Tools, Tones and Toys for Guitarists
I followed a vaguely similar layout to the one pictured at the bottom of the post for the Pete Cornish TB-83 Treble Booster. This is a straight treble boost using a silicon transistor – it’s going to sound horrible into anything apart from a cranked valve amp, or maybe a valve based pedal. Given … Read more
Bass, treble and full range boost – a 1970s classic from Dan Armstrong, although somewhat overlooked compared to its more famous brethren, the Orange Squeezer and Green Ringer. DAN ARMSTRONG RED RANGER – VERO LAYOUT RED RANGER VIDEO DEMO
This is one of the first circuits I ever built due to the simplicity, and it’s hard to go past as a simple boost with a bit of fattening up of the signal. The Echoplex EP-3 preamp doesn’t provide tons of gain, but it does work very nicely as a slight boost, or as an … Read more
The classic Dan Armstrong octave effect – The Green Ringer. Great to put in front of a fuzz or distortion pedal. The Earthquaker Devices Sunn Life pedal is basically a Green Ringer in front of a Proco Rat, with a booster. DAN ARMSTRONG GREEN RINGER – POINT TO POINT LAYOUT Earthquaker Devices have a version … Read more
The Bumble Buzz is based on the Kay Fuzztone, which is a simplified Univox Super Fuzz. It’s a collaboration between Union Tube & Transistor and Third Man Records (Jack White). There are no knobs; just stomp and go. Raw octave fuzz…. UNION TUBE AND TRANSISTOR BUMBLE BUZZ – VERO LAYOUT UNION TUBE AND TRANSISTOR BUMBLE BUZZ – … Read more