Tools, Tones and Toys for Guitarists
Not much info on this but, it’s a rare West German Schaller vintage “Treble-Bass Boost” from 1968. It typically goes for over $400usd, so fairly desirable. It’s a 2 transistor based booster, with a five position switch that controls the the frequencies being boosted. There’s 2 treble settings, 2 bass settings, and 1 mids setting. … Read more
“The Knockout is a powerful two-filter combination that can make your Les Paul sound like a Strat and your Strat sound like a Tele. Its secret…the Knockout has a 7 pole filter for sculpting the low end of your mids and a 6 pole filter to shape the top end of the mids. This provides … Read more
John Fogerty’s fuzz sound in a box. Can find original thread, schematic and sound clip here. John Fogerty John Fogerty John Fogerty John Fogerty
Couldn’t really find a good description of this pedal other then it’s a Fuzz-Wah produced in the 70’s by Jen. Here’s my take based on the schematic. Just like many of the other fuzz wahs I’ve seen and working on layouts for this is essentially a classic inductor wah with a fuzzface type fuzz. There’s … Read more
The Colorsound Fuzz-Wah, or to be exact the Colorsound Wow-Fuzz! A new version of a funk-tastic old timer. The original 1970’s two transistor silicon distortion stage delivers the fuzz and the classic inductor based Colorsound wah circuit gives you the wow! Ah, the inductor based circuit you say. Been awhile since Colorsound did that, right? … Read more
Mictester’s version of the Big Muff. You can find the original FSB thread and schematic here. I’ve used the updated schematic on page 2.
This should emulate a Fender Champ sound. You can find original FSB thread and schematic here.
Can’t find much info on a description of it, but what I do know is that it a superfuzz running into a wah. There’s literally 1 component value difference in the superfuzz, the rest is straight up identical to the standard superfuzz. Quick note about the wiring. Just like the Shin Ei 6TR Fuzz Wah … Read more
From Retro-Tone Junkie: This is a very cool and underrated offering from the king of nasty vintage fuzz. This one is Kent branded but has the shin-ei stamp inside. It is widely known that the wah in these is less than desired. This is definitely not a funk machine and you will not channel your … Read more
Not much info on this one, but basically it was a compressor made by Univox in the 70’s as part of their “foot” series. Seems to be loved by many and was recently requested. In addition to the schematic posted in the request section I found another schematic posted over at FSB, so I made … Read more