Tools, Tones and Toys for Guitarists
This is the Shin-Ei Companion Fuzz’s lesser-known, but earlier incarnation – which is confusingly also called a FY-2. It’s closer to a fuzz face than a fuzzrite, and there’s no notch filter on the output.More info on DIY Stomboxes via this thread. It is said to be quite a monster fuzz… SHIN-EI FY-2 GERMANIUM FUZZ – … Read more
Another simple one – the Conrad Buzz Box and Volume Expander – there is no volume expansion happening; this is just fuzz. This is an easy one to convert to NPN, and there’s quite a bit of discussion on the usual forums re transistors. Good results have been seen with low-gain silicon in Q1, and germanium … Read more
The Colorsound Bass Fuzz is a Big Muff style circuit, missing a pair of diodes and the gain recovery stage, not unlike a Jumbo Tone Bender. Caps have been enlarged to suit the bass guitar. COLORSOUND BASS FUZZ – VERO LAYOUT
This is the layout that D*A*M used for the Fuzzrong FZ-69, which is essentially a germanium Fuzzrite. I couldn’t make out the pot values or the 2n2 cap values on the photos I could find, so will have to take this at face value. D*A*M FUZZRONG FR-69 – VERO LAYOUT
And I thought some of my layouts were big… The D*A*M Head Buzz is a standard Fuzz Face clone made in limited numbers for a Japanese Guitar shop. D*A*M HEAD BUZZ – VERO LAYOUT
I’ve already done a point to point layout for the D*A*M Red Rooster Booster (which I love by the way), but as I’m on a run of D*A*M layouts today, I thought I might do this one too. Like the rest, this is not my layout; it’s a close copy of the D*A*M layout. If you want … Read more
The Ibanez Overdrive OD-850 is an early Japanese Big Muff variation, almost a straight clone if it wasn’t for the usual tone stack. It’s also known as the Maxon D&S OD-801 – either way, both classic guitar effects from Japan. The tone stack fixes the bass response to some degree, providing a more even sweep across the range. … Read more
Just a little Cornish buffer that I use for buffered bypass / Pete Cornish builds. It’s small enough to sneak in at the bottom of an enclosure below the foot switch or standing upright against the side. PETE CORNISH BUFFER – VERO LAYOUT I sometimes add an extra row for additional power filtering – … Read more
This is a handy little mod for the Univox Super Fuzz – especially for those who always leave the tone switch on the notch setting. Instead of a tone switch, there’s a pot from the 100n capacitor to ground in the bridged-t notch filter, so the amount of notch can be dialled in. If you really want … Read more
This has now been traced by Aion FX – it turns out the NG-3 is very different to the NG-2. Miles apart… While this still makes for a decent fuzz, it’s NOT a NG-3. Layouts have been removed for this reason. Here’s the link to the trace The Pete Cornish NG-3 is pretty much the … Read more