middle position has 10nF to … Read more
I’ve always loved Tonebender Mk2’s but always felt that it lacked some low end for the music I’m playing at the moment. So I decided to a heavy TB2 variant….no wait, it’s more like this; What if an old Marshall Supa Fuzz met a Wooly Mammoth and had a baby? It would be the Mammoth … Read more
