Jen (Gretsch Playboy) – Harmon Booster

Jen Gretsch Harmon Booster Schematic 3ef43e5be61b

Nightraven has taken his apart and offers some description of the tone of this strange unit: “it’s basically an overdrive pedal that borders on fuzztone with the controls dimed and having a dirty amp to start with. very underrated IMHO – i think it’s loads better than Tubescreamers and the various copies.” For a better idea … Read more

Fulltone – Plimsoul

Plimsoul 5db639bd0140

The Fulltone Plimsoul, a new(ish) distortion overdrive from the man who brought you the much appraised OCD. The Plimsoul piqued my interest when it was claimed that part of the circuitry was due to be patented. First here’s the description of the Plimsoul from the Fulltone website: “For many, many years you’ve basically had 2 … Read more

BJFE Little Green Wonder

BJFE Little Green Wonder 4f2f500beb8e

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

Vintage Boosters Finished :-)

Briggs boosters 0370e1d30cab

So, I finished building the prototype “Vintage Boosters” I designed – The “Face” (Fender inspired), “E11even” (Marshall inspired) and the “’64 Vintage” (Vox inspired). I designed them as three separate units that could be used individually to create tones which have a definite character of the amp they take inspiration from but I also paid a huge amount of … Read more