Tools, Tones and Toys for Guitarists
Request – here you go & I hope this is what you were after. Could shave off a column or two if that’s a bother. The Fortin is a pretty stock silicon fuzz face with an input blend, a 10k trimmer in place of the usual 8k2 resistor and a 100n cap on the output. … Read more
Yes, it’s another MKI. I designed this layout based on a Zonk to fit a specific enclosure width. So nothing remarkable, just one for me to use later. MKI TONE BENDER – SHORTY It’s missing the 33k resistor that normally sits across the 50k pot, cause I like to use an A25k instead. I sometimes … Read more
One that I’ve probably overlooked a little, given its place in the early history of English fuzz pedals – which was likely inspired by the Maestro… There was a three-transistor version prior to this called “Fuzzy” which by all accounts is a Maestro. The later versions dropped the input buffer and made the jump from … Read more
I’d never heard of these until this morning – and I could not believe the second-hand prices of the original… especially considering the new price of a hand-made pedal from the builder. It’s kind of a Timmy x boutique Tubescreamer type thing – can find the schematic here. Dual tin can opamp is required – … Read more
One of my projects – just a MKII layout built to suit a particular enclosure and layout style that I’ve been working with lately. The board is just the right size for this enclosure. Most of the assembly is done on a wiring jig first, before transferring it into the enclosure – would be a … Read more
I’m surprised I had not covered this one before, but I suppose it is a MKI, so it should feel fairly familiar. There seem to have been a few different iterations — essentially just different flavours of the MKI, so keep that in mind when choosing transistors and biasing the circuit. Some versions also used … Read more
So by this stage, I think we can all assume that I’ll be the only one making this. I have a bunch of tin can LM741 opamps that I forgot about, so I thought why not… DOD 250 / DISTORTION + LAYOUT
I’m jotting down some notes for myself, because I don’t expect anyone else to use this layout. It’s a little impractical in parts, but I had some spare board this size, and a pair of transistors that I liked on the breadboard that needed a home. It’s a progression on this somewhat more practical layout. … Read more
Just a little fuzz face variant from D*AM – the Maggot Brain from 2019. There are some more recent variations on this as well. Could not see the cap and pot values, so just a partial trace. Being a fuzz face, you kind of know what they might be. I mostly breadboard before building a … Read more
As I was recently playing around with the Colorsound booster made by Steve Williams of Pig Dog fame, I noticed some similarity to the Guild Treble Booster, AKA the Brian May Box. I made a slightly simplified version of the Guild, without the buffer based on one of the Fryer Boosters. I kind of free-styled … Read more