Tools, Tones and Toys for Guitarists
Alright ladies and gentlemen I finally had some time on my hands to relax and kick out a bunch of new layouts and since a lot of you out there have been playing around with those little Class D amps I thought I would be nice to have some more preamps based on amps we … Read more
Description from the Big Muff Page Among the many Japanese Big Muff clones, one of the first on the market was the Super Fuzz Sustainar, a nearly exact clone of a 1972 era Big Muff made by the Hoshino Gakki company (early units possibly made by Miyuki Ind. Co.) sometime around 1973. It was housed … Read more
” The vintage sound of an analog OTA-based phaser melded with contemporary parameters out the wazoo. From classic and not-so-classic sounds, subtle and over-the-top phase tones, mellow through seasick pitch vibrato, ringmod, glitchy octave effects, and outright strange phased/autowah/tremolo hybrid sounds you won’t find anywhere else. No doubt the Whetstone can do things that your … Read more
This was a request. You could use external pots instead of trimmers. Schematic available here.
“The Dunes, like the Palisades, is a Tube Screamer variant. Yet it goes a step further from the original, adding a few extra features that go a long way to matching your guitar and pickups, to your amp. The knobs are familiar—Tone, Gain and Volume. In addition, there are three toggle switches that really make … Read more
Here is the larger version (now discontinued) of the Noise Swash. One of our members (Kornel) was given the schematic by Dan from 4ms and he asked me to draw a layout for it. I don’t have permission to publish the schematic but the layout matches it. Please do not ask for it.
Bajaman’s overdrive circuit based on the Marshall 59 Plexi amplifier. Original thread and schematic available on the FSB forum here.
Bajaman’s overdrive circuit based on the Fender 59 Tweed Bassman amplifier. Original thread and schematic available on the FSB forum here.
Info: “Inspired by the Trainwreck Express amplifier (built by the late Ken Fischer), the TWE-1 is solid-state pedal designed to emulate the touch-responsiveness and clean-to-overdriven range you get from a high-grade tube amp. Along with Volume, Hi Cut, and Gain controls, the pedal has 3-position Cab switch (4×12, 2×12, off), a Presence switch that provides … Read more
Schematic available here. Added a second layout with Mark Hammer’s mods from the DIY forum (here).