Tools, Tones and Toys for Guitarists
Happy Fuzz Friday, everybody. Ranjam over on FSB traced an early DBA Soundwave Breakdown (serial number 4) which it’s different than the current model. The unit he traced didn’t have the trimmers later units did. Don’t know the original value of those trimmers, but 50-100k is a good starting point. Those trimmers control the input … Read more
One last one, for tonight. From RnFR: well, i came up with another dirt pedal the other day. lately, i’ve been experimenting with mixing different types of transistors together to achieve new tones, and this one kind of takes that idea to the extreme. it’s designed under the premise that the stages increase in breakup … Read more
From RnFR: here’s something i churned out the other day. i have been thinking about modeling the Supro Thunderbolt with FETs, but then thought- i just got in these cool new Tesla GE’s, why not use those? so that’s what it is, the preamp section of the legendary amp used by Page and supposedly Hendrix, … Read more
So the other day I was looking over some of the info RnFR has posted on Apocalypse Audio and came across some pedal designs that caught my eye. I ended up sitting and doing a couple layouts for a few of them. Here’s the sixth version of the dirty boots. It’s a germanium overdrive based … Read more
Ace Tone FM-3 Fuzz Master without the boost option. From kitrae schem
This is a rare Japanese Big Muff clone made by Shin Ei. It is a clone of a triangle Big Muff, however it has some substantial differences to the triangle Muff layout we have here on the site. The 47n caps in the clipping stages here vs the 1uf caps in the clipping stages … Read more
Happy #FuzzFriday everybody! Here’s a circuit I found while browsing around the Free Information Society that’s ripe for modification–the NN Classic Fuzz. I think I laid this out while I was on paternity leave a while back, but I just now got around to finalizing the layout. Anyway, I can’t find any info on the … Read more
The Funk Machine is a filter effect that can be used on either bass or guitar (or synth, Rhodes, harmonica, etc). It’s also like an auto wah, given that the wah effect is controlled by the string attack of the player. Original units used 2, LM741 chips, but I’ve laid it out for an LM1458 … Read more
Here are Jon Patton’s original Snow Day Overdrive and Madbean’s modified version (Flabulanche). You can find all infos on Brian’s website: http://www.madbeanpedals.com/projects/Flabulanche/Flabulanche_2015.pdf Jon Patton’s video: – 2n5457s are biased around 12V.
