Sunday, 30 June 2013

G2D Cream Tone

I used a quad opamp to keep the size down, so this should fit in a 1590B.  Solo Switch is a second stomp to give you a volume boost when soloing (funnily enough) and only a SPDT stomp is required for this, but use a DPDT if you want LED indication showing the "channel" you are on.

Oh and I omitted the 2200uF filter cap.  Because ... just why?

Info about the original:

The Cream-Tone is a blues players dream come true with a wonderful almost transparent tone through to a slight midrange bump for being heard in the mix. Strat's take on the "Texas Tone" while Tele's can pull off open string runs with sparking clarity.

Our aim was to develop a pedal geared towards vintage tone freaks. Each pedal is hand-made using the finest quality components and tested to ensure that it preserves the guitars natural tone.

Features
The Cream-Tone features true bypass as well as a Solo switch for volume boost when you are soloing.

    Volume sets the balance between your clean sound and the pedals sound.
    Tone is our unique design, it adds fullness to single coils and has the ability to make humbuckers sing.
    Solo sets the amount of volume boost and adds warmth without adding extra drive.
    Drive ranges from clean* to a singing mild overdrive, without losing string definition or pickup charactor. (*depends on internal switch settings).







Tuesday, 25 June 2013

Pink Jimi Photon's Transmission OD

Incorporating couple of cool ideas, here' one from the man, Pink Jimi Photon. Note that the master volume control is optional and anything smaller than 1M will probably hurt the output level. The level should be within reasonable limits without it.
Here's the original description:
Positive it's been done a gazillion times before. but one little twist... i added a simple control to be able to "pan" between the two clippers... one made with 1n4001's (slower clipping for the lows) and one with 1n4148's (faster clipping for the highs)... it works, kinda sorta.. it's more noticeable at some settings than others, it's mostly useful for dialing in "touch sensitivity"..
the tone control is what it is, fairly simple and crude... but for one freekin' transistor, it actually works pretty well!! at least i think it does..
i didn't put a master volume on it. you just crank up the gain to where ya want it. unity gain is about 8:00, above that it just kinda gets more saturated (and a bit louder)...

how does it sound? kinda like a tube screamer. ::) which wasn't what i really expected at all... it's a kinda nasal middy overdrive, cleanish, but enough to bump an amp into a really nice natural overdrive sound.



Monday, 24 June 2013

EHX Bassballs

Little something more for the bassists.. Should work nicely on guitar too.



Sekova FA-II Fuzz

Check out Tonemachines blog post for this 1969 japanese beauty.
Apparently, this is exactly the same circuit that can be found inside Apollo Fuzz and Crestwood Fuzz boxes...
The circuit uses "positive ground" with PNP Ge transistors. Mind the power supply or use a charge pump.

Now verified. Different transistor models/individuals will affect the output level, so it's recommended to use sockets to find out the perfect set. Or you could tweak the board and replace collector resistors with trimmers.


Sunday, 23 June 2013