Friday 4 November 2011

DAM Red Rooster vero layout

For fx40b, one of the sites senior testers! :o)
This one is confirmed, enjoy



Saturday 3 September 2011

BJFE Honey Bee


Thought I'd post this one too as I know the pedal has a lot of fans.  This one is verified and sounds great, especially good for thickening up single coils I found.





ZVex Box of Rock - Dirt side vero


As requested.  It isn't verified yet but certainly seems to match the schematic to me, so if anyone builds it then please let me know so I can log it as verified. 

It will fit perfectly in a 1590B, but you could even shave a column off the left hand side if you don't mind taking the link over the Gain 3 and Input wires.

Anyway, enjoy!

Tuesday 17 May 2011

Sustain Punch Creamy Dreamer

Another sought after Muff variant for the aficionados.  Verified




There were apparently lots of revisions of this pedal, this one based on Kit Rae's schematic



Tuesday 10 May 2011

Devi Ever US Fuzz

There you go Aaron ;o)  Currently unverified of course.
Should also be a quick mod to make it into a Aenima, Torn's Peaker or Never Drive if anyone prefers.

Thursday 28 April 2011

Klon Buffer



And after a few requests here's a version using the TL072 opamp (or any other dual opamp you fancy trying):


Sunday 17 April 2011

Skreddy Mayo

I've done a few Skreddy layouts, but to be fair to the man here's one of his discontinued effects to start off with.  If you want to build an authentic one using the original transistors you'll need to find some high gain 2N5133s to use.  You do find them on eBay but the last seller I questioned said the hfe was about half what you really need for a good muff and he was charging a fortune, so buyers beware of eBay mojo.

If you're not bothered about the transistors, just use 2N5088s or 5089s and enjoy! :o)


Saturday 16 April 2011

HAO Rust Driver

Update 27-02-2012 - I'm keeping these online so that all previous versions remain accessible, but I suggest anyone wanting to build this does so using the new updated layout which can be found here.



and the later version with a 3 position tone switch

Friday 1 April 2011

Lovepedal Superlead

OK last Lovepedal for a while, I'm fed up of them now! :o)


Lovepedal Amp Eleven

Hmmm this looks similar to something else too ....

 


Sean told everyone that this wasn't a clone of his "good friends" best selling pedal and was in fact a Kalamazoo.  I'll leave you to look at the following comparison and make up your own minds.  

Amp 11 / Timmy comparison:




Amp 11 / Kalamazoo comparison:


Friday 25 February 2011

Lovepedal Purple Plexi 800

A lot of people have said this is a great "Marshall in a box" and it's a pretty simple circuit so worth a try.  I did a big axial mojo layout for this a while ago, but have re-done it here using more commonly used (and space friendly) components.

It's funny but it occurred to me when doing this how similar it is to the Krank Distortus Maximus that I did a layout for a few weeks ago.  It's so unlike Lovepedal to use someone elses designs ........ ermwait ..

Update: Here's a slightly smaller version which allows you to use standard 9 row vero and so will be preferable for most people.  This is verified.


Tuesday 15 February 2011

ZVex Woolly Mammoth - vero

I had a request for a vero of the Mastotron, so here's the Woolly Mammoth which is virtually the same, with the Mastotron just having an additional 100K linear pot which the input is taken to before the first capacitor. 


The new input wiring with the Relax/Pull pot can be seen on my tagboard layout here:

http://tagboardeffects.blogspot.com/2010/02/zvex-mastotron.html

This layout is also verified:




Geiri's demo of his build:




And Finally. In case anyone runs into problems, here are thevoltages from a working board with all the pots maxed.
Supply at 9,33V
Q1 Emitter: 0V, Base 0,58V, Collector 1,2V
Q2 Emitter: 0,88V, Base 1,2V, Collector 2,3V
Yours should be around 10% away from these.


BUY A KIT

Saturday 22 January 2011

Gary Hurst Tonebender MKI


Like the last one, a bit of a pain but the Gary Hurst version is slightly more forgiving I believe.  Again don't forget to cut the trimmer legs that are shown over the -9V rail, there should be no connection there.  This is based on the original Gary Hurst MkI because the reissue was in reality a MkII.  Maybe Gary thought the MkI's are a pain as well! :o)

This one is verified




Updated 31st January 2014:  A lot of people have mentioned that the trimmers in this aren't as important as finding the correct transistors, so I'd recommend building this version which omits the trimmers entirely and puts the fixed resistors back.

Make sure you use sockets for the transistors and prepare yourself to audition plenty! :o)



Tonebender MKI

Updated 31st January 2014:  A lot of people have mentioned that the trimmers in this aren't as important as finding the correct transistors, so I'd recommend building this version which omits the trimmers entirely and puts the fixed resistors back.
Make sure you use sockets for the transistors and prepare yourself to audition plenty! :o)
 
 
 

Krank Distortus Maximus


One for the metal heads or those looking for a bit more gain.  The offboard wiring will be a bit of a pain though!