Menatone
Menatone Ms. Foxy Brown
Another Marshall-in-a-box, the Ms. Foxy Brown uses 3 J201s and feels a lot like an older Run Off Groove design (though it’s not). As per usual, you’ll need to bias the J201s to about 4.5v and then fine tune as needed. Should fit easily in a 1590B. Schematic for reference.
Menatone Pig
Came across this one and it’s an interesting JFET-based OD with active bass and treble controls. It’s apparently based on a late-60s Marshall 200 amp. Drew up the schematic for reference. I believe the originals run off a 9v supply, but newer ones have a voltage doubler internally to run off 18v. Since I know … Read more
Menatone None More Black
Here’s the None More Black from Menatone. It uses cascading JFET stages to produce a high gain distortion tones of the 80s all the way to modern metal tones. There are apparently some versions with and without a charge pump to run at 18v off a 9v supply. I had room for the charge pump, … Read more
Menatone King of the Britains
Here’s a Menatone design that emulates a Marshall JCM800. Like many Menatone circuits, the King of the Britains has had several iterations over the years. For this layout I went with the 6-knob version (and is essentially the same as the Electrictabs JCM800 emulator). I’ve laid it out specifically for a 125B enclosure with all … Read more
Menatone None More Black
Here is a very nice sounding distortion by Menatone. I’ve drawn 2 layouts: – with biasing resistors – with biasing trimmers I’ve also added a charge pump for the 18V required. You can find the schematic on FSB’s original thread here. Original info: The Menatone None More Black is a homage to all of their … Read more