Tools, Tones and Toys for Guitarists
Info from the Menatone about the original: The King of the Britains is based on the famous ’67-’68 plexi that was all the rage in the eighties, but, this King is all hopped up on STEROIDS. This little beast can take you from clean to scream at a twist of its Gain, or a turn … Read more
With a name like Zenkudo it should be pretty obvious what this one is based (very closely) on. It’s a great sounding circuit though and at least Mr Tanabe hasn’t (as far as I know) said it’s a totally unique product based on 2 man-years worth of R&D or other such nonsense like some of … Read more
I’ve already posted the dirt side vero so I thought I’d redo it for the complete one with SHO. This ended up pretty compact so will easily fit in a 1590B. Updated 5th Jan 2014 – ground link added to avoid 2 ground connections to board. LED current limiting resistor also added to make use … Read more
[Updated 4th July 2014 – correction to treble control resistors] And an even simpler version using true bypass switching, and so omitting the buffer components. Verified.
[Updated 4th July 2014 – correction to treble control resistors] This is an easier build and is perfect for someone who wants the Klon tones without having to mess around buying charge pumps and curing squeals. This came from a thread on FSB where earthtonesaudio wrote the following: The charge pump in the Klon seems … Read more
This has been requested by a few people and although I was in two minds about posting this, it’s pretty well documented that the Lovepedal Amp11 is a blatant rip off and as the layout for that one is on this site (and I strongly encourage anyone considering buying the original of that pedal to … Read more
I thought I’d include the Bearfoot version of the Honey Bee, because I’ve heard quite a few people say they prefer it to the original. Unfortunately you can’t just change a few values using my BJF Honey Bee layout because there is an added resistor that needed cramming in. Still you can just build both … Read more
Information about the original: BJF design high headroom overdrive with adjustable low/mid EQ balance Premium quality classic blues/rock pedal that works very well with complex overdriven amp sound. This pedals is now offered as lower priced pcb-model or hand wired pedal. Both share the same specs and tone. It’s a low compression, high headroom overdrive … Read more
This is a modded version of the Sky Blue Overdrive, with a Tone control added, Texture control changed from an unnecessary dual to standard single 1K linear pot, and changes to the Z control to make it more useful. 1590B friendly if you can squeeze 5 pots in there. Info about the original: BJF design … Read more
Great sounding pedal designed to emlulate a HiWatt amp, and so one for you Who fans out there. Again this was an awkward one to keep the width down, but it will fit nicely in a 1590B. Video of Geiri’s build of this layout: Update (23rd March 2012): Missed cut, use this latest layout