Tools, Tones and Toys for Guitarists
Here’s the mighty SolaSound Tone Bender Mk.II shrunk down to fit in a 1590a. I laid it out for NPN transistor, as I really wouldn’t want to try and squeeze a charge pump in a 1590a along side the effect board. Like the larger layout I posted last year, you could build the Marshall SupaFuzz … Read more
Here’s another layout with onboard pots. The Sola Sound Tone Bender Mk. II is probably most famous for shaping some (but not all) of the guitar sound of legendary guitarist Jimmy Page on Led Zeppelin I. Originally it was a positive ground effect, but I’ve laid it out to use NPN transistors. This way you … Read more
Very similar to the Drive Master posted a couple of days ago, but thought I’d include the full layout to keep things complete. This version with a diode/LED switch as per a request I had. If you’d prefer yours to be like the original and have fixed LEDs rather than this switch, then just solder … Read more
From an 80s Marshall ad: Fire your cartage company. You don’t need a rack full of gear to get distortion that goes from subtle to stun gun. If you want all the range of a top studio pro, the Drive Master is for you.
Made for Marshall by Sola Sound this is essentially a slightly modified Tone Bender MkII. Fuzz Central state: The only differences between the two: the input capacitor is 10µF instead of 5µF, the bypass capacitor on the “attack” pot is 10µF instead of 5µF, Q2’s collector resistor is 47K instead of 100K, the resistor from … Read more
