Tools, Tones and Toys for Guitarists
This is a standard germanium Fuzzrite with a 250k depth pot instead of a 350k. I found the old layout while doing a clean-out and a correction and realised that I had not posted the 0.15” version. The layout is a copy of the D*A*M design – mind you, I’ve never actually seen the … Read more
This is a nice easy one for tag board off-cuts. The Christian Holmberg (AKA Hemmo) Bazz Fuss. A simple one transistor monster of a fuzz. Kind of surprised that I had not done a layout or actually built one of these… how did this not happen earlier? I was prompted to do this after … Read more
The Bigfoot FX Magnavibe is something different in a world of tremolos; it’s a Magnatone guitar amp style vibrato style effect. Slow and subtle works best for me, as it adds interest to the sound without being over the top. You can get a lovely shimmer happening. Plenty of discussion in the usual forums on what LDR and … Read more
Continuing with the Hornby Skewes theme, time for the Shatterbox – original layout below using the old school large format 0.15″ stripboard. Although I’m not sure if I actually want to build one this way… apart from all the off-board components, it’s PNP silicon, which is annoying having a positive earth circuit with none of the benefits of … Read more
I started copying the original layout for veroboard and gave up toward the end as it’s a cramped mess – this is a similar but more practical version. The germanium John Hornby Skewes Zonk II is similar to a Fuzz Face but without the 100k feedback resistor, and note that the output cap is taken … Read more
This is a slightly different hybrid MKII than I have previously seen – this is a Sola Sound MKII built by D*A*M, referred to as the Black Fish Skin version by Macari’s Music. The PNP Silicon transistor is a PNP version of a BC109 / BC108. I couldn’t see the value of one resistor on the photos, so a safe … Read more
Just putting together some options for some leftover 0.15″ vero – and I was going to do a standard Fuzzrite, but I ended up doing this instead – which is of course the Ghost Effects Lunar Incantation. GHOST EFFECTS LUNAR INCANTATION – 0.15″ VERO LAYOUT GHOST EFFECTS LUNAR INCANTATION VIDEO DEMO
This is the Peach Guitars version of the Hudson Broadcast, as traced by V1nce69 and posted on the Guitar FX layout forum. Others also did work on tracing in this thread, so sorry if I left anyone out. Lots of great gut shots and a bunch of measured voltages there too. The layout is basically … Read more
Since I’ve been on a bit of a Harmonic Percolator thing lately, I thought I might do some 0.15″ mojo layouts using Albini / Mad Bean Pepper Spray values. Here’s one built by Sean of Spiller Instruments. Looks great, as do his other builds. INTERFAX HARMONIC PERCOLATOR, ALBINI VALUES – VERO LAYOUTS
This is the distortion section from a Vox Super Beatle V1141 amplifier, which happens to be almost identical to the Colorsound one knob fuzz. So much so that I used the layout and transistor selection from the D*A*M version. Interesting when you look at the schematic, as the distortion effect is first in the signal chain, ahead … Read more