Tools, Tones and Toys for Guitarists
To my ears, this is an overlooked gem. Update! Built it myself and yes it sounds as great as i remembered. However. I do recommend going stright for C10K pot on the drive control. And it doesn’t hurt to up the “12K*” to 22K. This way the output level goes up to “modern sufficient”.
Here is something a bit different and maybe useful! It’s an “effects loop buffer”. There isn’t a schematic for it but you can find the original layout on Ceriatone’s forum here. You can also find all infos on their original manual here. 12/03/17 Layout updated! Moved 220K resistor and link from S to G on … Read more
I know there have been veros around for a while but I wanted to add this project to the main page. It’s basically a Rams Head Muff with an added Baxandall tone control. You can find original FSB thread and schematic here. It should easily fit it in 1590B size box. Crank both treble and … Read more
From the Source: Here’s what the Phat Phuk is: A germanium/JFET booster. A unique sounding pedal which adds a beautiful sheen to your bass’ top end and a bit of grit to the overall tone. It’s a fantastic pedal for situations where you want a lift in your overall level, during a chorus or bridge … Read more
“The Germania is Homebrew’s take on the classic Rangemaster treble booster from the 1960s, and offers up to 20dB of gain to drive your amp. In its ‘hi-fi’ setting, you get a full range boost, but a ‘lo-fi’ setting offers a more focused boost in one of three frequency ranges controlled with the 3Q switch. … Read more
Original info: “I designed the SEX DRIVE pedal to fulfill the very particular needs of good friend Charlie Sexton. The goal was to build a “clean-boost” pedal that would supply additional bottom end and sustain when needed. The pedal would have to provide a boost that would not alter the original quality of the amplifiers … Read more
Here are two layouts for a classic Ring Modulator. The first one is for a vintage version (schematic available here). The DIP version of 1496 had a different pinout. The second one is for the modern vesion and it could potentially fit in a 125B size box (there is no schematic but a PCB layout here). … Read more
Came across a schematic for this awhile ago as it seemed interesting. It’s supposed to be a fairly rare overdrive pedal fetching up to $500. Here’s some information I found about it: The rare 1980s Bartolini tube-it Distortion Overdrive pedal made in Livermore, California, USA. Makes any amp sound like a Marshall. This may be the … Read more
Here is a serie of tube effect pedals by the German Tube-Town which were requested a while back. There aren’t videos available but you can find all infos, schematics and pcbs on their website here. (The Pepper Shredder has been discontinued but it’s supposed to be a tube distortion based on the Twin Valvecaster)
Came across this the other day and since I’m in the mist of finals I figured it would be a nice way to get my head away from my work and relax. Basically this is just a modified Ross Distortion, but has enough differences that I feel warrant a layout of its own, plus not … Read more