EARTHQUAKER DEVICES: Spires Green Channel

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The Earthquaker Devices Spires green channel is a variation of one of my favourite fuzz circuits – the Rosac Nufuzz.   It’s a progression of a fuzzrite from the original designer, but it has a tone control on the output sweeping between a small and large cap to provide a thin to thick fuzz sound.  There’s … Read more

SHIN-EI: Companion Fuzz FY-2

SHIN EI Companion Fuzz FY 2 vero layout v1b c6c5112a08ca

A classic Japanese guitar effect – the Shin-Ei Companion Fuzz – it has its roots in the Fuzzrite, with a notch filter at the output.   SHIN-EI COMPANION FUZZ FY-2 – VERO LAYOUT FY-2 SCHEMATIC Usual notch filter response. It’s a fairly broken-looking wave – not the infamous volume drop compared to the input level, which is normally … Read more

MOSRITE: Fuzzrite, Silicon Version

MOSRITE FUZZRITE silicon schematic ea8ac86fd1b6

After spending some time on the germanium Fuzzrite, time for a bit of silicon action.  It’s a bit less interesting, as there seems to be less variance to the circuit – or none?   Some differences in construction methods occurred, but that’s about it as far as I can tell.   Although I need to do a bit more … Read more

MOSRITE: Fuzzrite, Germanium Version

MOSRITE GE schematic 1de8551b080f

There are more than a few versions of the germanium Mosrite Fuzzrite out there – seems like they went through a few different construction technics and capacitor combinations along the way.  The details mostly seem to be lost to time (and rust). Here’s a bit of info that I’ve pulled together from various sources while … Read more

GHOST EFFECTS: Lunar Incantation, 0.15″ Vero Layout

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Just putting together some options for some leftover 0.15″ vero – and I was going to do a standard Fuzzrite, but I ended up doing this instead – which is of course the Ghost Effects Lunar Incantation. GHOST EFFECTS LUNAR INCANTATION – 0.15″ VERO LAYOUT GHOST EFFECTS LUNAR INCANTATION VIDEO DEMO