Tools, Tones and Toys for Guitarists
The D*A*M TB-00 Tone Bender is Vox Tone Bender with a minor variation on the original. Strangely the input capacitor on this layout is hidden under the board, so I guessed the value. Likely to be the same as the original (150n) or a 220n like the ’66. No idea why it’s hidden – some were … Read more
Another D*A*M layout that I traced from photos is the Zoot Unit ZU-65, which is a Zonk Machine…. I did see a couple of photos with what appeared to be a slightly larger input cap, but I’m not entirely sure about this. There are also variations on bias resistors, depending on Q2, with some … Read more
The Buzzotron is almost identical to the original layout for the Buzzaround, which was also built on tag board. It sounds pretty good – a bit low on output on some settings, but otherwise a very nice sounding MKIII variant. The Buzzotron only has minor differences to the Buzzaround – bias resistors on the … Read more
I thought it was another D*A*M variation on the Buzzaround, but it turns out that it’s actually an Elka Dizzy Tone, which is still very much a Buzzaround (as pointed out by Anders, AKA fuzzhead, see comments). There’s one resistor that I could not see the value of; it’s likely to be 18k based on … Read more
I’ve already made a point-to-point layout for this, and as I’m currently on a 0.15″ D*A*M vero roll, I thought, why not… and it’s a Zonk Machine with tweaks. Remarkably similar to the original D*A*M layout, I did move the output from the board a little and swapped pins on the swell pot to a more standard … Read more
The D*A*M Super Bee SB-68 was mentioned as something that had not been traced yet, which made me curious. I looked at a few photos and found that there are two versions. One with OC82s and one with OC78s. Some very slight differences, but otherwise, a MKII Tone Bender cramped onto a smaller board to fit the … Read more
I couldn’t find a layout for the FS-77 anywhere, but I did find some photos online, so I decided to try and trace it back in November 2020. I thought I had it, but when I looked at it again recently, I noticed the input didn’t look right. The caps were the wrong way around for … Read more
And I thought some of my layouts were big… The D*A*M Head Buzz is a standard Fuzz Face clone made in limited numbers for a Japanese Guitar shop. D*A*M HEAD BUZZ – VERO LAYOUT
I’ve already done a point to point layout for the D*A*M Red Rooster Booster (which I love by the way), but as I’m on a run of D*A*M layouts today, I thought I might do this one too. Like the rest, this is not my layout; it’s a close copy of the D*A*M layout. If you want … Read more
This is an interesting one – I started this layout thinking the D*A*M Greasebox GB-88 would just like the others. It mostly is, but it gets a little odd in the tone section. When I was looking at photos of the GB-88 to copy the D*A*M layout, I noticed that there’s no resistors to ground … Read more