Tools, Tones and Toys for Guitarists
I just realised that I had not posted a Sola Sound Tone Bender MKII layout… I did the Marshall Supa Fuzz earlier, which is kind of same same but the layout caters for larger mojo parts, and even the D*A*M MKII hybrid for a silicon / germanium monster. For completeness, here’s the MKII. SOLA SOUND TONE … Read more
Another variation on the Sola Sound Tone Bender MKII from D*A*M – the Flesh Head. As mentioned, it’s a modified Tone Bender MKII. The 1k Attack pot has been replaced by a 1k resistor, and the 10nf output capacitor has been replaced by two capacitors, one larger and one smaller, with a pot to … Read more
The Catalinbread Merkin Fuzz is their take on the classic Mosrite Fuzzrite, but with a few changes in values and a boost section at the end. Now I know a lot of guitar pedals have some odd names, but a Merkin Fuzz? Really??? Google it…. CATALINBREAD MERKIN FUZZ – POINT-TO-POINT LAYOUT
The Conquistador is Way Huge’s take on a Tone Bender MKIII, but with some twists. For one, it’s silicon, but it still uses PNP transistors. It also uses an odd power transistor for Q3, which might be hard to find by all accounts. Note the two options below for CBE and BCE pinouts. Word of warning: … Read more
Well they don’t come much simpler than this – the Earthquaker Devices Arrows. It’s a booster – it has one knob – it makes things loud. EARTHQUAKER DEVICES ARROWS – POINT TO POINT LAYOUT
This is a JFET version of one of the Benson amps, which is I think why the pedal doesn’t really have a proper name. It’s hard to find a B2M pot for the bass control, but you can use a dual B1M pot and gang the two sides together to reach 2M. Check the Pedal … Read more
The Thorpy FX Fallout Cloud AKA the Muffroom Cloud, is a Big Muff with a Baxandall tone stack. Here’s the thread on Freestompboxes. It’s a lower gain muff, probably more like a BMP from the former Soviet Union, as they also tend to have 47n caps on the diodes and large emitter resistors. THORPY FX FALLOUT … Read more
A variation on the classic Rangemaster Treble Booster from D*A*M. The Red Rooster germanium booster uses a NPN transistor so it can run off a normal power supply, and features a capacitor blend on the input to sweep between treble boost and full range boost. This has a lot of boost on tap – it will crush … Read more
This is a simple little fuzz from Spaceman – The Titan II SPACEMAN EFFECTS TITAN II FUZZ MACHINE | POINT-TO-POINT LAYOUT
Yeah it’s another Tone Bender…. The Vox was one of the longest running in production, and it’s a variation of a Fuzz Face, or vice versa. VOX TONE BENDER – POINT TO POINT LAYOUT VOX TONE BENDER MODS Increase the size of the output capacitor. 4n7 is pretty small, considering a Fuzz Face … Read more