Tools, Tones and Toys for Guitarists
” The vintage sound of an analog OTA-based phaser melded with contemporary parameters out the wazoo. From classic and not-so-classic sounds, subtle and over-the-top phase tones, mellow through seasick pitch vibrato, ringmod, glitchy octave effects, and outright strange phased/autowah/tremolo hybrid sounds you won’t find anywhere else. No doubt the Whetstone can do things that your … Read more
This was a request. You could use external pots instead of trimmers. Schematic available here.
Here is the larger version (now discontinued) of the Noise Swash. One of our members (Kornel) was given the schematic by Dan from 4ms and he asked me to draw a layout for it. I don’t have permission to publish the schematic but the layout matches it. Please do not ask for it.
Here is a monster layout for a 70s phaser made famous by Brian May. No many infos/videos around. You can find the schematic in the original DIY thread here and FSB’s here. To draw a layout for this wasn’t easy. To build it would be as difficult. Double check everything is correct before starting. There are … Read more
Another “requested” monster layout! At least this one doesn’t use any weird components. You can find all infos and schematic from their website here.
This is a verified layout of the Grey Version with an added Bass Boost switch borrowed from V.2 It’s basically 2 modified well known circuits in series (TubeScreamer & Shredmaster). There are 2 versions: – a true bypass version were you wire two separate 3PDT footswitches in series. – the original Visual Sound version which … Read more
It’s been a while since I’ve uploaded a monster layout. Therefore… Here is LaceSensor’s version of Lovetone DoppelGanger analog phaser. You can find all info, build doc, bom and manual on Madbean Forum here (free login required) (http://www.madbeanpedals.com/forum/index.php?topic=19190.0) You could also buy PCBs when available. 29/11/2016 Layout updated & Verified: removed cut next to bottom … Read more
Here is a “heavily modified” layout for the old and weird Funny Cat. The original pedal sounded a bit… Me and Gavin (Hozy31) have been working on this to try to improve the sound. We added Moosapotamus mods, a buffer at the “Normal” side input to avoid “tone sucking” problems and a boost (SHO) at … Read more
This was an old request. Layout came out quite large. You can find all info and schematic on Commonsound/4ms website here.
Here is Brian’s modified version of the old Maestro FSH-1. You could buy his PCB here and find all infos about this project here.