Tools, Tones and Toys for Guitarists
BJF (The designer behind the Mad Professor stuff spoke about his LGW (Little Green Wonder) pedal over on the freestompboxes forum. A schematic was provided: As Bjorn pointed out there was a 1M resistor missing from the gate of the input buffers FET but I have now fixed that on the above schematic. Here are … Read more
This thing is said to emulate a 69 Marshall Plexi 50W on 10… Hmmm, OK – Here’s the scheme : It looks like this one was drawn by the great matsumin, one of the legendary Japanese DIY bloggers! Check it out, it’s a fairly simple build! Here is the original PDF Manual: Link! Here’s a … Read more
Had a few requests for this, everyone knows what it does and everyone seems to like it. Anyway, here’s the description from the Fulltone website: “AMPS… if you’ve ever owned a GREAT amp, like a Marshall 18 watt, a VOX AC15 or a Marshall JTM45, and if you have a place where you can crank … Read more
I’ve had a few emails requesting this scheme so here it is for you all to view 🙂 Here’s a demo video here: And a short description from the Zvex Website: “I designed this new distortion generator, Machine, with some different limitations. Like try playing chords through it. Hmmm. But put it in front of … Read more
[This post also includes info on how to build up a Skreddy Pink Flesh work-a-like] Here is the schematic of the great Skreddy Mayo – a superb modification of the old Electro Harmonix Big Muff. The tone is supposed to be a match for the classic Big Muff Tone from The Smashing Pumpkins “Siamese Dream” album … Read more
The Xotic AC Booster a well loved booster/overdrive pedal, this demo shows why – And here’s a scheme for you: You can clearly see it is a traditional style opamp based clipper. With one interesting addtion, it has an active tone stack present after the clipping section! Here’s some more info, available on the Xotic … Read more
Here are a few images of my latest creations. The larger white box is my latest Klown, modeled on the Klon circuit but modified for a fatter OD sound, with split gain and blend pots, altered clipping arrangement and altered the op-amp type. The smaller silver box with blue and white paint is a “new” … Read more
Everyone likes originals? Here is the Analogman – KOT (King of Tone) schematic, looks just like a modified Marshall Bluesbreaker pedal to me. But you do get two of these circuits in series when you buy the KOT, which is pretty cool, and the build quality is good. The only problem is waiting time – … Read more
Go wild! Here’s the scheme, as you can see it’s the standard setup now-a-days of opamp with clipping diodes. Paul C, the designer of the timmy has commented alot on the subject of his pedal over at freestompboxes.org. He still sells the originals directly from himself for around $100 I believe – that is simply … Read more
[NOTE – This post also contains info on the Fuchs Plush Drive & Jetter Gain Stage Red] Here is the sought after “Zendrive” overdrive pedal. If you’re unsure of what these are check out the Hermida Audio Website; http://www.vendio.com/stores/HermidaAudio/item/effects-pedals/zendrive/lid=2384441 And here is a demo video (there are plenty of sound samples on the Hermida website though…); … Read more