Tools, Tones and Toys for Guitarists
For those that don’t know I’m a huge lover of low end, and a worshiper of all things Sunn, in fact I’ve designed a turretboard layout to build a 1st Gen Sunn Model T ready to go as soon as I have the time to build it, which since I’m getting my Doctorate won’t be … Read more
This is a single channel version of Sunn Beta Bass & Lead Preamps. You can find the original FSB thread here. There are two different sets of caps depending on which version you want to build. You could use Mark’s Bipolar Voltage Converter if you want: http://tagboardeffects.blogspot.fr/2014/01/bipolar-voltage-converter.html You could also use this external board to … Read more
I’ve had a few folks asking for active bass cutter circuit for couple of different uses. First, a lot of stoner rock enthusiast want to split their signal for two amps and some blues folks want to do that too. And since in cases like these, the second amp is usually a guitar amp, which … Read more
Ran into a schematic of a preamp on-board circuit found in Blade brand guitars. The original called for LM4580 dual opamp, other channel unused. So i drew this layout for a single channel chip and added volume control, power filtering etc. You could try on a number of single opamps to see which sounds best … Read more
Just a couple of little preamps that have been requested. Some people swear by these little circuits and use them at the input of other effects because they like the way they colour the sound, so a quick build for people to experiment with. A couple o’ variations: EchoPlex Preamp with charge pump for 18V … Read more
Request for a simple opamp piezo preamp based on this circuit: http://www.eleccircuit.com/acoustic-guitar-pickup-circuit-using-tl071
Request. Info about Jerry’s original guitar with inbuilt electronics Tiger was Jerry Garcia’s main guitar from 1979 to 1989. It was built by Sonoma County luthier Doug Irwin. The Tiger is named after the tiger inlaid on the preamp cover located on the guitar’s top, just behind the tailpiece. The electronics of Garcia’s Irwin guitars … Read more
After a request John K has said that he’s happy to have his layouts posted on the main site so there will be a few of these showing up over the next few days. All layouts posted are verified by John and others in many cases so you can definitely build with confidence. Starting with … Read more
Without the pseudo-balanced output and adapted to work as a stompbox. Not really sure if this is worth a build as it is supposed to be not that loud. Simple design with low parts count, so it might be nice thing to experiment on… The pot tapers are not mentioned on the schematic i found, … Read more
Request, and unusually for the site, this layout has been done by our very own Geiri who asked to post it here so everyone can share it, so thanks Geiri! :o) Info about the original: The Sadowsky Outboard Bass Preamp/DI Pedal contains the same famous circuitry built into every Sadowsky bass. Housed in a small … Read more