Tools, Tones and Toys for Guitarists
[Colorsound Overdriver] [Colorsound Power Boost] This is the classic pedal for that Beck/Gilmour tone. Build one – you won’t be disappointed! Look – here’s Jeff Beck with his: Here’s the Colorsound description: “So what’s the difference between the Power Boost and the Overdriver ?? Um . . . .nothing ! Except the case . The … Read more
“This is my Fuzz pedal. There are many others like it, but this one is mine. My Fuzz pedal is my best friend. It is my life. I must master it as I must master my life. Without me, my Fuzz pedal is useless. Without my Fuzz pedal, I am useless. I must play my … Read more
Culturejam took one of these apart over at freestompboxes ages ago, I thought I’d add the project here just to keep things ticking. Here’s the description from the Barber website: “Extremely versatile, high gain distortion, provides wider range of stellar tones. From ultra chunky, to scooped and back to thick again. Toggle switch selects mid … Read more
[The three knob standard Lunar Module] [5 knob Deluxe Lunar Module] Marc Alfs of Skreddy pedals is a top builder, he creates some of the best “Pink Floyd” tones there are out there. Here’s the description from the Skreddy website: “The Skreddy Pedals™ Lunar Module was designed for “that” certain silicon fuzz tone guitar solo … Read more
Tone Monk effects have been around for a while now. He’s run into a little trouble recently: http://freestompboxes.org/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=15903 (The shortened version is that he’s been building lots and lots of “his circuits” using PCBs he’s blagged for a knock down price from Madbean (and possibly General Guitar Gadgets) by pretending he was using them in an educational … Read more
The Sola Sound/Colorsound Tonebender MKII Professional is probably the second most famous Fuzz box after the Fuzz Face. It’s a three transistor fuzz circuit that creates an unholy amount of gain and sustain. For an idea of how it sounds – Jimmy Page used one with his Dragon Telecaster from the Led Zeppelin 1 era, … Read more
The Keeley Katana has been a popular boost pedal since it was introduced. It’s circuit topology is simple yet it manages to produce everything from a small boost to add a bit of life to leads right through being able to smash the front of a tube amp into submission and natural break up. Here’s … Read more
Here’s another (nearly) new one from me. It’s a tricked out super mod of the old Electro Harmonix LPB-1 circuit that produces some lovely singing overdrive tones reminiscent of an old VOX from their 1960’s heyday. I took the Lovepedal Englishman (A supposed Vox AC30 / AC15 emulator) as a base and went from there – Firstly … Read more
Here’s another Nick Greer box for you, this time it’s something with a little more grit – the Sucker Punch. Here’s the description from the Nick Greer website: “The Sucker Punch is a high gain, thick, meaty true distortion pedal. The pedal utilizes it’s own preamp and “power amps” in order to achieve distortion. This … Read more
Nick Greer is better known for his amplifiers than he is for his FX, he has produced a few that do interest people though. Luckily the forum folk over at freestompboxes have taken them apart and had a little look. Firstly here’s a description of the Ghetto Stomp from the Nick Greer site: “Three knobs … Read more