Tools, Tones and Toys for Guitarists
This is a modded Benson Preamp by Dylan159 on Freestompboxes. Dylan has taken the original and simplified it but has retained the overall character. Quite a detailed explanation via the link above, including a schematic, LTSPICE model traces, audio and his vero layout. What a solid effort. For me, this is useful, as it has a standard … Read more
One of my older vero layouts for the Benson Preamp that I posted on Guitar FX layouts forum a while back – updated due to the bass and treble outer lugs being the wrong way around… I have previously posted the point-to-point version, but I forgot to post the vero layout at the time. I … Read more
I just realised I had not uploaded a vero layout for my all-time favourite JFET-based guitar effects. The Barbershop from Fairfield Circuitry. This is a workalike for the Millennium; if you want to make the standard Barbershop, remove the switch and the two capacitors attached. The caps for the tone switch can be anything you prefer. … Read more
This is a JFET version of one of the Benson amps, which is I think why the pedal doesn’t really have a proper name. It’s hard to find a B2M pot for the bass control, but you can use a dual B1M pot and gang the two sides together to reach 2M. Check the Pedal … Read more
The Fairfield Circuitry Unpleasant Surprise – bias voltages unknown for the JFETS (so you may need to tweak them). I had to tweak a bit for the Barbershop before it was right, maybe the same here. Mind you, this is a bit of signal-destroying fuzz monster, so it may not matter as much. I have checked … Read more
My all time favourite JFET overdrive, the Fairfield Circuitry Barbershop. The Fairfield Barbershop has a really wide range of useful tones. From clean right through to heavy drive bordering on fuzz. Nice easy build too, as it’s not complicated. I also included a layout for what I imagine is the Barbershop Millenium edition (the one … Read more