Tools, Tones and Toys for Guitarists
I do like some of the Beatles fuzz tones, and coincidentally I have a couple of Gretsch Guitars to match – so when I saw this, I thought I had to give it a try. It’s very closely based on the preamp from the Vox UL series amps, which were used on Revolver and in … Read more
Valvo transistors were produced in Germany, as a subsidiary of Philips (not unlike Mullard in England). More information on Valvo can be found here. My experience with Valvo, is that they are pretty much identical to their English counterparts. The OC45 is a PNP germanium alloy transistor intended as IF amplifier in AM broadcast receivers. … Read more
Not my content, but these are some of the best explanations of the relationship between the pickup, pots and caps that I’ve ever seen. David from Ann Arbour Guitars knows his stuff and has the gear to demonstrate it really well. I think my favourite video is the capacitor comparison. I’d say a few … Read more
Another from the recent Aion FX Pete Cornish traces – this time it’s a variation of the CC-1 Crunch, the CG-1. Same layout, just a few value changes here and there. It will sound a little different to the CC-1, but not substantially. I quite like the CC-1, especially with an added mod to dial … Read more
Aion FX recently traced a few more Cornish pedals – and the NG-3 trace was was a real surprise package. It was thought to be a NG-2 with an external bias control. It’s nothing like the NG-2 trace by Pedal PCB – not even close. I did have a vero layout for the NG-3 … Read more
So the mysterious P-2 has finally been traced, care of Aion FX (thank you). I had previously posted a guess as to what this might be, and I wasn’t too far off. Here’s the same layout with confirmed values. PETE CORNISH P-2 – VERO LAYOUT
I saw this pop-up today at Macari’s and thought I’d check it out. It’s a silicon fuzz face variant used as the fuzz board in one of the old Colorsound fuzz wahs – which is not completely unlike the Colorsound Fuzz Box one knob fuzz (which I used for the layout). It’s a great sounding, … Read more
The Earthquaker Devices Spires green channel is a variation of one of my favourite fuzz circuits – the Rosac Nufuzz. It’s a progression of a fuzzrite from the original designer, but it has a tone control on the output sweeping between a small and large cap to provide a thin to thick fuzz sound. There’s … Read more
Just a Rangemaster with a rotary switch for selecting input capacitors – it uses some odd parts, as this is what was available in my local electronics store – the 5 lug tag strip in particular, a regular Rangemaster is on 6. It’s also a slightly odd rotary, but it was all that was left … Read more
