Tools, Tones and Toys for Guitarists
Fred Briggs – Super OCD Schematic The Fulltone OCD has been an overdrive favourite for many years now. It’s got a really nice tone when your amp is set right (I prefer it with Marshalls I must say). Well, I’ve always thought about modifiying the basic circuit (which itself is based around the old Voodoo … Read more
The B K Butler Tube Driver has been used by several of Rock Guitar’s greats – David Gilmour and Eric Johnson to name just two. There are many schematics out there as well as a wealth of PCB projects. I’ve looked to compile the best and most reliable for this post. If you’re wondering how … Read more
The Wampler Pinnacle Distortion. This one has been requested – here’s the details. Firstly a description from the Wampler Website: “Zeke Clark, Edward Van Halen’s longtime renowned guitar tech played through a pinnacle and this is what he had to say:“I’ve played tons of pedals that promised that “Brown Sound”… this pedal NAILS it better … Read more
Here’s the schematic: And here’s the last in my series of Fender / Vox / Marshall themed boosters/overdrives – The “E11even” (Spinal Tap reference intentional). It’s designed for those classic Marshall overdrive tones, plexi / jtm45 sort of stuff. It’s based around the old mosfet booster design I love with a few tweaks. The bias … Read more
I thought I’d post a separate thread about this with it being a totally new layout to avoid confusion during comments in the thread. A few things about the last layout irked me and so I’ve done a fresh layout which ended up 1 column narrower and so makes it less tight in a 1590B. … Read more
Here’s the Face MKI schematic: I really like this one, it’s a booster/overdrive with a nice Fendery feel and voice to it. As you can see there are some values which you can alter on the schematic that allow you to tailor the tone to your exact needs. Firstly the supply voltage – the lower the voltage … Read more
Mad Professor’s “Honey Bee”-esque offering. Manufacturer’s info: Mad Professor Sweet Honey Overdrive (SHOD) is a super touch sensitive medium gain overdrive pedal. This pedals is now offered as lower priced pcb-model or hand wired pedal. Both share the same specs and tone. It is designed to overdrive distorted amplifiers and give dynamically controlled light overdrive … Read more
Ala Freakish Blues the people behind “Toxic Pedals” have gone and done the “buy cheap JOYO clones, repainted/rebrand them and then sell them on as your own.” trick. It turns out the Toxic Pedals “Muddy Drive” is the Joyo “Ultimate Drive” (Which is itself a clone of the Fulltone OCD/Voodoo Labs Overdrive) which has been … Read more
Dave’s blurb: So any huw. The Grease Box. It is at heart, a MKIII/MKIV Tone Bender. Its bare bones and the circuit blue print are very Tone Bendery. The idea here was very simple indeed. What if Colorsound still made the Tone Bender MKIV in 1981. What would that sound like? Okay so, gibberish aside. … Read more
Manufacturers description: A low/medium overdrive with lots of gain and a subtle fuzz mode. The MI Audio Blues Pro Overdrive Guitar Pedal’s no-nonsense circuitry offers effects that are very ‘immediate’. There are no internal trimmers, so that with the Blues Pro you get a very easy-to-use pedal, with the classic configuration of Gain, Tone and … Read more