Tools, Tones and Toys for Guitarists
Note that in the layout, the 33pf cap was only marked as 33 and so not completely identified. Someone suggested a 33n, someone else thought the 33p was more appropriate, so I suggest socketing that cap and seeing which works best. Info about the original: Introducing the Gain Stage Black™. Stripped clean and pure. The … Read more
The SD-1 Super OverDrive pedal produces the warm, natural distortion of an overdriven tube amplifier while maintaining the subtle nuances of a player’s picking technique. This is one of BOSS’ more subtle and smooth overdrive pedals, perfect for blues and rock.
Info from the manufacturer about their original: The Black Cat OD-1 (a.k.a. Freddie Fuzz) is an original design Fred created based on the unique properties of the OP275, a dual operational amplifier chip made by Analog Devices. The OP275 is a high-quality op-amp that gives a distinctive linear output waveform. The Black Cat OD-1 can … Read more
An interesting alternative to the usual Tubescreamer clones and similar, this is an overdrive pedal from Russia and sounds pretty good to me. I can’t find much of a description, even the manufacturers website seems to mention the mechanical side rather than any sort of description of the circuit, so I’ll let the video tell … Read more
Adding to the Runoffgroove library. From ROG: The idea behind this project is to create a natural sounding overdrive sound using minimal components. It should also be suitable for a booster for an already driven amp. *snip* Please take note of the transistor pin voltages shown below, specifically the source of the J201 JFET. It … Read more
Happy Christmas everybody! Info about the original: The Groundswell full overdrive with a natural response to picking intensity. It features two transistor based gain stages, so it doesn’t have that artificial over-clipped sound like many “overdrive pedals” out there. No compression, just gain and drive! Dual gain stages and a voltage reducer that alters total … Read more
Updated 21st January 2013 The Bad Monkey is a very popular low cost pedal which most people have assumed to be a simple Tubescreamer clone but is a little bit more than just a verbatim TS808. It actually bears a lot more resemblance to the DOD Juice Box which is handy because the person who … Read more
Well it’s the 21st here so I’m getting this one in early in case the world ends soon so we can get it verified first. :o) Another must try for fans of U2 and The Edge and another one of the boost pedals in his arsenal. Info from Boss about the long discontinued original: The … Read more
Moving on from my last post, here the Clay Jones Overdrive gets the Lovepedal Eternity treatment by Fred Briggs. Fred has essentially done what Jack Orman did with the Tubescreamer when he published the Son of Screamer schematic, which was adopted pretty much verbatim by Lovepedal for their Eternity, and no doubt a good few … Read more
One of the most sought after limited run boutique pedals ever, with them going for over $1500 on eBay, and surprise surprise ….. it was a Tubescreamer that had TGP creaming themselves. Nothing new there then.