Tools, Tones and Toys for Guitarists
Thanks to Pawel for his schematic posted on FSB. I can’t find much info on this one or clips, but it is very close to being a Foxx Tone Machine so that should give you a good idea what to expect. Pawel traced two units with the second being slightly different, using BC109 transistors, the … Read more
As pretty much everyone must know by now this pedal was a re-badged Joyo Ultimate Overdrive with 3 resistors added, and that in turn is a very lightly modded OCD. But the TGP favourite Freekish Blues Alpha Drive does still have a lot of fans who will argue to their back teeth that the sound … Read more
This is a really great sounding fuzz and definitely something different from the norm, so props to Resonant Electronic Design. You’ll notice on the layout there’s a cap marked ??? and as you can probably guess the guy who did the trace didn’t get the value of that one. Looking at it though I suspect … Read more
Thanks to Matt for his schematic for this buffered Timmy. Info about the original: The Mayflower is a true bypass, midrange overdrive pedal that falls in-between the Voyager’s low gain preamp settings and the Iron Horse’s full and harmonically rich distortion. The Mayflower boasts a transparent, midrange signal that is great for cutting through or … Read more
Thanks to Miro for his great work with the trace for this one. This is more an adaptation than a verbatim clone, but will give you the same results. The original used a CD4066 quad bilateral switch to do the Tone Wicker switching which seems very much like an unnecessary inclusion when you consider all … Read more
Following a couple of threads in the forum where people had oscillation problems with certain effects that disappeared when a buffered pedal was placed before them, I said I’d do a post on here with a few different compact buffers that people could try tucked away in the box to place in series before the … Read more
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
Traced by our very own Miro (nice job buddy), and even though this is displaying an unusual lack of originality for EHX, I’m completely prepared to forgive Mike Matthews simply because it will upset Fulltone which is never a bad thing for me. Info about this Voodoo Lab Overdrive derivative: Rich, overtone laden sound that … Read more
Thanks to beedotman for the schematic on FSB. This uses a 4 position rotary switch to swap the output cap, but none of the values used in the switch are confirmed, so as usual with anything like this it’s a much better idea to use the values which suit your taste and gear better anyway … Read more
Request. Info about the hugely expensive final price “can only buy in limited numbers from eBay auction” David Main take on the MK1/ Zonk (7 out of 10 of which are probably in glass cases and haven’t been plugged in yet). I am the fuzz box system demon ~ FZ-673 The beginning. I’ve been brewing … Read more