Tools, Tones and Toys for Guitarists
Request. It’s probably worth considering using 2 independent 500K log pots and separating the boost and drive sides. It seems a little restrictive to have them as a dual pot rather than being able to set their gain individually and of course it may also be preferable to make the toggle a stomp so that … Read more
Just a bit of a bonus utility layout really. I quite like perf with some things, and there’s no doubt you can get circuits more compact than with stripboard. I do find as a building medium it’s more of a pain with larger circuits as making the tracks as you go and trying to keep … Read more
Yes. It is big. I’ve omitted the complex power supply, but left most of the noise reduction measures in tact. Transistor controlled LED circuitry is also gone. With dual gang gain pot and the board size, this will be a tricky but doable fit in 1590B. Marketing spiel from ten years ago: Attention: Guitarist who … Read more
Yup. Vox made TS. I omitted the overly complex power supply section and transistor based LED operation. Input and output buffers are 2SC2389 in the original units. You could also use those instead of 2N5088/2N5089. Just mind the pinout. Schematic i have has the output pulldown resistor at 1K, which seems way too small for … Read more
30th October 2014 – Put on hold pending investigation :o) Info about the original: The Earthquaker Devices Monarch Overdrive is an FET, all discrete dirt machine that will get you some truly vintage and organic overdrive. The Monarch Overdrive is based on a certain UK hard rock amp’s input stage that shares the same color … Read more
And I may as well add this one as a separate layout so we know what versions the comments are based on. This changes a cap value and adds an Effect Level pot to the CE-2. If you want to add an Effect Level pot to the guitar CE-2, just use this layout and swap … Read more
I was going to just add this to the bottom of the Phase 90 post, but on reflection thought it better to start a new one to keep discussion about this build in one place. A few people have requested a layout for the Phase 100 and I thought this could be a happy medium … Read more
Info about the original: The HEAT BLASTER delivers a truly modern distortion sound, with a tone control plus high-cut and low-cut switches for additional tonal adjustment. The high-cut switch attenuates the presence frequencies in order to produce a mellow tone that retains good projection. With the high-cut switch engaged you can use the tone control … Read more
There’s a partial schematic up at FSB, missing all non-polarized cap values. I thought it would be a nice idea to take a guess at them. The values i selected should take the sound close to the original unit. Of course, if any of you have better guesses on the values, let me know. This … Read more
I can’t find any information on this one in terms of marketing spiel, but it should be obvious what it’s based on :o)