Tools, Tones and Toys for Guitarists
Here’s a more unusual effect. Playing chords it has a ring mod-ish quality to it, but played higher up the fretboard and using the neck pick up with tone control down gives a very prominent octave effect which sounds great. You’ll notice I shared holes for the diodes and a couple of the resistors, this … Read more
Here’s a version of the Clark Gainster for those who don’t want to use the massive paper-in-oil caps in the version posted previously. I only put in the large axial 100u cap because there was a bit of space in the bottom right of the layout and I had some that size. You can obviously … Read more
This is one of those versatile builds that could be useful for a number of different tasks. Effects and dry signal in parallel, 3 channel splitter/mixer, 1 input 3 outputs for using multiple amps, 3 inputs into one output to use multiple instruments, convert serial effects loop into parallel … and so on. I made … Read more
This one will let you continue to use the more consistent PNP germanium transistors, but the charge pump will provide a -9V supply, so the ground at 0V can be daisy chained with all your negative ground effects. The same structure could be used with any circuit that is usually PNP like the Rangemaster or … Read more
Info about the original: The Meathead. Often imitated, never surpassed. Little box, big idea. Caveman style fuzz tones for killing dinosaurs. Crank it up and hit that switch. Ka-pow! The flavour is thick and raw with a throaty woody bark. Optimum clarity and saturation are delivered with a long syrupy sustain at mountainous volumes. The … Read more
It’s been a while since I’ve done a tagboard layout and this was a startling omission that someone requested.
Info about the original: The Catalinbread Merkin is a fuzz pedal that’s just ‘rite’ for classic sixties fuzz sounds and beyond! Extended and refined from a classic fuzz circuit, this 3 silicon transistor circuit is very textural, varying from blunt to ripping. It’s controls are simple, a volume, and a texture knob with huge range, … Read more
This pedal originally used large Russian Paper-in-Oil capacitors, and so this layout has been done to accommodate those large caps. If you intend to use smaller caps, then the layout can be easily reduced in size and 3 or 4 of the links can be removed.
