Tools, Tones and Toys for Guitarists
OK – so this is what happens when you agree to make a pedal, before knowing what someone might ask for. I’m not sure that this is 100% my kind of thing, but here it is. Yes it’s a huge layout, but it is going in a 1590XX enclosure, so why not. I started this … Read more
Now this is mainly for my own purposes, as I doubt anyone else will want to build a Rat this way & I only plan on making one. Just a standard Rat, built on 0.15″ vero and I’ve prioritised looks of build practicality (or at least what I think looks good anyway). I have built … Read more
This is a simple one from Greer Amps – the Tomahawk Deluxe Drive. It has some distinct similarities to a Rat or Distortion +, in that there’s opamp clipping, driving hard clipping diodes, and a tone control. Schematic from PedalPCB. I added a buffer on vref, as half the opamp wasn’t being used, so why not. GREER … Read more
Check out the video, as it includes a tear down, schematic and a great explanation of the Barber Edge Hog circuit by Gray Bench Electronics. He has a few other video that are worth a look too – hopefully more traces to come… BARBER ELECTRONICS EDGE HOG – VERO LAYOUT note that I did … Read more
The Inventions 1981 DRV is a modded Rat, and it’s a pretty nice one. If you wanted a more ‘hi-fi’ Rat, this would be it. It runs at 18v, which undoubtedly helps with the more open sound/dynamics compared to an original Proco Rat. There’s also a slight boost before the main op-amp, where the … Read more
The humble Proco Rat – a staple of distortion throughout the 80s, and then later rediscovered by people that couldn’t afford expensive pedals or just liked the sound. By the way, I refuse to acknowledge the Rat as a fuzz pedal. Others may, but not me… Excellent analysis on Electrosmash if you have somehow missed it – link here The … Read more
It’s a Rat… and of course you can build any version of the Proco Rat using this point to point layout. Pop the Earthquaker Devices Tentacle in front of it and a boost after it, and now you have a Sunn Life pedal. PROCO RAT – POINT TO POINT LAYOUT PLEASE NOTE: … Read more