Tools, Tones and Toys for Guitarists
Built this to see if it delivers. It does. Sounds sort of like an inverted, bastard brother of the Green Ringer. Just a bit sleeker in its overall feel. All the information needed on this design (and more) is available at JC’s site. A snippet from the page: Ever wonder what F(x) = |x| sounds … Read more
Pink Jimi Photon’s take on Interfax Harmonic Percolator and Escobedo’s Jerkulator. Read maestro Photon’s complete description on FSB. rock the f**k on!! the vid/audeo is outta sync, too…..arrrrgh who needs LSD?
Requested by Javi …. haha I don’t think I’m going to find any marketing guff so here is what Wikipedia says about it: The effect was used by Jimi Hendrix, and can be heard in guitar solos on the song “Purple Haze”. Hendrix preferred to call the device the “Octavio”, and it is often referred … Read more
I do find these small boards less stressful to draw 🙂 This one is small enough to fit in 1590A without any problems, but if you’re feeling adventurous you can shave off one row from the right hand side. I left there a bit space so 100µ caps have more room to sit in nicely… … Read more
This was my take on the DBA Robot but with individual switching for the IC internal functions (Vibrato, Robot and any of the octave options on the fly) rather than the rotary switch used in the original. I thought it would be more versatile to be able to control them all individually rather than be … Read more
So. It’s April already. This one is the last post from me for today. I do believe there lots of you who have been waiting to get your hands on a doable octave down circuit. Here it is. You should probably try this with a fuzz in front of it 🙂 Edit! Here’s a link … Read more
Small and simple. Tim Escobedo’s adaptation of Interfax Harmonic percolator. This demo vid is not necessarily 1:1 with the schematic, but it should give you an idea what to expect…
There was a mistake on the layout, that’s now fixed. This calls for both +9V and -9V supply. Use of inverter pump daughter board is recommended. The GEU is good sounding octave fuzz, with an optional mode of just fuzz. The fuzz is a fully rectified signal and is quite chewy. For some the Fuzz … Read more
Gus Smalley’s “Octave Up Sick Box”. And demonstative video from one cool dude who’s been around the blog sometimes too. He also has a few words of wisdom to share! Check it out! Built it using 1N60Ps for D1&D2, 1N4148s for D3-D6. Works like a charm. Well. A sick charm, but still 🙂 And here’s … Read more
