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
I dug out my breadboard to clear some thoughts and played around a bit. Well, I ended up with one of my top 3 fuzz circuits, Roland Double Beat. It is perfect as is, just added some minor filtering here and there. But the stock Double Beat rotary switch tonestack sucked IMO so I just … Read more
Aion Fx take on a pretty rare, forgotten and old fuzz box by Roland. Some useful addons is made. A gain control is added and a series resistor before the volume control is removed for more overall output. I added a tone selector switch for the tone control since the factory schematic and Aion’s schematic … Read more
I’ve posted layouts for a stripped-back version of the Roland BeeBaa, but never for the full BeeBaa. So here it is. The Roland BeeBaa has a couple of extra options, not generally found on fuzzes of the era, mainly the treble boost and tone control. The switching swaps between a treble boost and a fuzz … Read more
This was a request. Primary intended for the fuzz section but could of course be used as a stand alone unit.
Mark Hammer tweaked one of the coolest yet most forgotten circuits a few years ago. Roland AD-50 Double Beat was a Fuzz Wah from the 70’s with a fuzz with three tone settings and a “so-so” wah. He added three more tonestings for more versatility. I built the stock Double Beat a while ago and … Read more
