Tools, Tones and Toys for Guitarists
This is a bit of an unusual one because I’m not even sure what it is. It’s based on a schematic done by Analogguru and is obviously a Cornish buffer in front of a booster, so what I am assuming is that the Guild Brian May is the treble booster, and the whole circuit amounts … Read more
Info from the Runoffgroove website: The Vox AC-30 amp is considered by many to be the defining sound of the British Invasion during the 1960s. The Top Boost circuitry provided crisp treble-laden overdrive that perfectly complemented the rich bass content. The English Channel is a JFET-based distortion stompbox that uses the same basic architecture as … Read more
Another great sounding pedal from Dave Barber, very well made and reasonably priced if you want the original. I have put all internal controls external with this for more flexible tweaking, and remember if you want to run this at 18V you need to select your caps appropriately. I’ve also seen a schematic for this … Read more
Short and sweet: The Pastrami Overdrive is well seasoned overdrive with great sustain. Delicious tone! FYA Electronics Moldy Meat Drive by mirosol Thanks mirosol for the first cheapy pedal mod, it sounds like this offers real improvements.
One for Miro: Crunchy distortion. The sound of the Slam Punk is what you would get from a contemporary British hi-gain stack.
Requested by a few people now and I do want to keep the bassists happy too. In tomorrows blog I’m going to show you how to make pizza boxes, especially for drummers. Just kidding! :o) Although the hand built BJF and Mad Professor effects can hurt your wallet, with the new PCB range out they’ve … Read more
Guillaume Fairfield is another one of the good guys who has been very helpful and open about his circuits during discussions on the forums. If you like the effects then consider supporting the builder and buying something from him in the future. If you want to try one before you buy then this may be … Read more
Now stop moaning! :o) Info from Fulltone about the original: For many, many years you’ve basically had 2 choices for your Overdrive/Distortion pedals: You could either get “Soft-clipped” Bluesy, slightly compressed, (Toob Screemer, FD2, etc.) type Overdrive pedals… or you could get “Hard-Clipped” (OCD, Distortion+, Boss DS-1, etc.) type Distortion pedals. What if there was … Read more
May as well add this one as well while I’ve got the template out and mirosol has his soldering iron out! :o)
