Sunday, 13 December 2020

Fuzzlord Effects Void Master

 A variation of the old one knob fuzz. Note that a few cap values and the potentiometer value is unknown. 

First, power filter which suitable values should be 47uf or 100uf, I went with a 47uF in the layout.

Second. BC filter cap for Q2 is unknown but my guess is 220pF. This can be sockeded for brighter or darker tone.

Third. Potentiometer value is also unknown but a classic fuzz face/one knob value like 500k works fine.

Built this up a few weeks ago and it sounds fantastic and sounds just like the demos online. I used a BC108B for Q1 and a BC109C for Q2.

 

And another slightly smaller layout with the internal trimmers moved to the outside for external bias and fuzz controls, suggested by Jesuscrisp.
 

 

 



Glass Jaw

 Another Acapulco Gold variation, this time with a bandaxall tonestack between the gain stages and with a buffered clean blend....



EQD Acapulco Gold w. AMZ Big Muff tonestack & gain ctrl


 

And a demo by Mr. Ian Sheridan!
 

 
 

Saturday, 12 December 2020

Colorsound Sustain Module 1 switch version

 Here is a rare old and quite unique circuit that hasn't been traced before. With lots of help from AlexS and cobyjoe we managed to trace it and a have a working clone.

So what is it? Not to be confused with the Supa Sustain, this is a quite gnarly and fat fuzz with lots of output on tap. Some parts of the circuit resembles to a Fuzzrite (Q2 and Q3) with a feedback path that that has lots of odd things happening (Q4, Q1, D1 D2). 


There is also a 2 switch version with an added switchable transistor stage but I haven't managed to trace it yet....



 
 
 


 


Boss OS-2 Overdrive/Distortion

 

*Update 221220*

New totally remade layout.



Barber Small Fry

 


Tuesday, 1 December 2020

Catalinbread Dirty Little Secret RED

 Same mods as with DLS V3 (external gain and tone switches).

Schematic is avaiable HERE



Catalinbread Dirty Little Secret V3

 Slightly modified with the internal DIP switches moved to the outside and splitted into two DPDT switches. One is for gain and one is for the tonestack (Super Bass and Super Lead modes).

Schematic is avaiable HERE



Catalinbread Dirty Little Secret V2

 Recently traced by Aion Electronics. Schematic is avaiable HERE.

 


 


Sunday, 29 November 2020

Jext Telez White Pedal

 


ETI Fuzztone

 Designed by Dan Coggins (Lovetone and Dinosaural). Despite its name it is more like an overdrive with asymmetric soft clipping and a tone control that pans between a low pass filter and a voltage divider.


Boss PW-2 Power Driver

 *Update 221110*

Corrected two resisor values and Zener diode values according to the a new schematic.