Tools, Tones and Toys for Guitarists
This one seems to have many parents – I was not really sure what to tag it as. It started life as an Electro-Harmonix Dr Q, which ended up as a Jack Orman Dr Quack and then at some stage Mark Hammer mods have appeared, and more changes bought it to Nurse Quacky by Runoffgroove. Hopefully … Read more
I started this layout ages ago and never finished it for some reason – anyways, here it it, the Univox SQ-150 Square Wave. Mark Hammer mods included below. UNIVOX SQ-150 SQUARE WAVE – VERO LAYOUT UNIVOX SQ-150 SQUARE WAVE – MARK HAMMER MODS – VERO LAYOUT ORIGINAL SQUARE WAVE SCHEMATIC
So I just worked out why I purchased some Motorola MC1748CG tin can op amps – it was to make one of these. I’ve had them in my parts draw for a while, trying to remember what they were supposed to be for. I thought maybe the Hudson Sidecar, but no, I need a dual for that. Anyways, here … Read more
OK, so this one is wide even by my standards – but it will still fit in a 150BB in landscape format. I could have made it a bit smaller, but once you get past a certain width, why hold back is my theory. The Gretsch Play Boy Harmon Booster was one of my early … Read more
Updated Foxx Tone Machine layout on 0.15″ vero. This was inspired by the Aion mods – if you are unfamiliar with the Aion Vulcan, it’s a Tone Machine with a modded EQ section (which is great) and an additional bypass option on one of the diodes – also a cool addition. I’ve tweaked a few … Read more
After having played around with some random mic preamps on the breadboard and in LTspice lately, I thought I might go back to basics with a fuzz face derivative – the Zvex Woolly Mammoth. Brother to the Fuzzolo and Mastoron (they all share the same bones). ZVEX WOOLLY MAMMOTH – VERO LAYOUT
A portion of this is based on the limiter circuit in some of the Thomas Organ Vox Beatle amps, which were solid-state amplifiers. This was meant to protect the power amplifier section from overloading – R.G. Keen has explained it way better than I could here on Premier Guitar. So far, I’ve only tested the … Read more
The RCA BA-31C would have been found in broadcast consoles of the day (late sixties), as a microphone preamp module. I think it may have been the starting point for the Hudson Broadcast, as they look quite similar and I’ve heard some references made to RCA. If it is what they used, I can … Read more
This is the input amplifier from a Revox A77 reel to reel (circa ~ 1967) – which also happens to be almost identical to the mic preamp in Trident A-Range mixing consoles from the early seventies. So far out of the preamps that I’ve been working on, which is the Neve, RCA and this, I’m … Read more
What more can be said about an opamp Big Muff? ELECTRO-HARMONIX OPAMP BIG MUFF – VERO LAYOUT VIDEO DEMOS