Tools, Tones and Toys for Guitarists
Another great sounding overdrive Quite a few people have had issues with the circuit oscillating with presence and gain maxed. This has been known to happen more easily with some pickups, while there hasn’t been an issue with others. Usable cure has been to put a buffer in front of the circuit to isolate the … Read more
Here’s a new little project for you. I designed it for a friend who wanted something that would give his old pedals a new lease of life, well here it is. You stick your old gain pedal into the loop and whoosh -> extra life. More dynamics, more warmth, it’s all there. Here’s the schematic:
The Dumble Overdrive Special has been one of the “Holy Grail” guitar amps for many years. So what are the chances of you getting your paws on one? It is thought that there may only be around 300 original Dumble amplifers in existance with the asking price now from $20,000 – $50,000! That’s probably not an … Read more
Another popular one from Zacky baby. And on the plus side the layout ended up looking like a spaceship out of Gradius 3 :o) (showing my age there!)
The Super Charged Overdrive has been part of the Catalinbread range now for a while – as you can see above it’s had three style make overs so far (the top image showsthe SCOD’s current form.). It’s a fairly high gain beast, and utilises those old Logic chips with their internal mosfets for the circuit’s … Read more
A quicky for you Devi fans. This is actually a really good sounding overdrive for such a low parts count. I did a layout for this previously based on a guessed schematic but this is the corrected versions from Devi’s schematic.
Only joking; here’s the real MI Audio Crunch Box: And here’s an internal shot: The MI Audio Crunch Box is a high gain distortion BeAsT! MI Audio make some great pedals and this is one of their most popular designs. It’s schematic has been out on the DIY scene for a while but I still … Read more
