Tools, Tones and Toys for Guitarists
Yet to build this myself, I quite like the idea behind this – I am partial to anything with bass / mid/high controls for guitar and a germanium transistor. Bonus points for also including a discrete op-amp, which I’ve been playing with lately. Before I looked at the schematic for this, I was playing around with modding a Boss Blues … Read more
Another fine circuit from Jonny Reckless, this time he’s headed into cranked Marshall territory (hence the name). Here’s the thread on DIY Stompboxes RECKLESS LITTLE JIM – VERO LAYOUT RECKLESS LITTLE JIM – VIDEO DEMO BY JONNY
Another one from Jonny Reckless – the Moon LNDer distortion, using LND150 MOSFETS. All the required details can be found on DIY Stompboxes, including schematics, some suggested mods and a video demo with a few words from Jonny. Set drain bias to between 6 and 7 volts by adjust the 10k resistors going to the … Read more
I had a few of the FETS leftover from the Spaceman Saturn V Harmonic Booster, and I saw the layout over at Perf and PCB Effects Layouts, so I thought I might try one of these. The Spaceman Effects Atlas III is another booster, following the theme of rocket engines in naming (nice). The switch is … Read more
Just a straight up boost / low gain overdrive from Spaceman Effects – the Saturn V Harmonic Booster. It’s a pretty quick and easy build & does it’s job well. SPACEMAN EFFECTS SATURN V HARMONIC BOOSTER – POINT TO POINT LAYOUT SATURN V ON THE BENCH Build in progress pic below, which is a little … Read more