Tools, Tones and Toys for Guitarists
This is in response to a question I saw that asked on Facebook regarding reducing the minimum amount of fuzz available on a Tone Bender MKIII / MKIV. With the fuzz pot at full, there’s almost no resistance between the first stage and Q3. The fuzz pot acts as a variable resistor, so even at … Read more
Off-board wiring for any Tone Bender MKIII or MKIV – this is just how I do it; it’s not exactly vintage correct. The cable with a grey offshoot is shielded. Note where shields are not connected. I’ve grounded the enclosure via a pot; this is only sometimes necessary or recommended, depending on the style … Read more
A simple mod to provide more flexibility for the timbre range of the Buzzaround. One side of the timbre control is 15khz high-pass filter, which is very high. The useful range of the timbre sweep is rather limited as a result of this, and there’s also a bit of volume loss that comes with this. Some D*A*M … Read more
This is my slightly more spacious take on the original tagboard layout for the Baldwin-Burns Buzzaround. Same size board and the same layout; it’s just spread out a bit more to take advantage of all the lugs available. BALDWIN-BURNS BUZZAROUND – TAGBOARD LAYOUT
D*A*M BUZZOTRON – EARLIER VERSION SCHEMATIC D*A*M BUZZOTRON – LATER VERSION SCHEMATIC 27k instead of 22k resistor to Balance pot and 33k instead of 10K resistor from 1n on the Attack control to ground (lowering the filter frequency)
