Tools, Tones and Toys for Guitarists
This is my slightly more spacious take on the original tagboard layout for the Baldwin-Burns Buzzaround. Same size board and the same layout; it’s just spread out a bit more to take advantage of all the lugs available. BALDWIN-BURNS BUZZAROUND – TAGBOARD LAYOUT
The Hornby Skewes Zonk Machine is pretty much a MKI Tone Bender with some value changes – most notably the 1n capacitor on the input and resistors to collectors. A classic guitar effect from back in the day. ZONK MACHINE – ORIGINAL TAG BOARD LAYOUT TAG BOARD LAYOUT There’s enough room on a 12-lug tag board … Read more
The Buzzotron is almost identical to the original layout for the Buzzaround, which was also built on tag board. It sounds pretty good – a bit low on output on some settings, but otherwise a very nice sounding MKIII variant. The Buzzotron only has minor differences to the Buzzaround – bias resistors on the … Read more
I thought it was another D*A*M variation on the Buzzaround, but it turns out that it’s actually an Elka Dizzy Tone, which is still very much a Buzzaround (as pointed out by Anders, AKA fuzzhead, see comments). There’s one resistor that I could not see the value of; it’s likely to be 18k based on … Read more
I couldn’t find a layout for the FS-77 anywhere, but I did find some photos online, so I decided to try and trace it back in November 2020. I thought I had it, but when I looked at it again recently, I noticed the input didn’t look right. The caps were the wrong way around for … Read more