Tools, Tones and Toys for Guitarists
This one is definitely verified, but: The LFO section is *very* sensitive to both voltage and current, so if your board doesn’t fire up right away (which happened with my second build too), you should consider doing a little daughterboard with 9V regulator, 8V2 zener and a 10-50 trimmer to get the LFO going. That … Read more
Straight from the music forum equivalent of the Freemasons, without the funny handshake but your membership can be black-balled. The original has a trimmer for gain but I have put this as an external pot for my own personal preference in muff-like pedals. If you’d prefer to keep it authentic then remove the wires and … Read more
Argh. I just hate it when i draw a layout and when i’m posting it, i can’t find anything but just a few photos of the original unit – No ad texts, no original ads no nothing. Just a few images from google image search and one youtube clip from different design by the same … Read more
Info from Boss: The OD-1 is by now legendary. Artist of the 70’s was mostly using a fuzz distortion sound and the overdrive produced by the OD-1 was not typical. It was however soon accepted as the new standard of guitar sound. The OD-1 features an asymmetric circuit where the positive and negative halves of … Read more
Once again. This one has surprisingly little info around the internets. Seems like a nice alternative for Distortion+. Nice, simple build anyway. Ad text from fmogearshop (also check the photos there): Here’s a vintage Carlsbro Suzz from the seventies. The name seems to imply that this would be some sort of fuzz pedal, don’t you think? … Read more
Very similar to the Drive Master posted a couple of days ago, but thought I’d include the full layout to keep things complete. This version with a diode/LED switch as per a request I had. If you’d prefer yours to be like the original and have fixed LEDs rather than this switch, then just solder … Read more
It was surprisingly hard to find a description about this ’90s IC powered re-issue. Well. So hard that i didn’t find any. Some demo videos are floating around the web….
From an 80s Marshall ad: Fire your cartage company. You don’t need a rack full of gear to get distortion that goes from subtle to stun gun. If you want all the range of a top studio pro, the Drive Master is for you.
…And what’s behind door number two?! Heh. We talked about doing a “Layout advent calendar” for you all. Mark started on the 1st of december with Landgraff M’OD, and i’m continuing with another Escobedo circuit – The Gargletron. Original sample of the sound can be heard here. From Tim Escobedo: “Talking” type effect, two parallel … Read more
Should be pretty obvious what this one is based on but people rave about it and it does have subtle differences in the schematic, not least of which the clipping switch, that will make this one a worthwhile build. I’m not sure if this is the official John Landgraff’s description of the pedal, but it … Read more