Tools, Tones and Toys for Guitarists
Happy Fuzz Friday, all. Somehow in 10 years of laying out fuzzes, I’ve never done this one. Here’s the Roland (pre-Boss) AF-60 BeeGee fuzz. Originals use semiconductors you probably don’t have in your parts stash, but nothing in mojo territory, so modern equivalents will work just as well. Fairly simple circuit with a couple transistor … Read more
Slightly modernized version of a the old wierdo Roland AG-5 Funny Cat. Original had discrete op amps and a transistor emitter follower which for this layout has been changed to regular op amps. It is also modified for true bypass. Schematic and info HERE
My take on Roland AF-100 Bee Baa. Ditched the boost switch and one of the tone settings but added two new ones. “Highs” switch toggles between stock (middle position) and two settings that cut some highs:-). The other switch named “Notch” toggles between three settings in the twin notch circuit. Middle position has 10nF to … Read more
Here is a “heavily modified” layout for the old and weird Funny Cat. The original pedal sounded a bit… Me and Gavin (Hozy31) have been working on this to try to improve the sound. We added Moosapotamus mods, a buffer at the “Normal” side input to avoid “tone sucking” problems and a boost (SHO) at … Read more
