Tools, Tones and Toys for Guitarists
When I set out to build a proper test cabinet for amp building, I came across a great switch wiring setup that perfectly suited my needs. With the parts I had on hand, I was able to put together a versatile cab without risking damage to my favourite speaker cabs. There are of course commercial … Read more
When you’re diving into breadboarding or building circuits, one thing becomes clear—you need a test box. It can be used with a breadboard or a completed circuit, before you spend time boxing it up in a finished enclosure. Testing using an enclosure that is known to work eliminates one area of trouble shooting, which often … Read more
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Here is a contribution from Chris Stelloh that seem to be really useful. Chris says: This is an updated version of the Demedash Incandenza micro-controller free clickless relay true bypass switch. It takes up a bit more room than a simple 3pdt, but because of the friction-free operation of the SPST button, it will last … Read more
Next up from Dylan159’s Unreleased Circuits is the Blendy Buffoon. We’ve had a bunch of different blend/mix/loop designs up already, but this idea was still missing. Some may have stumbled upon an issue where you couldn’t use a basic blend circuit with the likes of Marshall Bluesbreaker or MXR Dynacomp. That issue is due to … Read more
The Slow Gear emulates a guitarist riding the volume pot or a volume pedal, creating a swell effect. This will fit comfortably in a 1590B or 125B, though with the 1590B you’ll probably want to wire the pots off board or use long-leg right angle pots mounted on the component side. Here’s the schematic for reference.
Given that I’ve been playing around with a few circuits using this as a replacement for the opamp, I thought I should make a little vero layout, which can be dropped into an existing circuit to test it. If you are unfamiliar with this, it’s a simplified discrete opamp – basically, build it, and place … Read more
I recently tried building an ABY box with isolating transformers on the outputs, and I just could not get it to work (well, everything worked, apart from the constant buzzing that I could not get rid of, which was incredibly frustrating). I then pulled out most of the components, just leaving the switching and LED indicators, which … Read more
Had a couple questions about stompbox use with line level, so I drew up this. This allows you to drop the line level signal down to instrument level, send it out to whichever stompboxes you want to use, then back and amplified back up to line level. Schematic and discussion here. Made two versions, one … Read more
Just stumbled across this on FSB. It’s a tap tempo + modulation add on for PT2399 delays designed by Electric Canary. It is digital so you’ll either need to buy a pre-programed chipset or burn the code onto the chips yourself. Lots of off board wiring with this, but it’s probably worth if you have … Read more