WAY HUGE: Conquistador Fuzzstortion, Point to Point Layout

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The Conquistador is Way Huge’s take on a Tone Bender MKIII, but with some twists.  For one, it’s silicon, but it still uses PNP transistors.  It also uses an odd power transistor for Q3, which might be hard to find by all accounts.  Note the two options below for CBE and BCE pinouts. Word of warning:  … Read more

BYOC: Lil’ Black Keys (Modded Maestro MFZ-1 Fuzz)

BYOC Black Keys MAESTRO MHZ 1 vero layout v2 ee39334ce2d5

This is the BYOC version of the Maestro MFZ-1 Fuzz, the Lil’ Black Keys.  Named as such, as there are a few references to the Black Keys using the Maestro at some stage. It’s an easy build, and it sounds pretty good too.  There are fairly minimal differences circuit-wise, between the original and the Lil’ Black … Read more

EARTHQUAKER DEVICES: Plumes

EARTHQUAKER DEVICES Plumes 2020 08 17 v2 00a50523273c

The Earthquaker Devices Plumes is their take on a Tube Screamer, and it’s quite a good one.  It’s somewhat simpler than Palisades, which is probably about as far as anyone would want to take a Tube Screamer.   I’m not one that really likes Tube Screamers a great deal, as I never got the mid-boost and … Read more

THORPY FX: Fallout Cloud (Muffroom Cloud)

THORPY Fallout Cloud Vero Layout v2a a1a7785c5a2e

The Thorpy FX Fallout Cloud AKA the Muffroom Cloud, is a Big Muff with a Baxandall tone stack. Here’s the thread on Freestompboxes.  It’s a lower gain muff, probably more like a BMP from the former Soviet Union, as they also tend to have 47n caps on the diodes and large emitter resistors. THORPY FX FALLOUT … Read more