Tools, Tones and Toys for Guitarists
For Fuzz Friday here’s the Roger Mayer Axis Fuzz redone with board mounted pots. Schematic for reference. Didn’t make a drill template for this one, but the pots are 1.2″ apart and should be an east fit in a 1590B.
For Fuzz Friday here’s Roger Mayer’s Spitfire. It’s pretty similar to the Mongoose, but with a different transistor/IC pair and a few value changes. Apparently it sounds really good on chords and doesn’t get too thick. Here’s the schematic for reference.
Got a request for this one. It’s the bass version of the Voodoo distortion. It’s a very popular bass effect, especially in Japan apparently, but also sounds great with guitar too. A transistor stage at the input pushes a Rat-like LM308 distortion section, followed by a Big Muff-style tone stack and a simple output buffer. … Read more
For #FuzzFriday here’s Roger Mayer’s Axis Fuzz, and it’s the 100th fuzz effect on the blog. Maybe I should branch out more… It was designed by Roger in the late 60s for Jimi Hendrix, and is named after the title track of “Axis Bold as Love.” It uses a PNP silicon transistor for Q1 and … Read more
Roger Mayer is one of the most influential effects makers of all time. Responsible for many great players fuzz tones, he’s probably most famous for tweaking (or just rebuilding) Jimi Hendrix’s Fuzz Faces. He also has his own line of pedals and this is his take on the classic Octavia (octave up) effect. This one … Read more
Request. Info about the original from Roger Mayer: In 1964 I designed my first fuzz guitar effects pedal that was used by Jimmy Page and Big Jim Sullivan and featured on many early hit records. I am pleased to announce that after 40 years this early ground breaking fuzz will be available again. It uses … Read more
