Tools, Tones and Toys for Guitarists
This makes it 98. Been one hell of a month in so many ways. Before i figure out what to draw as number 100 (yeah, you’re right – we’ll need two more after that, since there’s two notification posts this month), i thought i draw up something that apparently is the worst overdrive pedal in … Read more
Pretty close to the earlier version of Jen Fuzz, and i may have promised not to do Fuzz Faces nor Benders, but here i go again… Seems to be a classic – so some of you might want to clone this one to the specs too.
Request. As everyone knows this is Mike Fuller’s version of the Fuzz Face, but it has something that we haven’t included in the multitude of Fuzz Face layouts we have on the site so I thought it was worth adding a mojo layout. Sticking two fingers up at convention Mike called what most would consider … Read more
The Green Screamer is an overdrive pedal that produces a dynamic range of smooth and warm overdrive tones associated with vintage tube amps. Robust build quality and rugged engineering ensure that the Green Screamer will stand up to the abuse of life on the road. Other features include hardwire bypass, LED operation indicator, non-slip rubber … Read more
Why not repeat the same perfect scheme that worked pretty well ten years earlier?
This one apparently has the same circuit board as the FX50. Original used TL062, so TL061 is probably the right chip for the job. Like FX50, the other half of the opamp didn’t touch the signal path when engaged at all, so i decided to go with a single.
Here’s DOD’s step up from FX50 🙂 Just finished building this. The pot tapers are not mentioned in the schematic, so i went with the usual tapers from most designs. However. Volume needs to be linear and drive reverse log to get the circuit act like the original unit. Other thing was the 470R resistor … Read more
Here’s DOD’s step up from OD250 – from around ’82. On the original unit, the chip used is TL022, which is low power dual opamp – But the other half doesn’t touch the effect side at all – It’s only used as a buffer for the bypassed signal. So i made the layout to house … Read more
Request. This is a One Knob Big Muff based on Joe Gagan’s schematic and values. It makes sense in a lot of ways because many people dime the gain controls anyway, but you may want to experiment with the 39K and 47n from Q3 collector to Q4 base to get the tone setting the way … Read more
