Tools, Tones and Toys for Guitarists
Ever want to have as many clipping options as possible on a distortion or overdrive pedal? Here’s a way to add up to 6 different combinations of diodes, LEDs or Mosfets with a 6-way rotary switch. Here’s the break down on the different diode layouts by switch position: Standard 2 diode orientation Asymmetrical diode orientation … Read more
Here’s a simple one for your Saturday. As the name implies, this is a simple buffer based around a JFET transistor. This layout follows the schematic from Jack Orman’s great article on Basic Buffers. Thought this would be useful if you want to add an input buffer to an existing pedal or to a project … Read more
Got a request for a PCB to make wiring up 3PDT footswitches a little less messy. There seems to be about a dozen ways to actually wire up an effect with a 3PDT, but I went with this wiring scheme drawn up by Bumblebee over on DIYStompboxes as it’s fairly neat and efficient. The effect … Read more
Here’s a simple blending circuit that uses a JFET to allow you to blend between effected signal and clean signal. I’ve used this on Big Muffs before and it’s quite useful.
Had drawn this a long time ago and even build a few for my personal use. AMZ buffers are known to be very good in sound quality, so the splitter is that too. It is very modular and it can have as many output channels as needed. The most common use would still be to … Read more
[12th June 2014 – perf version added] I’ve wanted to do a layout for this one for a while, but it fell by the wayside as the board will just be too big to fit in a 1590B which I use the majority of the time. But there are a few builds I want to … Read more
I did this a while ago but when I was searching for it last night I could only find a tag version, so I want this in its own post to direct people to when they want true bypass and LED indication with a DPDT stomp. This also works fine with a 2N7000 mosfet but … Read more
This will be a useful little circuit for anyone wanting voltage doubling and negative voltage from a single charge pump. I’ve done this with a particular layout in mind, but I think it may come in handy for a few effects that require +/- supplies, which can now be accommodated with a small daughterboard. I … Read more
I’ve noticed a recurring request on how to add tone control to layout x (where x = any layout without tone control). So i thought that i’d draw up a simple addon board for simple Big Muff Pi tone control, so that anyone can take it after any board’s output. But as many of the … Read more
Updated 6th February 2014 I have a TC Electronic G-Force and Eventide Eclipse in the parallel effects loop of my amp and use a rack mixer to keep them in parallel with each other, and so allow me to use them both 100% wet and so avoid having to digitize my dry signal. I do … Read more