Tools, Tones and Toys for Guitarists
Being so similar to Wylde Signature and GT-OD, i can understand why this one was still missing from the library. Well. Up the 100n to 220n-1µ from inverting input of the driver amp to VRef and swap the clippers for LEDs. Should be worth your while…
DIYStompboxes forum member Ripthorn adapted the Alembic F-2B tube preamp to a JFET preamp. It gives you 3-band EQ controls, master volume, and a bright switch. Fairly simple circuit, but might turn into a bit of a rats nest with the offboard wiring (I know, a bit out of character for me). Set the trimmers … Read more
I’ve had a few folks asking for active bass cutter circuit for couple of different uses. First, a lot of stoner rock enthusiast want to split their signal for two amps and some blues folks want to do that too. And since in cases like these, the second amp is usually a guitar amp, which … Read more
Here’s a rare one that came in via the request folder. It’s a distortion/filter effect. Used live by guitarist Kevin Sheilds from My Bloody Valentine on “Sometimes,” this might be a must-build for shoegazer fans out there. Here’s a demo video of a clone with the 100k trim pot wired externally as a distortion control … Read more
With the exception of the IC BMP (’77, ’78) you can theoretically build just about any version of the Big Muff on any other version’s layouts, but the values listed in this one are for the Tall Font Green Russian version. This one is smaller than the BMP layout I did with on board pots … Read more
Nocentelli’s Bikini Wax is a shaved down Big Muff with the tone control and gain recovery stage removed. Play around with transistors and especially diodes to change the tone to your liking. Update 3/16/15: Since the layouts for the Green Russian Big Muff were derived from this one, and the Green Russian was missing a … Read more
This cool little effect was originally housed in a small box that plugged directly into your amp (which you then plugged your guitar into) and later on some of Vox’s higher end guitars. You’ll need to track down an obsolete 2N2646 unijunction transistor for Q1, but they can be found on eBay or Small Bear. … Read more
This one was a request. It’s another layout for Jordan BossTone, but with onboard pots. Because of the onboard pots I was able to add an anti-popping pull down resistor on the input. Q1 is NPN silicon (so 2N2222 or 2N3904) and Q2 is PNP silicon (2N2907 or 2N3906). The pot centers are 1.2 inches … Read more
Here’s another MOD effect. It’s a simple reverb using the Belton Digi-Log Mini Reverb Module (the BTDR-2H-L), which you can mount directly to the board. The DPDT switch referenced in the layout is the on/off stomp switch if anyone is confused by that. Here’s the schematic and a sound sample for reference.
Last post of 2014. Happy New Year, everybody! Here’s the early 80s DOD FX55 Distortion, without the original switching circuit so you can wire it for true bypass. The original used a TL062 dual op-amp, but the 2nd half of it wasn’t in the signal path all, so I went with the single TL061. The … Read more