smallsound/bigsound
Smallsound/Bigsound Sparkle Motion
Stumbled across this one on the old Smallsound/Bigsound blog. The Sparkle Motion is based on the classic Rangemaster treble boost, but with a lot of extra controls. Schematic and more info can be found here.
Smallsound/Bigsound Team Awesome Fuzz Machine
Original description: “The TAFM was designed for low end heaviness with the ability to cut through a mix, to simply keep your guitar’s pick attack while having a really saturated fuzz-tone or just to have a subtle background fuzz behind your main keyboard sound. the TAFM excels at versatility and fitting in with almost any … Read more
Smallsound/Bigsound Team Awesome! Fuzz Machine
For Fuzz Friday here’s another cool design from Brian at Smallsound/Bigsound. It’s a unique silicon/germanium hybrid fuzz box with all kinds of options. This was traced over on Freestompboxes and Brian was kind enough to chime in and shed a little light on the circuit. There have been a couple versions of this circuit with both … Read more
Smallsound/Bigsound Mini
Here’s a pretty versatile and unique overdrive from Smallsound/Bigsound. The designer, Brian, was kind enough to share his schematic over on FSB, so a big thanks to him! I’ve laid this out for board mounted pots and added trimmers to help bias Q1 and Q3. I posted the layout on FSB and JohnK has already verified … Read more
Smallsound/Bigsound Mini Overdrive
A “Mini” version of Smallsound/Bigsound Fuck Overdrive. Thanks to Brian for uploading his original schematic! (You can find original thread and schematic here.) 11/07/16 Layout updated! Brian has suggested to use J201 for Q2 & Q4 and to add a 10K trimpot between V+ and the Bias pot.