Tools, Tones and Toys for Guitarists
And the original version. You can supply this with 18V if you want the extra headroom, but if you are likely to do that make sure you choose appropriately rated caps. Xotic’s info: What do the tones of renowned guitarist such as Page, EVH and Johnson have in common? They all used the legendary echo … Read more
Requested. This is a modified version of the Xotic EP Booster, done by Fred Briggs and seen on his blog La Révolution Deux. Have a look around there and you’ll find some really interesting articles and information about many modern and classic effects. This version includes the voltage converter to provide 18V from a 9V … Read more
Dave’s blurb: So any huw. The Grease Box. It is at heart, a MKIII/MKIV Tone Bender. Its bare bones and the circuit blue print are very Tone Bendery. The idea here was very simple indeed. What if Colorsound still made the Tone Bender MKIV in 1981. What would that sound like? Okay so, gibberish aside. … Read more
Manufacturers description: A low/medium overdrive with lots of gain and a subtle fuzz mode. The MI Audio Blues Pro Overdrive Guitar Pedal’s no-nonsense circuitry offers effects that are very ‘immediate’. There are no internal trimmers, so that with the Blues Pro you get a very easy-to-use pedal, with the classic configuration of Gain, Tone and … Read more
A nice versatile booster here by Bjorn, with switchable buffered or true bypass switching. I have kept the buffer separate so those who just intend to use it true bypass don’t have to bother with the extra components or board size. Manufacturers info: BJF design guitar booster/treble booster pedal with master volume Mad Professor Ruby … Read more
Pics found on eBay: Video made by Thom__stone of his build: Thanks to Jacques Pedals for the pics
Runoffgroove’s stompbox emulation of the old Supro 16T amps and so potentially a good one for the BJF Honey Bee fans. This one needs 18V and so will require an appropriate power supply, or maybe make yourself a voltage converter like this one. Info from the website: Supro was a budget brand name for amplifiers … Read more
Voodoo Lab’s info: This vintage overdrive circuit, originally built in the early ’70s, delivers singing sustain on leads and crisp, tight bass on chords. Turn the gain down to provide tons of clean boost for overdriving vintage tube and non-master volume amps. Medium gain settings add tube-like harmonics for fatness and warmth. Higher gain settings … Read more
I get really fed up using the helping hands. They’re really needed sometimes but any pressure and they go sliding off, so I got a PCB vice, but it is a bit big and unwieldy and I often couldn’t be bothered messing with it. Then when I was perusing eBay I saw this great little … Read more
