tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-68470486582572787832024-03-18T03:00:40.112+00:00Guitar FX LayoutsHere's a collection of vero (stripboard) and tagboard guitar and bass effect layouts that we have put together covering many classic and popular effects in growing numbers. Many of these have been posted on freestompboxes.org, so check that site out for great discussions on building your own effect pedals. Enjoy the builds and please also visit us on <a href="http://www.facebook.com/tagboardeffects">Facebook</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/tagboardeffects">Twitter</a>IvIarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08416945174853142251noreply@blogger.comBlogger1254125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6847048658257278783.post-41302323610628195292023-09-04T18:13:00.004+01:002023-09-07T22:57:26.551+01:00Thorpy FX The Dane<p>As requested on the forum, this is the original version of The Dane based on schematics found on one of the effect PCB sites. A Drive only version was requested so I've done this on two separate boards for Drive and Boost, each with their own independant supply filtering and Vref components. If you want to build the whole thing you can either do it on two boards as shown, or it should be easy to adapt to a single board, and you could even potentially make them a bit smaller by removing the duplicated filtering and Vref parts.<br /></p><p>Info about the original:</p><a name='more'></a> <p></p><p><i><span style="color: red;">Here's what Peter Honoré himself says about The Dane Overdrive and Boost pedal<br /><br />"I love Thorpy pedals! They look awesome and they sound amazing. I wanted to create something that would cover all the gain that tones I use, from clean tones with massive headroom to awesome bluesy lead sounds. After playing the Gunshot and the Peacekeeper I asked Thorpy if he could come up with something that would be able to do what I wanted and he said yes.... Enter “The Dane” Drive and boost. It’s not high gain. It’s a clean, expressive and dynamic overdrive. The boost has got a “Low” knob which will make your singlecoils sound super fat which I love. We also made it smaller, so now it has the same footprint as most two button pedals. Easy to get on your pedalboard. Well, what are you waiting for?"<br /><br />The Dane pedal is a brand new overdrive and boost from Thorpy FX designed specifically for Peter Honore from our Andertons TV Youtube channel. <br />From the ground up<br /><br />This pedal was designed from the ground up by Thorpy FX after being approached by Pete. The Dane doesn't have quite as much gain as the Gunshot but has been made to allow the nuances of your guitar playing to come through the amp. It's incredibly expressive and importantly, easy-to-use.<br /><br />It's one of those pedals that you can just plug in and easily get a great sound. The boost and the overdrive channel can both be used on their own to great effect, but the pedal really shines when you drive the Overdrive Channel with the Boost channel for bluesy tones with plenty of sustain. <br />Controls<br /><br /> <b>Boost</b> - This controls the volume of the boost and how hard it will drive the Overdrive channel which is next in the signal chain.<br /> <b>Lows </b>- These will fatten up the low-end of your guitar. Particularly good for making Single Coils sound fatter than before.<br /> <b>Tone </b>- This controls the overall EQ output of the pedal.<br /> <b>Volume </b>- This controls the volume of the drive. <br /> <b>Drive </b>- This controls the gain you'll get from the pedal. If you keep the gain down and volume up, you'll have more headroom. If you keep the volume down and the gain up, you'll have more dirt! Set it to taste.</span></i></p><p><b><i><span></span></i></b></p><!--more--><p><b><i> </i></b> </p><p>Currently unverified so step up you brave builders, especially as I haven't done one in a while :o)<br /><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSErfqG94od7HpxEYl2-wXs6Ic_iibXLF5ukK_0lJElkRytZa0I8PJv5q13LThlDUOyO32wyDSG6-PZRfuDdM6hgNsKDkvWSNtjLUqd5P2Y0l-GG1Bc5k8DSkGy8tljBcrp1HvsuNT1bvrlMxhiCIpIAfP3c6-30G_zDJx5MV0LhDR24G-kmYQDqvZsw/s1039/Thorpy%20FX%20The%20Dane.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="850" data-original-width="1039" height="262" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSErfqG94od7HpxEYl2-wXs6Ic_iibXLF5ukK_0lJElkRytZa0I8PJv5q13LThlDUOyO32wyDSG6-PZRfuDdM6hgNsKDkvWSNtjLUqd5P2Y0l-GG1Bc5k8DSkGy8tljBcrp1HvsuNT1bvrlMxhiCIpIAfP3c6-30G_zDJx5MV0LhDR24G-kmYQDqvZsw/s320/Thorpy%20FX%20The%20Dane.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>Single board version:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgISdtG8PjolQ_F6fbsfKFzjUzkoTTQraLxTG0ERB_iERuO0B4jD37WqjfT70UcbhzMhTxYDohplF7LMrLEEMaQ2LJY02py4bxyK_WscOspxQjDmD_0qttj6WKTObsDBOcZjMcakc3eyZkPSvU8V2PlQLnyltGP2d99qZ0V8sPxYK5KR5-xGbIS9ToanQ/s1008/Thorpy%20FX%20The%20Dane%20-%20single%20board.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="686" data-original-width="1008" height="218" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgISdtG8PjolQ_F6fbsfKFzjUzkoTTQraLxTG0ERB_iERuO0B4jD37WqjfT70UcbhzMhTxYDohplF7LMrLEEMaQ2LJY02py4bxyK_WscOspxQjDmD_0qttj6WKTObsDBOcZjMcakc3eyZkPSvU8V2PlQLnyltGP2d99qZ0V8sPxYK5KR5-xGbIS9ToanQ/s320/Thorpy%20FX%20The%20Dane%20-%20single%20board.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>IvIarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08416945174853142251noreply@blogger.com36tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6847048658257278783.post-74864465312831744082023-01-03T18:16:00.004+00:002023-02-27T18:30:31.595+00:00T-Rex Mudhoney V1.1<p>I recall reading how most of the Mudhoney DIY builds were just not sounding right.. Recently <a href="https://www.freestompboxes.org/viewtopic.php?p=293400">re-traced on FSB by Kasper</a>, from his V1.1 version of the pedal - there may have been a fault with the schematics that previously floated around the web. When i saw this, i thought "the switch shouldn't work like that".. But it seems like it really does, and with this configuration, instead of the Ruetz-style mods on the Rat, one may finally get that Mudhoney (err.. tuned Rat?) tone out from a stripboard. There are the BJT transistor buffers in place to keep the topology close to an idol, but obviously the electronic switching is removed to accomodate true bypass. The oldee PSG demo may look outdated today, but it does not sound bad. And hey! It starts with a Dinosaur Jr riff with the pedal!</p><p><span style="font-size: x-small;">I'll leave a note on <a href="https://tagboardeffects.blogspot.com/2012/06/t-rex-mudhoney.html">the orginal take</a> of this layout... </span><br /></p><div align="center"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/9ugHMAv7lRw" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf2uchaDcrUtZp4u-Wm05CIR3O1bJCOcHvnF2g-MqzWrFVPY6Ry7G7xHUtSaCIhqW4N0pfHFjxMiCFQQqZFgZ7vrofRbOg8osjkWeSn0lskQnnV_OUns9zqHtICJauH07nRmd_cWz1z54O94CDS2jNkQuMgdzga-g77maBNWikcL5BVcfsJjkVmFqBCA/s1475/TRex-MudhoneyV11.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1475" data-original-width="1062" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf2uchaDcrUtZp4u-Wm05CIR3O1bJCOcHvnF2g-MqzWrFVPY6Ry7G7xHUtSaCIhqW4N0pfHFjxMiCFQQqZFgZ7vrofRbOg8osjkWeSn0lskQnnV_OUns9zqHtICJauH07nRmd_cWz1z54O94CDS2jNkQuMgdzga-g77maBNWikcL5BVcfsJjkVmFqBCA/s320/TRex-MudhoneyV11.png" width="230" /></a></div><p>..And there's been slight development. This V2 of the layout incorporates 47R CLR for power supply and a 10K pulldown at the output as on Kasper's later revision of the schem. Making this now verbatim with the original. I doubt it'll sound any different from the slightly smaller layout above. But for the sake of completeness.. Here's a layout again as revision 2.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCzBRJVRZb1yxfqzaiDbs-LXEn6zs47pD6W4AEhLziNK5SvMKgEf-veiCG7yAgX2HaFzVtvcyn7uqxW5PCPgiuyF1Dic1zfT8KgNYydsr8MBruX9K8g9qu8qdM6AMSMQKRSlC_L7ASRog4dj5SbJ670ykGO5lGwO5KsAc8LPtyY9LBcvVmUlcYz70K2A/s1475/TRex-MudhoneyV11_rev2.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1475" data-original-width="1062" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCzBRJVRZb1yxfqzaiDbs-LXEn6zs47pD6W4AEhLziNK5SvMKgEf-veiCG7yAgX2HaFzVtvcyn7uqxW5PCPgiuyF1Dic1zfT8KgNYydsr8MBruX9K8g9qu8qdM6AMSMQKRSlC_L7ASRog4dj5SbJ670ykGO5lGwO5KsAc8LPtyY9LBcvVmUlcYz70K2A/s320/TRex-MudhoneyV11_rev2.png" width="230" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>mirosolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02400327798106357876noreply@blogger.com23tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6847048658257278783.post-66640524574229494482023-01-02T17:55:00.002+00:002023-01-02T17:55:41.726+00:00Devi Ever/Dwarfcraft Devices Super Soda Meiser<p>This one was recently traced on FSB and as i have a soft spot for Devi & Dwarfcraft circuits alone and together, i had to draw it up.. A bit like original Soda Meiser, or at least some revisions of it, but this time with a Chaos switch and a Drone-knob.<br /></p><div align="center"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/muIOLT13fes" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihvrBIFS5DoLLDIkNt7jhIa9lOjfyhxDbT4CC9WDnex8yCAH1y8NRQt-XiZHyTsgKtyFpWfrRxRM3trKSJf9v4yNQdxZ6YxQdiI7M5nTMuYwl4NhE9rGzz6_lx8eg3NBSHu6Q4oNoMVf5vlI_4eFanVCsEMk4pa1Qe1xCYV1dsbS61tMPzODcAGW6wcw/s1031/DeviDwarfcraft-SuperSodaMeiser.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1031" data-original-width="1003" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihvrBIFS5DoLLDIkNt7jhIa9lOjfyhxDbT4CC9WDnex8yCAH1y8NRQt-XiZHyTsgKtyFpWfrRxRM3trKSJf9v4yNQdxZ6YxQdiI7M5nTMuYwl4NhE9rGzz6_lx8eg3NBSHu6Q4oNoMVf5vlI_4eFanVCsEMk4pa1Qe1xCYV1dsbS61tMPzODcAGW6wcw/s320/DeviDwarfcraft-SuperSodaMeiser.png" width="311" /></a></div><br />mirosolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02400327798106357876noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6847048658257278783.post-31413458882020266852023-01-02T17:49:00.002+00:002023-11-05T17:30:50.830+00:00Dylan159's Boot Fuzz<p>2023. How the heck are we still alive.. No matter. Let's do another layout or two. This time, another nice, loud little circuit from <a href="https://www.freestompboxes.org/viewtopic.php?t=31537">Dylan159's Unrealeased Circuits</a> - From the source:<br /><span style="color: red;">Boot Fuzz. I found this simple old-school microphone preamp, and noticed the similarity with the Fuzz Face, also claimed to be based around a microphone preamp, but in this case the second stage is an emitter follower bootstrapping the load of the first for big gains. So I thought why not fuzzing it up by increasing the gain? This ends up being similar to an Escobedo circuit, but with a different, more stable biasing. </span></p><p><span style="color: red;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizPVLFQjTbprQDmteM3X6-7J3CKyec10njoKQCoJCzOh29odNMqAt2d-cRt4F_wHlCI_ZBRJMf6xj81ayQogn4NqRBZ2Clo-Dfh12_ikWGc9tnRx_SXR3koYlXfoWX3YtQgOYkh0C6ouGFAY5ZJdGMFXeSJdyufXYVDsyZG0xr5fUCE9v4oLdf9EWngw/s1178/Dylan159-BootFuzz.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="618" data-original-width="1178" height="168" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizPVLFQjTbprQDmteM3X6-7J3CKyec10njoKQCoJCzOh29odNMqAt2d-cRt4F_wHlCI_ZBRJMf6xj81ayQogn4NqRBZ2Clo-Dfh12_ikWGc9tnRx_SXR3koYlXfoWX3YtQgOYkh0C6ouGFAY5ZJdGMFXeSJdyufXYVDsyZG0xr5fUCE9v4oLdf9EWngw/s320/Dylan159-BootFuzz.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p>mirosolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02400327798106357876noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6847048658257278783.post-54827429637264688422022-12-25T10:00:00.009+00:002023-01-08T17:33:06.646+00:00LastGasp Art Laboratories Octavella<p> It's christmas day! So it's time for another noisy octave thingy in style of LAL!</p><div align="center"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/2wfmmqpXr14" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhbNDsSpGdFFVvd7HraWOOav-fRR2Vcs_ErQfn8A5z9jhy4mpW5JJ5AYBW5bhqrTBcPJFcxlTXJL6rsOGZb8GduFQtcNlZtQxNvFPjpCNsv6t5kjjH---AFqPvEJ5YHn2XoTMP-Q6O7ySr7z_4EvdrjMgOei4YvIHC01rhFkpnWtBhjm-LZfCrOoV8kw/s1328/LAL-Octavella.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1328" data-original-width="1121" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhbNDsSpGdFFVvd7HraWOOav-fRR2Vcs_ErQfn8A5z9jhy4mpW5JJ5AYBW5bhqrTBcPJFcxlTXJL6rsOGZb8GduFQtcNlZtQxNvFPjpCNsv6t5kjjH---AFqPvEJ5YHn2XoTMP-Q6O7ySr7z_4EvdrjMgOei4YvIHC01rhFkpnWtBhjm-LZfCrOoV8kw/s320/LAL-Octavella.png" width="270" /></a></div><br />mirosolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02400327798106357876noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6847048658257278783.post-87163889120754989752022-12-24T10:00:00.003+00:002022-12-29T15:09:37.906+00:00Smart People Factory Red Threat V2<p>Happy holidays! We hope you have a good one! ...and there's number of unverified layouts for you to try out this holiday season! Like this one..<br /></p><div align="center"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/wSQdVDd0uWg" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJizT0oUw9PzhefQSSDiK6q50reS93xb8dl3BwKyUUjRyoactZbMgsn6hnUfEms9CYb3rhEPp4Ult2k5jLR9ryNQ9B48Quy_TWIVZb1eMvxpVaFJq52owKf9ljSfqU78tc54fATLu1YWEb2BNHF53wDLHTURbbpzC7f8ShallUaqdaI6rOFC91iPvZqw/s1653/SmartPeopleFactory-RedThreatV2.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="943" data-original-width="1653" height="183" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJizT0oUw9PzhefQSSDiK6q50reS93xb8dl3BwKyUUjRyoactZbMgsn6hnUfEms9CYb3rhEPp4Ult2k5jLR9ryNQ9B48Quy_TWIVZb1eMvxpVaFJq52owKf9ljSfqU78tc54fATLu1YWEb2BNHF53wDLHTURbbpzC7f8ShallUaqdaI6rOFC91iPvZqw/s320/SmartPeopleFactory-RedThreatV2.png" width="320" /></a></div><br />mirosolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02400327798106357876noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6847048658257278783.post-40475361898329210482022-12-23T08:16:00.003+00:002022-12-23T11:44:54.303+00:00Dylan 159's Blendy Buffoon<p>Next up from <a href="https://www.freestompboxes.org/viewtopic.php?t=31537">Dylan159's Unreleased Circuits</a> is the Blendy Buffoon. We've had a bunch of different blend/mix/loop designs up already, but this idea was still missing. Some may have stumbled upon an issue where you couldn't use a basic blend circuit with the likes of Marshall Bluesbreaker or MXR Dynacomp. That issue is due to those pedals (and loads of others) reversing the phase. Which resulted in minimal signal output as the dry signal is 180 degrees out of phase with the wet signal. Now this one cures this behavior - and you can flip the switch to use this with any pedals in the loop - may it be reversing the phase or not. I believe this may come in handy on various situations, like recording.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyFuo7OEfVUWaoPDfjeShZ7fdNaFWzfFwwpI-Pogo0pEXodAxhcRRhVWafDz9LA3QJc8rHIJZLGMoY3wyFeI1QgeJOIBTW682MjOY4st0nuh--ax5kxGBVaydpepWYslJQzHyasS_t9TaYtetJPES68wQDS6i2UfsvjcTsQzfkFQgu_eFD0AHW1p2sCQ/s1209/Dylan159-BlendyBuffoon.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1209" data-original-width="971" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyFuo7OEfVUWaoPDfjeShZ7fdNaFWzfFwwpI-Pogo0pEXodAxhcRRhVWafDz9LA3QJc8rHIJZLGMoY3wyFeI1QgeJOIBTW682MjOY4st0nuh--ax5kxGBVaydpepWYslJQzHyasS_t9TaYtetJPES68wQDS6i2UfsvjcTsQzfkFQgu_eFD0AHW1p2sCQ/s320/Dylan159-BlendyBuffoon.png" width="257" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>mirosolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02400327798106357876noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6847048658257278783.post-64109396988904281112022-12-22T17:46:00.000+00:002022-12-22T17:46:25.075+00:00Dylan159's Troupple Boost<p>I'll be posting a few circuits from <a href="https://www.freestompboxes.org/viewtopic.php?t=31537">Dylan159's Unreleased Ciruits</a>. There was the <a href="https://tagboardeffects.blogspot.com/2022/12/dylan159s-fuzz-facelift.html">Fuzz Facelift posted earlier</a> and i'll continue with more of these goodies. Next up:</p><p><span style="color: red;">Troupple boost. Gamers might get the reference. This came out from my wish for a simple, clean treble boost that could work from a variety of supply voltages to be even cleaner. The rangemaster's bias varies wildly to the point that barely works at 18v. This one features the same bass cutoff and the same input impedance, resulting in that small resonant peak and treble damping. You can try a 10n cap for a more tube screamer-like response.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwHOh6iZBnZ7-cYVVhMVAry_Qg0r4-pQw_x44BC8kABX0TDtOCCTKDek9hnencRibjuYSQ1q51QIWoHtPGzBGzCb8DYGjPwEFfpBS35z_CDsxQQuxah_dOzMdttfYq162H71GhnQb4qdV9Sl7RS-VOUMoBIFYn4hrfcgRkfnfi-0ydTTu9Es128SKAxQ/s943/Dylan159-TrouppleBooster.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="943" data-original-width="856" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwHOh6iZBnZ7-cYVVhMVAry_Qg0r4-pQw_x44BC8kABX0TDtOCCTKDek9hnencRibjuYSQ1q51QIWoHtPGzBGzCb8DYGjPwEFfpBS35z_CDsxQQuxah_dOzMdttfYq162H71GhnQb4qdV9Sl7RS-VOUMoBIFYn4hrfcgRkfnfi-0ydTTu9Es128SKAxQ/s320/Dylan159-TrouppleBooster.png" width="290" /></a></div><br />mirosolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02400327798106357876noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6847048658257278783.post-19402882628859171042022-12-21T18:28:00.004+00:002023-01-13T11:14:06.413+00:00Danelectro Fab Overdrive<p>Someone mentioned that the circuit in an <a href="https://tagboardeffects.blogspot.com/2022/12/vesta-fire-reagun-nadines-overdrive.html">earlier post</a> would have possibly been an inspiration for this one. Not sure if i share the sentiment, since that 80's japanese design and this have basically, or in quite broad terms, just the gain pot method in common with each other.</p><p>Anyway. Quite a few people seem to lke this ultra-cheap OD. And what's not to like. There's a nice, loud clipping amp followed by tuned TS-style tone control. Not that complicated, but sure does sound nice.</p><br />
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This comes from the same series as it's distortion brother (see the earlier <a href="https://tagboardeffects.blogspot.com/2022/12/vesta-fire-reagun-nadines-distortion.html">Vesta Fire Distortion post</a>), but the design is slightly more obscure. Still, the inverting input filter path to ground gain pot method on a non-inverting gain stage is used. However, the clipping isn't your bog standard feedback loop diodes. The original diodes in series with 10K resistor are something that hasn't been identified (at least not yet), so i figured this would be a nice board to try on your stash of non-conventional diodes. Maybe some zeners? I'm fairly certain this circuit won't sound bad, no matter what diodes you put in there...</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsRn7o0nxG3Ntg07zVqeMEYNiDbZdg9CFvlgPp40WkF_I6qn9uwObDVS322FSf1Mf0dM-6OKh0KgdjozOAVZ06sMcrNT6fBIJskc6hWdac-1TSZwKrumB7yKkWVjiJCgjf0yKLiEjtub6D8NJLb4kprHN2ImeQArW3j9OeJjzpuW53vqyqRfNeQfJQFA/s1237/Reagun-Overdrive.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1237" data-original-width="1062" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsRn7o0nxG3Ntg07zVqeMEYNiDbZdg9CFvlgPp40WkF_I6qn9uwObDVS322FSf1Mf0dM-6OKh0KgdjozOAVZ06sMcrNT6fBIJskc6hWdac-1TSZwKrumB7yKkWVjiJCgjf0yKLiEjtub6D8NJLb4kprHN2ImeQArW3j9OeJjzpuW53vqyqRfNeQfJQFA/s320/Reagun-Overdrive.png" width="275" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>mirosolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02400327798106357876noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6847048658257278783.post-57566856223765909772022-12-20T15:20:00.001+00:002022-12-20T15:20:11.882+00:00Vesta Fire / Reagun / Nadine's Distortion<p>Not that long ago, Manfred <a href="https://www.freestompboxes.org/viewtopic.php?t=30739">traced his Reagun Distortion unit and posted the results on FSB</a>. These pedals were sold as Vesta Fire, Nadine's and Reagun brands around early to mid-eighties. All these were made by Shiino Vesta Fire Corporation (SVFC), which became Vestax back in 1987.</p><p>Designwise these are not bad at all. This one reminds me of OD250 with BMP style tone stack and a decent inverting amplifier as a recovery stage. Might be worth to try out. Sadly, i couldn't find any demos...</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWzZ04VZN5Oj5skeNL6Q-SBdXr5c4owzVaWs5H1fBYAQb7oeEOZai1IgmXW15dbvtkiDaWeN26gxPT3JcXJYvmZ3zgqbTUdbVEQG1cpmCrrJu_yUp8T5_niMyWRBiliFKm9bJQqlG2za9QJ5EJvA7NTzZc3N4Gc4WzkEhZXhv28Bcljt33vE_Kz-zGeQ/s1268/Reagun-Distortion.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1268" data-original-width="1121" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWzZ04VZN5Oj5skeNL6Q-SBdXr5c4owzVaWs5H1fBYAQb7oeEOZai1IgmXW15dbvtkiDaWeN26gxPT3JcXJYvmZ3zgqbTUdbVEQG1cpmCrrJu_yUp8T5_niMyWRBiliFKm9bJQqlG2za9QJ5EJvA7NTzZc3N4Gc4WzkEhZXhv28Bcljt33vE_Kz-zGeQ/s320/Reagun-Distortion.png" width="283" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>mirosolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02400327798106357876noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6847048658257278783.post-89010948485981382192022-12-18T08:28:00.000+00:002022-12-18T08:28:02.153+00:00Exar MM-04 Moon Metal<p> Next up from Vitalii's traces is Moon Metal from later Exar series. Youtube demo found isn't all that great, but there's very nice EQ section and gain range seems quite good as well. Not a small circuit, but i think this could be quite usable.
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old tube amps of the 70's. Highly recommended for those who play Blues
and Country music.</span></span>
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retain your instrument's natural character while providing an organic,
full-bodied, yet transparent sound. <br /><br />Use the Earth Drive as a
clean boost to add warmth and smoothing, or turn up the drive knob and
get a wide spectrum of overdrive harmonics and singing sustain. The
Earth Drive has a huge range of boost control with its volume knob,
while the tone knob helps you perfectly dial in the treble response. <br /><br />Whether
you play bass, pedal-steel, electric piano, electric guitar, organ,
whatever, the Earth Drive is quite possibly the most useful and
versatile drive pedal you've ever heard. <br /></span></p><div align="center"></div><br /><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/7-ixN-QOvIY" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSMJPrCq9z61JK-CmzHG2TKr55TpuzwsyHlDv3nbU7hMHvfGOwH3ASgT6JHeEFG2HCu_ivE3nbFF4uMmuPr1Ft7C8MnLg8NeZIRg0KqKw9tfWn2MaiVOYbg2haviRGuWLWfibXCXu_ne_kd9r2RalWyyXMSABKQ8-LWJcDEikTMDkckhnFttSST__dOw/s1150/Sarno-EarthDrive.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1150" data-original-width="1090" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSMJPrCq9z61JK-CmzHG2TKr55TpuzwsyHlDv3nbU7hMHvfGOwH3ASgT6JHeEFG2HCu_ivE3nbFF4uMmuPr1Ft7C8MnLg8NeZIRg0KqKw9tfWn2MaiVOYbg2haviRGuWLWfibXCXu_ne_kd9r2RalWyyXMSABKQ8-LWJcDEikTMDkckhnFttSST__dOw/s320/Sarno-EarthDrive.png" width="303" /></a></div><br />mirosolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02400327798106357876noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6847048658257278783.post-80475330277230171682022-12-07T15:08:00.001+00:002022-12-07T15:08:27.698+00:00Exar DS-02 Distortion<p> VitaliiBobrov is doing an amazing job in tracing Exar pedals. This Polish brand has some decent tones and lots of room for tweaking and trying things out. Once again, try to tweak the values at the inverting input to ground. And try on a different pair of diodes for clippers, etc.</p><p>No demos around for this one either...</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW_Yglyauv0WQVW6Uj1FL8HQchAG8-ClHMaD2tQQnP-7nAgbJ5QV-_wjWp2O76zYlFM5OzXUs9dKH8Iik-C46rqJGgu6W-ArJlCG7BFphKA8TstxnoEN2USdoGQ4bMvI2EQ6mYDcdaUBgScSElcTuGBDcLIL35OxMU8rqU058tQTrp5OcRaAl5PJFWJg/s1178/Exar-DS02-Distortion.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1178" data-original-width="1121" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW_Yglyauv0WQVW6Uj1FL8HQchAG8-ClHMaD2tQQnP-7nAgbJ5QV-_wjWp2O76zYlFM5OzXUs9dKH8Iik-C46rqJGgu6W-ArJlCG7BFphKA8TstxnoEN2USdoGQ4bMvI2EQ6mYDcdaUBgScSElcTuGBDcLIL35OxMU8rqU058tQTrp5OcRaAl5PJFWJg/s320/Exar-DS02-Distortion.png" width="305" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>mirosolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02400327798106357876noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6847048658257278783.post-2121900277581662082022-12-05T16:00:00.004+00:002022-12-07T05:51:39.404+00:00Lastgasp Art Laboratories Green Monster Septic Fuzz<p> Found this circuit from the DEFX files and thought this to be quite interesting. Discontinued circuit with noise for days. From the source:</p><p><span style="color: red; font-size: small;">The GREEN
MONSTER septic fuzz (GM2)is an effect <br />
pedal to create a septic distortion.<br />
<br />
Characterized by a dirty, broken and rotten sound. Bad handling!<br />
<br />
GREEN MONSTER is back with four knobs! There is an easy to use sound
which the first GREEN MONSTER (ultra fuzz) was never able to create,
but the sound is still putrifying! Genuine septic sound can be found
here!</span></p><div align="center"><span style="color: red; font-size: small;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/GXUbhBBiWhg" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></span></div><span style="color: red; font-size: small;">
<br /></span><p></p><p><span style="color: red; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">First one is close to the original...</span></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVixGmCqOYasJSN0YSvC0Mz7OqhIafzUDt0D9ZOxYryJfkKa70hHKnzrmI_0Vyloayi13e3ybpOTKYPA02YmU9uTdDLVvMBHICuylJ6TXHtWdKyBNre0BuE_INp3K9ZSbR1rU3IicCXRhNESn5VTBwpSZz6hKo-oyfy0opvW0x4oH4pJBzkPCyu5MhDg/s1296/LAL-GreenMonsterSepticFuzz.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="796" data-original-width="1296" height="197" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVixGmCqOYasJSN0YSvC0Mz7OqhIafzUDt0D9ZOxYryJfkKa70hHKnzrmI_0Vyloayi13e3ybpOTKYPA02YmU9uTdDLVvMBHICuylJ6TXHtWdKyBNre0BuE_INp3K9ZSbR1rU3IicCXRhNESn5VTBwpSZz6hKo-oyfy0opvW0x4oH4pJBzkPCyu5MhDg/s320/LAL-GreenMonsterSepticFuzz.png" width="320" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div> ...and the latter is with DEFX mods - adding a gain switch for stock and other...<br /><span style="color: black;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA2CJiHBu7cRa1-9ttx84z20S2LVlyWqoozgjvSe9fiXUt2_ct9S-BtVWOOH3eD6fMsa6YNc4S6dUOeMLa-TRixo84KivT46nMW54onMJ6ejn9FAAiw87yyF603frq3P2fIespjlH717A-ALe1Lqx8fjZxKGi8FW5K21t93JInxc9iFztkF50esm6sng/s1296/LAL-GreenMonsterSepticFuzz-wgainsw.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="825" data-original-width="1296" height="204" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA2CJiHBu7cRa1-9ttx84z20S2LVlyWqoozgjvSe9fiXUt2_ct9S-BtVWOOH3eD6fMsa6YNc4S6dUOeMLa-TRixo84KivT46nMW54onMJ6ejn9FAAiw87yyF603frq3P2fIespjlH717A-ALe1Lqx8fjZxKGi8FW5K21t93JInxc9iFztkF50esm6sng/s320/LAL-GreenMonsterSepticFuzz-wgainsw.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /></span><p></p>mirosolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02400327798106357876noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6847048658257278783.post-55035670907972157772022-12-02T08:47:00.004+00:002022-12-11T08:25:49.579+00:00Joyo Roll Boost<p>Nice, small and has room for tweaking - i just love to do these modern, super cheap china circuits.. Layout is according to fsb-trace by CheapPedaCollector - who does amazing job with pedals like this one. <br /></p><div align="center"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/x8s7ZhwSljU" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></div>
<br /><p> </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4v8M_S84Run7_J77o92FYsqXgDr9csK6tKaGeg_aW7I_8VhNCLSnSM9zAcMBUf_A2IpWf3JVnqzcAQ6nXhrBCqLEriJo0fXSNYkTpHP7EUtC9gqRhp2HzjRdUlxZzSZVyq3hc4uO88tYcxtPV22KLDZomoRry4P7HGjW1JtYIfAUz1SSN0fEHXih2Yw/s1062/Joyo-RollBoost.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="531" data-original-width="1062" height="160" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4v8M_S84Run7_J77o92FYsqXgDr9csK6tKaGeg_aW7I_8VhNCLSnSM9zAcMBUf_A2IpWf3JVnqzcAQ6nXhrBCqLEriJo0fXSNYkTpHP7EUtC9gqRhp2HzjRdUlxZzSZVyq3hc4uO88tYcxtPV22KLDZomoRry4P7HGjW1JtYIfAUz1SSN0fEHXih2Yw/s320/Joyo-RollBoost.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /> <p></p>mirosolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02400327798106357876noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6847048658257278783.post-86065238620129090682022-12-01T09:41:00.011+00:002022-12-09T08:00:24.309+00:00Dylan159's Fuzz Facelift<p> It's december already!</p><p>From <a href="https://www.freestompboxes.org/viewtopic.php?t=31537">Dylan159's Unreleased circuits on FSB</a>:<br /><span style="color: red; font-size: small;"><span>I'm not done with fuzz faces it seems. This one's goal is to keep all the classic cranked gain tones while making the ill-treated gain knob more useful. This is accomplished by moving the gain control to the first stage. When maxed, you have a classic, low input impedance, high gain fuzz face, because the emitter is effectively grounded. At low gain, the input impedance rises to something close to 200k or more, hopefully giving an interesting sound without the usual dulling that happens. Last but not least, this one doesn't need trimming! the emitter resistor assures predictable bias even with widely differing beta. You can still make it adjustable if you like to mess with it. Care has been taken to avoid blocking, since we're adding capacitors. With these values, blocking is roughly the same as with the original.</span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: x-small;">Update: Oops. There was a cut missing from the fuzz 3 + 100µ cap.. 8.12.2022, now fixed... and verified.</span><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjITS6qlDeZpS49DYsfwItlnmsfDw7XR_SSn2ct8LY87_Ho3sVaNdwmNrTC72Y0EFgqib8ha80IuEl4o-7aqZVNMGJgD6xx0uu8igyoneOQLcvUo34FcPPo1tqoVyDg2UlkJzQpFTP7bnYXh2twSbfjuD528ed9YyJ7XVUiBmcAxLx8mB7U7m-L1O7BcQ/s943/Dylan159-FuzzFacelift.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="943" data-original-width="943" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjITS6qlDeZpS49DYsfwItlnmsfDw7XR_SSn2ct8LY87_Ho3sVaNdwmNrTC72Y0EFgqib8ha80IuEl4o-7aqZVNMGJgD6xx0uu8igyoneOQLcvUo34FcPPo1tqoVyDg2UlkJzQpFTP7bnYXh2twSbfjuD528ed9YyJ7XVUiBmcAxLx8mB7U7m-L1O7BcQ/s320/Dylan159-FuzzFacelift.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>mirosolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02400327798106357876noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6847048658257278783.post-40263966486577142692022-11-24T15:20:00.005+00:002023-01-11T08:50:59.623+00:00Exar MT-1 Metal<p>Hi yall. Noticed a week or so back that it's been exactly ten years since my first post here. To celebrate the occasion, i thought i'd post something. There's been a number of slower years along the way, but so it goes. Life has it's ups and downs. To quote one of the more interesting british bands i've found in recent years: "It's alright now. Not what you hoped for, but that's ok. Teenage hopes are never less than perfect anyway."</p><p>Now for the layout. There had been <a href="https://www.freestompboxes.org/viewtopic.php?t=15230">a trace up on FSB</a> for years and it seemed a bit wonky on couple of details. <a href="https://www.freestompboxes.org/viewtopic.php?p=292849&sid=d28fdbf93eb5e30da717069878675233#p292849">Vitalii checked his unit out</a> and there were a couple of errors on that old trace. His new trace seems to be spot on. Now, this probably won't be the low-parts-count / easy build alternative for HM-2 style sounds, but this may still be nice 1590B-sized build with enough distorion. There's also room for tweaking. For examble, one could sub one or even both clipping diode pairs for LEDs or Schottkys or use a on/off/on switch for changing them on the fly. Hi/Lo gyrator controls seem to be quite effective as well. I bet this will be a fun distortion build with no special parts required.</p><p>Sadly, no youtube demos to be found.. Should you build one of these and a make a demo? ...So i could post it up?</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9D-pBzvPfz6m6-hGP_eeRCN6htUERUXt-kCfG3v2AO4BIdVzAlTjZmA5StPVGbb5LHOis5TzUSeUAELxZPfd5f754nf3FMiYbFQaEexuDf5bsjqRLXr3n5OR4vB49-p-uR7wYKr_iI7_yHxCyunFZuZakEGJ9Q7AsXqDCIKnq2FTyH6dTMrl7vkMFPQ/s1534/Exar-MT1-Metal.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1534" data-original-width="1178" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9D-pBzvPfz6m6-hGP_eeRCN6htUERUXt-kCfG3v2AO4BIdVzAlTjZmA5StPVGbb5LHOis5TzUSeUAELxZPfd5f754nf3FMiYbFQaEexuDf5bsjqRLXr3n5OR4vB49-p-uR7wYKr_iI7_yHxCyunFZuZakEGJ9Q7AsXqDCIKnq2FTyH6dTMrl7vkMFPQ/s320/Exar-MT1-Metal.png" width="246" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>mirosolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02400327798106357876noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6847048658257278783.post-40439886709204606052022-11-24T15:20:00.000+00:002022-11-24T15:20:07.285+00:00Barber Electronics Edge Hog Distortion<p> Another <a href="https://www.freestompboxes.org/viewtopic.php?t=31590">damn nice trace that's up on FSB</a>, by Joe from <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@graybenchelectronics2384">Grey Bench Electronics</a>. This one seems to be a very limited run distortion from Barber, built around the time of the millennium madness.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipcbz8sirA-E1jvwZBrjkMIAd2mCAL3DTabRJSWU5VH4ckY-wbMd0Rnd81_Zg7Nn4RIfidYKCL9yL0zUoq9bbHacnnbRSVHhd7_pDeWsx669fDxBwMGtCoX8gX5bU5vwOchRX6yOJixBikOlBr_rcCCe8y6rP2OG5tvOtj5dW-nEd5MC4fm7tQm9fKpw/s1062/Barber-EdgeHog.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1062" data-original-width="1031" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipcbz8sirA-E1jvwZBrjkMIAd2mCAL3DTabRJSWU5VH4ckY-wbMd0Rnd81_Zg7Nn4RIfidYKCL9yL0zUoq9bbHacnnbRSVHhd7_pDeWsx669fDxBwMGtCoX8gX5bU5vwOchRX6yOJixBikOlBr_rcCCe8y6rP2OG5tvOtj5dW-nEd5MC4fm7tQm9fKpw/s320/Barber-EdgeHog.png" width="311" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>mirosolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02400327798106357876noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6847048658257278783.post-19037541828112234152022-11-20T16:46:00.003+00:002022-11-20T16:46:29.144+00:00Stafford Maxon Hizbender 1944T<p> There was a great post from <a href="https://youtu.be/gCrCeX8n6F0">Grey Bench</a> on <a href="https://www.freestompboxes.org/viewtopic.php?t=32261">FSB</a>, tracing this ten year old Stafford Maxon circuit that i found interesting back in a day, but couldn't source a schematic back then. This is per original, using only a half of a dual opamp and utilizing a 12x21 board.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn2xPOtgksaEuz8iK4empEEXqL2psMw4lclXpxpC9QP_OZfXeOEH-In8c-RNwVQ3hJSBW6kyFjyOp3PxSDSWLSp9JibgdfOz3c5sbv2Ay3gSesuUFjJiicvVUzRgIWztwn45D9HbB40IlQCaRBQ8zXXBLhxuPX9Z6gpGo4hotd6X2bw965t9zM9Q5xWA/s1296/StaffordMaxon-Hizbender1944T.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="943" data-original-width="1296" height="233" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn2xPOtgksaEuz8iK4empEEXqL2psMw4lclXpxpC9QP_OZfXeOEH-In8c-RNwVQ3hJSBW6kyFjyOp3PxSDSWLSp9JibgdfOz3c5sbv2Ay3gSesuUFjJiicvVUzRgIWztwn45D9HbB40IlQCaRBQ8zXXBLhxuPX9Z6gpGo4hotd6X2bw965t9zM9Q5xWA/s320/StaffordMaxon-Hizbender1944T.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>mirosolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02400327798106357876noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6847048658257278783.post-46677334198601138452022-11-13T15:05:00.001+00:002022-11-13T15:05:20.249+00:00YACK YF-2 Fuzz<p><a href="https://www.freestompboxes.org/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=29856&p=274995#p274995">George Giblet did a trace</a> (and some guesswork on the cap values) on FSB a few years back. The cap values might not be 100% per original, but according to George, those should be at least close enough. There are a few ideas on this late 60's circuit that are not present on every single FF/TB-clone out there, so i thought this migh be nice and fun little circuit to try out. Not sure if i built one back when this was drawn. Seems i can't remenber everything that went on in 2019. Seems so long ago now.</p><p>However. This might be fun to build and to tweak to your liking. Note the transistor pinouts as those match 2SC828s. Parallel polarity protection is in place etc. I'm fairly certain you'll get this sounding good with modern values for resistors as well.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJP6sGpYd_w3cr-gm82kXG5BcdLIHjc4a2EARsHoFtZg-ij9_Est5Yg-Z4Aq-S08UUHVFH012LltOSxlZ54ylmCqRoZ7ehbwnCk5qkPinAVo0hA3zCrUXE1rKXMmosWV_hMB9IKin--p0lJ-TIky-zARTfwUWiHTnjL7yeXp22filg9fSB6r8Z6BOAag/s1120/Yack-YF2.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1120" data-original-width="885" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJP6sGpYd_w3cr-gm82kXG5BcdLIHjc4a2EARsHoFtZg-ij9_Est5Yg-Z4Aq-S08UUHVFH012LltOSxlZ54ylmCqRoZ7ehbwnCk5qkPinAVo0hA3zCrUXE1rKXMmosWV_hMB9IKin--p0lJ-TIky-zARTfwUWiHTnjL7yeXp22filg9fSB6r8Z6BOAag/s320/Yack-YF2.png" width="253" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>mirosolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02400327798106357876noreply@blogger.com4