Tools, Tones and Toys for Guitarists
A nice simple one – the Analog Man Astrotone, which is pretty much a stock Astrotone, with some mods to make it worthwhile. The original circuit is a bit thin and is said to only sound good with the volume right up, making it too loud to use in most situations. The Analogman mods fix this, … Read more
After recently finishing a mojo size / vintage transistor Tone Machine that has been sitting on the bench for way too long, I decided to do a regular layout, as the practicality of some of my other layouts for the Foxx is probably not for everyone (maybe even me in retrospect). So I’ve done a standard … Read more
This is the CMOS version of the Electro-Harmonix Hot Tubes from the late seventies. I used the Aion FX schematic, which has some minor differences to the original. Smaller Drive pot, as it’s difficult to source pots over 1meg, and some improved power protection and filtering. ELECTRO-HARMONIX HOT TUBES – VERO LAYOUT HOT TUBES VIDEO DEMO
Since I’ve been on a bit of a Harmonic Percolator thing lately, I thought I might do some 0.15″ mojo layouts using Albini / Mad Bean Pepper Spray values. Here’s one built by Sean of Spiller Instruments. Looks great, as do his other builds. INTERFAX HARMONIC PERCOLATOR, ALBINI VALUES – VERO LAYOUTS
Haven’t done a tag board build for a while – so here’s a classic. INTERFAX HARMONIC PERCOLATOR HP-1 – TAGBOARD LAYOUT Being tag board, I’ve used 1/2w resistors and axial caps. You could use something more practical (smaller), but if that’s what you want to do, I would recommend using a different layout, as this is … Read more
Bass, treble and full range boost – a 1970s classic from Dan Armstrong, although somewhat overlooked compared to its more famous brethren, the Orange Squeezer and Green Ringer. DAN ARMSTRONG RED RANGER – VERO LAYOUT RED RANGER VIDEO DEMO
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
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
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