Tools, Tones and Toys for Guitarists
Another D*A*M layout that I traced from photos is the Zoot Unit ZU-65, which is a Zonk Machine…. I did see a couple of photos with what appeared to be a slightly larger input cap, but I’m not entirely sure about this. There are also variations on bias resistors, depending on Q2, with some … Read more
I’ve already made a point-to-point layout for this, and as I’m currently on a 0.15″ D*A*M vero roll, I thought, why not… and it’s a Zonk Machine with tweaks. Remarkably similar to the original D*A*M layout, I did move the output from the board a little and swapped pins on the swell pot to a more standard … Read more
The D*A*M Super Bee SB-68 was mentioned as something that had not been traced yet, which made me curious. I looked at a few photos and found that there are two versions. One with OC82s and one with OC78s. Some very slight differences, but otherwise, a MKII Tone Bender cramped onto a smaller board to fit the … Read more
It’s a silicon Fuzz Face with an input cap blend – the D*A*M Meathead M-27, or the Meathead Deluxe. I copied the D*A*M layout from photos on Stompboxes UK and the usual pics on Reverb. Strangely, the same issue I had on another layout – in all photos, the yellows on resistors looked green… … Read more
They don’t come much more straightforward than this – said to be a Dick Denney design, the Colorsound Fuzz Box is a one-knob silicon fuzz face with a couple of value tweaks, but other than that, you know what you’re getting here. This circuit is also found in the Vox V1141 Super Beatle solid state amplifier. … Read more
This hybrid Tone Bender MKII is a more budget conscious offering from Sola Sound (Macari’s) via David Main of D*A*M and it uses NPN transistors, which is a bit of a bonus. SOLA SOUND TONE BENDER MKII PROFESSIONAL SILICON HYBRID – VERO LAYOUT Watch out for the hard to spot cuts under the 470 ohm … Read more
This is a departure for D*A*M – for one, it’s silicon, and two, it’s a regular negative earth circuit. So the Greasebox 83, is quite different to the other Greaseboxes. This is not my layout; this is about the same as the D*A*M layout from what I’ve managed to work out by looking at pics … Read more
The D*A*M Greasebox is kind of a hot-rodded Tone Bender MKIII. It just takes a 100n cap straight off the collector of Q3 and runs to the volume instead of passing through the usual Tone Bender tone control. This is not my layout; this is about the same as the D*A*M layout from what I’ve … Read more
I’ve officially run out of things to say about D*A*M Tone Bender variations. The Black on Black has a larger coupling capacitor and a larger capacitor on the treble side of the tone pot, resulting in a lower cut-off on the high-pass filter. It will have a far more meaty mid-range than a regular MKIII. D*A*M … Read more
Another variation from D*A*M on the MKIII / MKIV Toner Bender. D*A*M FUZZSOUND FS-75 JR – 0.15″ VERO LAYOUT