Monday 27 December 2021

Korg FK-2 Mr. Multi

 Another weird one! A rotary selector selects between a four stage phaser, wah and phaser and wah combined. The latter mode is supposed to be something out of this world. Deadend Fx (who else) have a projects for this beast and as usual, don't hesitate to support these guys by bying some nifty PCBs. They also included some useful mods such a Depth control for the LFO and two trimpots to fine tune the LFO and the sweep of the wah pot. Build docs, schematic and setup guide HERE.

And HERE is the stock schematic.


 



Sunday 26 December 2021

Keio Synthesizer Traveler F-1

 An old, obscure, weird fuzz/wah/filter/noise/volume pedal from Japan dated from the the early 70s. Schematics and more info HERE. Note that a couple of resistor values was is incorrect in the original schematic but it has been corrected for the layout below.



Saturday 25 December 2021

Devi Ever Improbability Drive

 This one was quite a nightmare to draw so I've attached the schematic for anyone who is willing to take a second look.o.O


 
 

 


Devi Ever Hounds Tooth

 


Devi Ever Electric Brown



Devi Ever Ruby

 Found some Devi Ever circuits in a folder that I had forgotten so I guess there will be a small Devi Ever blowout the nextcoming days...

First out is Ruby, a loud and quite tight fuzz which basically is two cascaded Electra distortions (sans diode clippers). It is definitely worth socketing transistors for this one to try out germaniums or darlingtons...

If more low end is desired, you can increase both of the 10nF caps.



Thursday 23 December 2021

3 Verb

 Per a request from Ian. A fairly simple reverb sold as a kit from Musikding in Germany with an adjustable Dwell control across the pins of a Belton 3H brick. 

Schematic is avaiable HERE.


 

 


Wednesday 22 December 2021

God City Instruments HM-1

One more layout before x-mas...

Here is a modified Boss DS-1 into a taeaked HM-2 EQ. Should sound pretty wild, eh?

Schematic is avaiable HERE.

 


Thursday 16 December 2021

EarthQuaker Devices Hummingbird V2

 Based on the more recent version of Hummingbird using the more common 2N6027 programmable unijunction transistor. Schematic is avaiable HERE.



Wednesday 15 December 2021

Electro Harmonix Freedom Preamp Pedal

 Here we have a rare bird from the early-mid 70s. A tweaked version of the the circuit found in Freedam Preamp amp found its way into some Big Muff enclosures. Original is very pricey and rare. 

The original ran on two 9v batteries for bipolar power supply for the op amp section but I added a bipolar voltage converter so you can use with your normal power supply. A Master control is added at the end of the circuit so you can crank the volume control to achieve overdrive at reasonable levels.  Also, the trimpots value remains unknown but I would shot for 10k...

The facory schematic is avaiable HERE.



 


 


Tuesday 14 December 2021

Madbean Rump Roast

 Another old request. An old old forgotten madbean circuit which is based on the preamp section of Dr Z Carmen Ghia.


 



Monday 13 December 2021

DOD FX33 Buzz Box

 This one have been requested a few times. Factory schematic had a few bugs (as with most DODs) so this layout is based on the schematic by Griffin Fx for their Buzz King project.


 





Sunday 12 December 2021

Black Effects Pedals Dry Line Driver

 Another great tracing (and de gooping) work by Tobias. This one is supoosed to be a heavier version of a Colorsound Overdriver with an added "Contour" diode control for more fuzz on tap.



Saturday 11 December 2021

Wyllie Moonrock

 One of the more innovative fuzz designs out there. This is a quite a crazy octave up fuzz in the vein of Octavia and Scrambler with the Offset control dialed up. Roll it back for less octave and a pronounced swell effect.


 


 




Thursday 9 December 2021

Black Effects Pedals Fuzzawe

 Another trace by Tobias. This one is based on ROG Whisker Biscuit but with larger input, coupling and Miller caps. Also, the tonestack has been modified for a wider range.




Wednesday 8 December 2021

Black Effect Pedals Lava Machine

 Tobias from the band Green Orbit have traced a few pedals from a now obsolete producer called Black Effect Pedals. They were producing mostly fuzzes on the heavier end of the scale, suited for doom and stoner toanz.

Lava Machine is based on Univox Unidrive with some tweaks and addons. Two onboard trimpots to tune in bias and the input signal, The gain control affect the negative feedback between the output buffer and input transistor and it has a treble cut tone control. According to Tobias it does boost, overdrive and fuzztone really well by using your guitar volume control.


 




Tuesday 7 December 2021

Fjord Fuzz Berserk V1

 Another interesting Fjord Fuzz circuit traced by evilarsen. An old school silicon fuzz with a switch that toggles between Fuzz Face/Tonebender Mk. II modes. Also a thickness pot that is a input cap blend control. It may be worth having the internal bias trimmer as an external control...

 

 



Saturday 4 December 2021

Fjord Fuzz Embla V1

 Another one traced by evilarsen. It is supossed to be a good sounding booster/light overdrive/slightly fuzzy overdrive depending on the the switch setting.


 

 


Friday 3 December 2021

Thursday 2 December 2021

Fjord Fuzz Odin V1

 Here is a layout of an one knob octave up fuzzfrom Norway traced by evilarsen.