Tools, Tones and Toys for Guitarists
Original Info: “CC Hybrid is one of the first pedals to use one germanium and one silicon transistor in the classic Fuzz Face circuit. CC Hybrid is a stand-alone pedal that contains the same Silicon/Germanium fuzz face circuit as the original Captain Coconut and Captain Coconut2. To my knowledge, it’s the first example of a … Read more
Well as usual just finished a round of exams, so it’s time to start posting the layouts I did when I was taking study breaks. This time I’m going to space them out so there’s not a sudden flood. First up the 18v Colorsound Power Boost. Same topography as the Colorsound Overdriver, but ran at … Read more
Interesting sounding 8-Bit fuzz, that’s not typically my type of pedal that I thought will get some love. Schematic is posted over at DIYSB. From the source: The Pixel is one of the earliest SHOE designs. It began as an oscillating fuzz and, after intentionally adding elements haphazardly and then adjusting the circuit so the … Read more
Another “requested” monster layout! At least this one doesn’t use any weird components. You can find all infos and schematic from their website here.
Apparently mimicing Mesa MKIV head’s distortion. Hadn’t seen this type of distortion control in a pedal before, so i thought this might be a nice addition. Has nice amount of gain and there’s room for tweaking. Update 12.9.2017 – Don’t know what was going on in my head with the original layout revision. It had … Read more
Schematic was recently posted at FSB (Thanks Manfred!), but there are couple small things i decided to tweak for this layout. For one, the original has 4558 dual opamp in the circuit with other half left hanging. This layout has 741 in its place and the transistors are with more common pinout. Nice singing overdrive … Read more
“Unlike traditional overdrive stomp boxes, the VH4 Pedal is a true preamp which delivers an authentic representation of its namesake – real Diezel tone – not emulated, not modeled, but sincerely reproduced. The entire signal architecture is faithful to the original: Bass, Mid, Treble and variable Deep and Presence controls allow you to tailor the … Read more
Description of the MKIV origin from the captain. The origins. Tone Bender MKIII, Tone Bender MKIV. Same party different frock. Aside from the obvious differences in the enclosure type of these pedals any true solid definition of which is what in regards to circuit type is and will always be a little bit of … Read more
