Tools, Tones and Toys for Guitarists
Original unit has relay based switching and 1000µ filter cap. This layout is done with the circuit in tact, but omitting the original switching, LED and filtering is replaced by 470µ cap. Our “standard” polarity protection is in place and i’ve also added 1M resistor to prevent popping from the standard true bypass switching.. Tone … Read more
This is a request for my slight mods on Rick Holt’s Assassin of Silence Cascaded LPB Fuzz. It doesn’t really do much to to the original. Just omits the “fuzz” control and adds pair of schottky diodes for clipping. If you’re building this, you could easily make it even simpler by just omitting the Sludge … Read more
This was my take on the DBA Robot but with individual switching for the IC internal functions (Vibrato, Robot and any of the octave options on the fly) rather than the rotary switch used in the original. I thought it would be more versatile to be able to control them all individually rather than be … Read more
Request, and unusually for the site, this layout has been done by our very own Geiri who asked to post it here so everyone can share it, so thanks Geiri! :o) Info about the original: The Sadowsky Outboard Bass Preamp/DI Pedal contains the same famous circuitry built into every Sadowsky bass. Housed in a small … Read more
Info about the original: David Gilmour’s lead guitar tone throughout the years has consistently been as varied as it is sought after. Numerous different fuzzes, overdrives, and boosters coupled with various amps and guitars have created some of the most gloriously rich and vibrant tones in the history of rock. While it’s clear that no sole effect can alone … Read more
Nothing too special, but just a cool, high gain, straight forward modern Fuzz Face adaptation. Demo vid in spanish. Now verified. If you are experiencing oscillation with your build, try 100R resistor in place of 5.6 Ohm…
With 8 knobs and 3 switches I really didn’t need to keep the size of this one down, but it will fit in a 1590B if anyone is utterly insane :o) You can shave off another column if you solder D1 and D2 in the same hole and move the 1u cap over to the … Read more
Request and it’s a quicky so I thought I’d do it while I had 5 minutes spare. This is Creepy Fingers Effects take on the silicon Fuzz Face, and is pretty much stock with a few changes and additions such as the 10 ohm resistor in series with Fuzz 3 to try to tame the … Read more
I got an original unit some time ago and it is fairly nice clean booster. Apparently the new version is built in a smaller box, while the circuit remains the same. Info from the manufacturer: The Boosta Grande, a Guitar Player Editor’s Pick, is back in a new compact chassis to conserve space on your … Read more
Very nice adaptation of Colorsound Overdriver with a few very nice mods. And the manufacturer isn’t shy about telling us where the circuit came from. Very nice. Throbak Electronics offers the Overdrive Boost. Throbak has reproduced and improved the circuit of the original Colorsound Overdriver (also known by the name Power Boost). The original was … Read more