GREER AMPS: Tomahawk Deluxe Drive

GREER AMPS Tomahawk vero layout v1 b776b67c4b3e

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

PROCO: Rat, with mods

PROCO Rat with mods vero layout V1 c85432703782

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