Tools, Tones and Toys for Guitarists
Here’s the .45 Caliber overdrive from J. Rockett Audio Designs. It’s essentially a simplified Timmy without the second opamp stage, and claims to emulate the sound and feel of a 1962 JTM 45. Easy fit in a 1590B with board mounted pots. Edit: Schematic for reference
Another fun overdrive from Rockett, this time going for a Plexi sound. Think of it as the first half of a buffer-less Tube Screamer with an AMZ Stupidly Wonderful Tone Control 2. Here’s the schematic for reference. Should be an easy fit in a 1590B.
This appears to be Rockett’s take on the Marshall Guv’nor, but with a few modifications. The tone control of the Guv’nor has been replaced with a Baxandall EQ tone stack and the output is boosted with a JFET gain stage (much like Rockett Flex Drive). Should fit nicely in a 1590B with board mounted pots.
“The Rockett Pedals 10 Ton Hammer is a perfect distortion pedal for players who have a clean amp, like a Fender. It may not play nicely with high gain amplifiers, thats just the nature of the high gain game. This is a highly responsive pedal, and with some creative use of your guitars volume and … Read more
Here’s another interesting take on the Tube Screamer circuit from Rockett Pedals. The input and output buffers are removed and there’s an added JFET gain stage following the IC. There are also switches to select different clipping diodes and treble response.
Here is a layout for the Rockett Flex Drive. You can find original thread and schematic here. The layout has already been verified by Gavin (Hozy31). Gavin said: “It seems biasing the drain to 4.5v is not the way to go. You need to turn it until you get decent volume on all switch 2 … Read more
Here’s the Blue Note overdrive from Rockett. Fairly simple design around one half of a 4558 chip. Pots can be board mounted using right angle PCB mount pots to the solder-side of the board.
Mmolteratx traced this one over on FSB. Figured I’d put it up. Seems to be a BossTone derivative with some tweaks. Here’s the original: And since all the offboard wiring is making a few people say, “WTF,” here’s the rat’s nest that is the offboard wiring for this effect. The “In” and “Out” wires go … Read more