Tools, Tones and Toys for Guitarists
Found a bunch of Nine Volt Nirvana/Joe Gagan schematics on Fredd Brigg’s blog. I’ll probably do a few more of them, but first is the Tape Measure boost. Super simple and should easily fit in a 1590A. Original unit used a trimmer instead of an external volume control, but I figure most people will want … Read more
Another fuzz from Nine Volt Nirvana, Joe Gagan. It’s another modified Fuzz Face, and from the one video of it, it sounds bad ass.
Another Nine Volt Nirvana fuzz. Cna’t find anything info on it, but as usual if it’s from Joe Gagan it’s got to be good.
Another from the man, the myth, the legend Joe Gagan. Not much to out there as far as info go, but it’s another fuzz, based on the fuzzface with a bunch of tweaks. The only change I made is i removed the test switch, since I bought anyone wants to wire up a voltmeter in … Read more
Next up of the Nine Volt Nirvana pedals is the BrontoBoost. From Joe. The new Brontoboost is a two stage booster/fuzz/OD/Dist unit that has a ton of different tones in it, all good! It goes from awesome treble boost like a British top booster, to fullrange boost, to very fat fuzz and everything in between. … Read more
I came across some a bunch of schematics for Nine Volt Nirvana, Joe Gagan’s old company. While I haven’t found any videos for all of them to get an idea of the tone I can guarantee that if Joe Gagan designed it it’s gonna sound awesome. First up, the Tape Measure Boost. The schematic calls … Read more