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Menatone None More Black
Here's the None More Black from Menatone. It uses cascading JFET stages to produce a high gain distortion tones of the 80s all the way to modern metal tones. There are apparently some versions with and...
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Demeter Compulator
Here's a really nice optical compressor from Demeter. It offers vintage studio compression that's very transparent and a fairly simple simple build as well. The trimpot sets the gain of the...
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Smallsound/Bigsound Team Awesome! Fuzz Machine
For Fuzz Friday here's another cool design from Brian at Smallsound/Bigsound. It's a unique silicon/germanium hybrid fuzz box with all kinds of options. This was traced over on Freestompboxes and Brian...
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CMAT Mods Signa
Got a request for this one. It's a barely modified Tube Screamer with a clipping switch to go between silicon and red LEDs. The switch is a SPDT on/off/on by the way. Gearmandude really seems to like it.
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All-Star Reverb
Found this one over on FSB. It was designed by Induction and takes elements from the GGG D-Verb, BYOC 2-Knob, and CultureJam's Box of Hall. Like those designs it uses a Belton BTDR-2 reverb brick,...
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Earthquaker Devices Tone Reaper
Happy Fuzz Friday, everyone! This week I give you the Earthquaker Devices Tone Reaper. This got traced over the Tagboard Effects forum, so thanks to Galapagos for doing the leg work. It's based on the...
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Parasit Studio Stepping Stone Overdrive
Here's an early design from Freppo from Parasit Studio. It's a punky overdrive/distortion transistor-based circuit. Here's the schematic for reference.This was my first attempt at making my own...
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Mad Professor Forest Green Compressor
Got a request for this one. It's very similar to Bjorn's Pale Green Compressor in his BearFoot Fx line, but with an extra stage for the Sustain mode. Here's the schematic for reference. From the...
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Wattson EFY-6
For Fuzz Friday, here's the Wattson EFY-6. This is Wattson Classic Electronics take on the classic Shin-Ei FY-6 (also known as the Univox Super Fuzz) and stays fairly faithful to the original circuit,...
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Black Arts Toneworks Quantum Mystic
The Quantum Mystic is probably the most tricked out DOD250 around. It was developed with Mike Scheidt from the band Yob and based on his Grey Spec 250. It features an active 3-band EQ section and can...
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Ibanez ST9 Super Tube Screamer
Here's the Super Tube Screamer from Ibanez. It differs from a normal TS9 with the input buffer and the added Mids control. I've laid this out for board mounted pots with a 125B enclosure with top...
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BearFoot FX Candy Apple Fuzz
For Fuzz Friday, here's the BearFoot FX Candy Apple Fuzz. It's a unique silicon/germanium hybrid designed by Bjorn and it rips. Originals use 2N1308 NPN germanium transistors, but others can be used....
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zVex Super Duper 2-in-1
This is a pretty handy expansion of the zVex SHO booster. It stacks two SHOs together and adds a master volume control. This is laid out so the board is vertical in a 1590B oriented like the original.
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Demeter Tremulator
Here's a great sounding tremolo circuit from Demeter–the Tremulator. It's an optical trem, using a VTL5C1. That part can be replaced with an LED and a LDR (600Ω on/50M off) combo. Also, the diodes used...
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CultureJam Stein Fuzz
For Fuzz Friday, here's another one from CultureJam.The Stein Fuzz is a lightly modified version of the Roger Mayer Stone Fuzz* pedal (which is itself a lightly modified Fuzz Face). The main difference...
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MXR Distortion III
Here's the MXR Distortion III. It's pretty similar to the MXR ZW-44, which itself is a Boss SD-2 clone. The main difference is hard clipping in the Distortion III instead of soft clipping in the...
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PIC Relay Bypass
If you feel like getting into a bit of programing with your pedal building, this is probably a good place to start. The legwork was done and graciously shared by Coda Effects. It uses a PIC...
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OMG Fuzz
Found this design over on DIYSB and thought it would be a good Fuzz Friday layout. The One Mighty Gnarly Fuzz is a pretty straight forward design that you probably have all the parts for in your parts...
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Catalinbread Naga Viper
Here's a versatile boost from Catalinbread. It has its roots in the classic Rangemaster treble booster, but with a silicon transistor, the Range pot varying the input capacitance, and the Heat pot...
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Black Cat OD-1
This one's pretty simple, but is really versatile going from light overdrive to fuzz levels of gain. Originals use an OP275, but other dual op amps can be used (1458, 4558, TL072, etc.). It's should be...
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