Tools, Tones and Toys for Guitarists
Haven’t done a tag board build for a while – so here’s a classic. INTERFAX HARMONIC PERCOLATOR HP-1 – TAGBOARD LAYOUT Being tag board, I’ve used 1/2w resistors and axial caps. You could use something more practical (smaller), but if that’s what you want to do, I would recommend using a different layout, as this is … Read more
Full details available here, which is my point-to-point layout for the Matsumin Valvecaster. Original values are used below. MATSUMIN VALVECASTER – TAG BOARD LAYOUT
And more Tone Bending… just make sure you add a decent size capacitor to decouple the output, I doubt anyone wants / needs stray DC escaping your fuzz. MARSHALL SUPAFUZZ PROTOTYPE – TAG BOARD LAYOUT MARSHALL SUPAFUZZ PROTOTYPE – VIDEO
Just to continue on Tone Benders for a little longer… Marshall SupaFuzz on tag board. MARSHALL SUPAFUZZ – TAG BOARD LAYOUT
A bit of a classic – well one of the first guitar effects really, the Dallas Rangemaster. A nice simple one for a quick build using leftover tag board. In theory there is room to fit the output cap on the board too, but I liked the straight lines of the components. DALLAS RANGEMASTER TREBLE … Read more
While I was thinking of what could be made with tag board off-cuts, this popped into my head. The D*A*M Red Rooster Booster is probably my all-time favourite booster – I’ve only ever made one, and it was so good I stopped there (it was a point-to-point npn version with trimmer). This is a PNP … Read more
I typically buy tag board strips with 18 lugs, usually leaving 6 left over after a few of my recent builds. So, what to do with a small board? Fuzz Face… has to be one of the all-time classics of guitar effects. ARBITER FUZZ FACE – TAG BOARD LAYOUT – PNP GERMANIUM ARBITER FUZZ … Read more
I’m sure there are more than a few layouts out there for the Tone Bender MKI on tag board – I’m sure a couple more will not hurt. These are based on the Zonk Machine tag board layout, and I’m planning on adding an extra tag or two to adapt it to a D*A*M FZ-673 and … Read more
Since I’m on a bit of a tag board thing at the moment, I thought I would copy the Ghost Effects Warmjet V layout from a couple of photos – why I don’t know, as I already have a point to point version that I’ve built. Anyway, here it is… I’ve been looking at this for … Read more
