Tools, Tones and Toys for Guitarists
Here’s an other heavy one. This one was designed by Martin (aka soulsonic) and is basically 3 transistor stages and a tone stack into a JFET gain recovery stage. The toggle switch selects between distortion and fuzz. The tone in Distortion mode is a big heavy, “Doom-y” sort of thing with alot of sustain. In … Read more
Here’s another design by Martin from Soul Sonic FX. Here’s what he had to say about it over on FreeStompboxes: It’s a cool little hybrid combo of an opamp driving a MOSFET. It has a great range of drive, from light and crunchy to thick and heavy. At it’s highest settings, some people might consider … Read more
Here’s a cool overdrive circuit designed by Martin from SoulSonic FX. It’s said to be a “Klon Killer,” so if you’ve been disappointed by that circuit, give this one a go. Signal goes through a buffer then is split between clean out put and the rest of the effect. So not a true-bypass effect, but … Read more
Here’s a well designed buffer by Martin from SoulSonic FX. Use it as a stand alone buffer or as an output buffer in another pedal. Should fit easily in a 1590a enclosure.
The Folk Driver is a low-medium gain overdrive developed by SoulSonic FX after being challenged by Björn Juhl (of BJFE) to create a DIY project inspired by sound of the BJFE Honey Bee. Here’s what Martin (soulsonic) had to say about it after designing the circuit back in ’09: My goal was to keep the … Read more