Tools, Tones and Toys for Guitarists
[Updated 1st August 2014 – The schematic I did this from by UngodFX contained an error around the mids pot and mid voicing switch which stopped the switch from working correctly. The layout now posted corrects that error. For anyone who has already built this and needs any assistance in adapting it, post a message … Read more
John did a great version of this using vactrols but I wanted a version using simple LDRs so it was available to build for the maximum number of people. I would have preferred to have done this with a single LED with all 6 LDRs surrounding it, but it’s too awkward to do neatly with … Read more
I noticed we didn’t have this one in the library yet. The circuit is rather interesting mash of different bits and pieces. TS-styled clipping amp with serious sag called “Volts”, followed by two fuzz face style (with some features from the bazzfuss) circuits in series, which is followed by Big Muff-styled tone control. Not your … Read more
Old DIY classic with its roots pointing to rec.music.makers.guitar newsgroup and the year 1995. Briggs has posted the newsgroup message on his blog. So here it is. Quick and mean. Should be easy enough to be built in fifteen minutes. Just match those transistors. I know what the first comment will be. So don’t bother … Read more
Not sure what to call this. It has “Booster” written on the original unit, but still i think it’s rather closer to an overdrive than a booster. It’s definitely not a fuzz. Either way, it does sound pretty nice in the demos. There are other layouts for this circuit around the internets, but i thought … Read more
This looks kind of familiar. Let me think about it ….. Oddfellow Effects Caveman Drive … No just can’t remember, it will come to me. OK I nicked that joke from Dr Boogey on FSB, and thanks to him for the trace. One thing I must say is that in this vid it sounds a … Read more
[10th July Layout now fixed and verified, many thanks to John who bought and traced an original] Requested by a few people. The juvenile in me was so tempted to call this one the Huge Pork Sword, but thought I should start acting my age :o) This is a fairly big circuit for an overdrive … Read more
There are two dual opamps, and one half of the other is completely unused in the original. So i used the remaining half as a buffer for the reference voltage. D1 and D2 are your clipping diodes. Should be easy enough to add a third switch to act as a diode clipping switch.
