Tools, Tones and Toys for Guitarists
Taken directly from BYOC. Possibly the World’s cleanest, most transparent boost. It utilizes the 7660S charge pump’s ability to take a standard 9v power supply and output both +18v and -9v. The op-amp based boost circuit takes advantage of the whopping 27v differential to produce 20dB with an amazing amount of headroom. It doesn’t matter … Read more
This day had to come. Recently i was asked if i could build a vintage sounding treble booster for modern pedal board. Sure. Why not. And quick looking around showed that there were not that many (!?) rangemaster modernizations around. Or yes there are, but most of them do have something wrong with them – … Read more
Another circuit by Mesa Boogie. This one uses an Inductor, a dual LED and a different Bypass Switch wiring. There’s already an unverified layout (multiple boards) by Savvas in the Contributions section of the forum but I wanted to add one on a single board. You can find the original thread and schematic here.
A slightly modified version of Xotic BB Preamp from Mesa Boogie. You can find original thread and schematic here.
A “Mini” version of Smallsound/Bigsound Fuck Overdrive. Thanks to Brian for uploading his original schematic! (You can find original thread and schematic here.) 11/07/16 Layout updated! Brian has suggested to use J201 for Q2 & Q4 and to add a 10K trimpot between V+ and the Bias pot.
Direct from the source: One of the most sought after guitar tones is a combination of a great overdrive or fuzz pedal into overdriven tube amplifier. Amber Overdrive produces this sound even when running though a clean amplifier. It produces a very thick sound whether playing chords or single notes – fat and juicy with … Read more
Here is V.2 of Catalinbread SFT Overdrive. You can find schematic and extra info on the original FSB’s thread here. 09/08/16 Layout updated! Changed Sw6 to Sw4.
Another project by Commonsound/4ms. You can find all info and schematic on their website here. The original circuit uses a 1M Lin Pot with internal switch for the “Self Oscillation”. I’ve used a regular pot and an extra SPST switch but you can just use the original if you prefer.
This was an old request. Layout came out quite large. You can find all info and schematic on Commonsound/4ms website here.
This is a layout for TH Custom Effects’ version of Valve Wizard’s sub-octave pedal. Here is the link to their website with more infos about this project. Here is the link to Valve Wizard’s original circuit. You can also find a verified hybrid layout (SMD/Vero) by Induction in our Forum/Contributions section.