Tools, Tones and Toys for Guitarists
Just noticed we didn’t have any CM designs on the library yet. Demo vid i found isn’t the greatest quality, but it has a Dinosaur Jr. riff, followed by some White Stripes, so i just had to post it. Made me feel like 25 all over again. Pedal seems like a nice distortion unit too. … Read more
Request, thanks to PedalBlotter for his hard graft in tracing the circuit. This is a bit of an awkward circuit to try to find a good middle point to do it on two levels (like my Muff layouts) and have an even spread of components on the board, so I’ve just done it in a … Read more
And the standard version using the more widely available and cheaper BTDR2 bricks. This is set to be around unity but if you want a boost then experiment with the 12K resistor. 18K will give you a slight boost.
Request. This is a 1776 Effects project with more info available here. Check out their other projects and PCBs available at their store: The Rub-a-Dub Deluxe utilizes the new Accutronics BTDR-3H. The BTDR-3H allows the reverb decay to be adjustable. In addition, the Rub-a-Dub Deluxe also adds a tone control (based on Culturejam’s Box of … Read more
I’ll add a Diamond Compressor layout at some point, but this one was a must for me and I’m surprised it’s taken me this long to do the layout. This is Fred Brigg’s stripped down version of the Diamond, which is essentially the same but without the Tilt EQ section of the circuit or the … Read more
The spiel on this slightly modded Krank Distortus Maximus: If you’re tired of the metal distortion pedals mass produced in Asia, designed by guys in their late 50′s that have no idea how metal sounds TODAY, then you NEED to hear the Body Rot II. In case you hadn’t noticed, metal is what we do… … Read more
Noticed this one and thought i’d do a quickie. Here you go with Joe Davisson’s improvements on the classic fuzz face. Note from Analog Alchemy website: Placing a diode at the input of a silicon Fuzz-Face type circuit improves the tone by preventing saturation of Q1. Adjust the 5.6k resistor until Q2’s collector is near … Read more
Another one that was missing from the library. Original units call for 2M pot for the overdrive control, but as the demo below suggest, the middle position of that knob should be mild enough. So i see no harm in using 1M pot for that instead. That’ll give you the latter half of the sweep. … Read more
Seeing as I’m on a roll with these at the moment I thought I’d add another popular chorus pedal. It’s based on a few bits from 3 different schematics, and includes a Vibe and Intensity mods from the Tonepad scheme, rate LED and depth increase from Madbean’s Pork Barrel and the schematic from Electrosmash which … Read more
Modded to include a depth pot instead of the switch used in the original, giving you variable depth control rather than just two preset levels. Not the best looking layout with too many links and cuts, but it’s a means to an end, and it’s hard to avoid when you have 4 ICs, 3 transistors … Read more