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AMZ Mini Booster SMD
What's everyone think of SMD? It seems more and more boutique builds are going that route, and with more parts only be available in SMD form, I wonder how long before it'll be hard to get quality parts...
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Discrete Distortion +
I've seen a few people playing around with discrete opamps in classic circuits, and thought I'd give it a go with one of my favorite circuits, the classic MXR Distortion + (or DOD 250, etc.). The...
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Caline Purple Smoke
Got a little booster circuit that should go together pretty easily. It's pretty much an Electra without clipping diodes and a large value resistor between base and collector (similar to the EQD...
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Mad Professor Simble
This is been traced for a few weeks now over on FSB and I've meant to lay it out since then, but just now getting around to it. If you don't know, it's an amp-in-a-box type trying to emulate a Dumble...
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Spaceman Atlas III
Hope everyone's staying safe and healthy. Today's layout is a unique preamp booster from Spaceman Effects, the Atlas III. It uses some FETs I'd never heard of in conjunction with a couple low gain...
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Finally gotten around to creating this tutorial! There's a lot, so it will be released in several videos over the next couple weeks, but the first two are live on YouTube now. So if you're interested...
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Labor Day Sale and New PCBs
Got a bunch of new PCBs in the store and a sale to boot. A bunch of new fuzzes, a very cool Supro-emulator/tremolo 2-in-1, and a bit of a spoiler for the Eagle tutorial.
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Thanks to everyone who bought boards over the weekend! Today starts the next chapter in the Eagle Tutorial series on YouTube: PCB creation. Go check it out!
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Grind Customs FX Tenebrion
The Tenebrion was designed by CultureJam and is the further development of the Box of Hall reverb. It uses the Belton BTDR-2 reverb brick, which I've designed to fit on the solder-side of the circuit...
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Mid-Fi Electronics Random Number Generator
Happy Fuzz Friday, all! Here's a fun noise maker that should go together pretty easily. Schematic for reference.
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Halloween Sale!
Couple new boards in the store now including the Incandenza Bypass (relay/soft touch true-bypass without a microcontroller) and a 1590A friendly fuzz, the Fire Bolt (based on the EQD Bellows). Also a...
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Ibanez MT10 Mostortion
It's New Years Eve and time for the last layout of 2019 and I'm pretty sure it's the 800th on the blog! So here's the Mostortion. Why is it called that? The CA3260E opamp at it's core is MOSFET based....
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Dirt Master
Here's a little something I whipped up the other night on a whim. Actually built it on the fly before I even drew up a layout. I was trying to build something with some old mojo caps I found on my...
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Way Huge Red Llama 25th Anniversary Reissue
Happy New Year, everybody! This one recently got traced over on FSB. The 25th Anniversary edition of the Red Llama has an added hi cut tone control, but also has a few variations from the original...
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Bomtempo
Just stumbled across this on FSB. It's a tap tempo + modulation add on for PT2399 delays designed by Electric Canary. It is digital so you'll either need to buy a pre-programed chipset or burn the...
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Catalinbread Karma Suture
Happy Fuzz Friday everyone! This one recently got traced on the Aion blog (so go check out the full write up over there for more info and schematics). The Karma Suture is based on the Harmonic...
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Hudson Electronics Sidecar
Here's a really great sounding overdrive from Hudson Electronics. The Sidecar is loosely based on the Tube Screamer with a 2-band Baxendall EQ and some interesting soft clipping. I've got a fabricated...
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Greer Amps Tomahawk
Here's a popular drive box from Greer Amps. It's essentially a Distortion +/DOD 250 but with a modified gain control, LED clipping and a treble cut pot. Should be an easy fit in a 1590B.
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