Tools, Tones and Toys for Guitarists
Strange. I thought we had this already covered, but apparently not. The layout didn’t turn out as compact as i hoped, but there’s still some symmetry in there and at 21×15 it will with in 1590B with ease. So this is the original transformerless Octavia that comes in Rocket enclosure. Apparently the last version Mr. … Read more
The bass version was requested, so i thought i’d draw these both, as only main difference between the two is the tone stack. Demo of Geiri’s build:
Info from Roger about his original: The Roger Mayer Spitfire is the latest fuzz guitar effect in the Rocket Series and has been deliberately designed to produce the classic triode tube type distortion that is particularly rich in harmonics that are very musical and pleasing to the ears. This basically means that chords can be … Read more
Info from Roger Mayer about the original 1985 version which this is based on: The MONGOOSE FUZZ was developed in 1985 for guitarists who demand a guitar effect with lots of fat fuzz and enough bottom end to keep a metalhead happy. The MONGOOSE FUZZ also sounds as if it has a pre-set type wah … Read more
and modified version removing the 220R resistor and 1nF cap. Some people think it sounds better:
