Tools, Tones and Toys for Guitarists
Madbean’s take on the EP Pre-amp. Info from Brian about his design: The FatPants design began as an alternative to the “pedalized” versions of the input stage of the Echoplex that became popularized a few years ago. Over the course of the two previous versions the design has evolved, and the 2012 version is no … Read more
Info from the manufacturer about the original: NEED a BRAIN for your BLONDE? If you want the missing link between your filtertron’d Hollowbody and vintage bassman amp, namely the RE-301 space echo, to get that blonde ol’ stray cat sound.. I built this Pre-amp to have that particular catalyst and the mojo of what a … Read more
I think this will be popular with quite a few people, especially those who want to get the most of their dirt pedals and fine tune the frequency response more effectively. I think this would go to make the perfect distortion pedal if you put your favourite dirt circuit with this in a dual effect … Read more
Yay, our 100th fuzz pedal layout! And yes Vince, I know you’re going to be annoyed about one of the pots! :o) I left the power supply filter / smoothing cap optional because we know from previous experience that they can change the character of the fuzz and tame things down a bit, so I’d … Read more
Maxon’s now discontinued Overdrive / Soft Distortion pedal. Brother to the very popular OD820 and in the same series with the same size case. This layout uses two dual opamps instead of the 3 singles in the original to keep the layout size down. The equivalent of the LM741 in dual opamp form is probably … Read more
Originally sold in kit form, this used a single AA battery to supply the required 1.5V, but I have made this a little more user friendly by using a voltage divider to get it down to 1.5V for the circuit and so allowing the use of a standard daisy chained 9V supply. If you’d prefer … Read more
Request. Jeez YA”MF”BM!! But this time with added Depth and Mids controls so at least it offers something a bit different.
Request. A modded version of the Okko Diablo with pots replacing the onboard trimmers and scope for even more! This will give you an 8 knob version of the Diablo with the Presence and Bass controls external. If you’re feeling particularly brave you could even replace the trimmers on the booster to make an 11 … Read more
Another request from quite a few people and I suspect this will be another of those pedals which is equally popular with the bass guitarist. Info from the manufacturer about their original: Voodoo Lab Sparkle Drive is an overdrive pedal featuring a unique “clean” control. Its overdrive circuit provides the same tone as a vintage … Read more
