Tools, Tones and Toys for Guitarists
I know there have been veros around for a while but I wanted to add this project to the main page. It’s basically a Rams Head Muff with an added Baxandall tone control. You can find original FSB thread and schematic here. It should easily fit it in 1590B size box. Crank both treble and … Read more
“The Germania is Homebrew’s take on the classic Rangemaster treble booster from the 1960s, and offers up to 20dB of gain to drive your amp. In its ‘hi-fi’ setting, you get a full range boost, but a ‘lo-fi’ setting offers a more focused boost in one of three frequency ranges controlled with the 3Q switch. … Read more
Original info: “I designed the SEX DRIVE pedal to fulfill the very particular needs of good friend Charlie Sexton. The goal was to build a “clean-boost” pedal that would supply additional bottom end and sustain when needed. The pedal would have to provide a boost that would not alter the original quality of the amplifiers … Read more
Here is a simple distortion pedal by Carl Martin. Original FSB thread and schematic available here.
Original info: The Broadcast is a transformer coupled, discrete Class-A germanium pre-amplifier based on the classic broadcast consoles of the 1960s. In the low-gain setting, the Broadcast can cover everything from sparkling clean boost through to transparent overdrive, all with a healthy dose of volume available to push your amp. The Broadcast features a specially selected Triad steel-core … Read more
Here is a layout for the rare Schumann Lion distortion. Original brief description: “The LION is a distortion device and a clean booster with two complete circuits that can be mixed independently. Has a bypass footswitch and boost footswitch that gives extra distortion. Great for bass — distortion that doesn’t cut out the low end. … Read more
Original info: The Hughes & Kettner Red Box Classic converts Line, Out and Speaker Out signals into balanced, frequen- cy-compensated signals, enabling a direct feed to a mixer. The Red Box Classic features two voicing options, a 4×12″ cabinet and a 2×12″ combo. You can find the original manual PDF here (must read!) Original schematic is … Read more
Here is a great sounding Attack Delay / Noise Gate / Swell pedal. I’ve used a more common LM13700 instead of LM3080. You can find original project and scheamtic here. I could not find any videos for this effect but there are some sound samples available here. The original effect uses a momentary SPST footswitch. … Read more
This is a simple silicon Fuzz Face clone with added features. You can find all the info on their site here. The original thread with schematic is available on the FSB forum here.
Here is Brian’s version of Aron Nelson Smash Drive with added TMB tone stack and recovery JFet buffer. There are no videos available but you can find info and schematic on Madbean’s website here.