Tuesday, 3 October 2023

Death by Audio Assault System - Transistor channel

 An old super rare DBA pedal which was a two channel fuzz. Here is the transistor channel which resmebles most older DBA designs; cascaded reverse beta transistor gain stages. Socketing your transistors is a must since you need to find ones that doesn't gate too much. Also, there is a Filter control which is a variation of twin notch filter. Shape control is a simple ground lift for the filter circuit. 

A big thank you to Nils at Moonn Electronics for the trace!

Schematic is avaiable HERE.


 


Grind Custom Fx De Profundis Delay

 Schematic is avaiable HERE.



Grind Custom Fx Tenebrion Reverb

 Based on the Box of Hall circuit but tuned a bit darker and wider range for the Tone and Feedback controls.

Schematic is avaiable HERE.



Sunday, 17 September 2023

BJFe Heavy Swede

 Now this is an interesting take on the Boss HM-2 circuit...

The schematic speaks for itself.


 


Saturday, 16 September 2023

EarthQuaker Devices Spires Green Channel

 A Rosac Nu Fuzz done EQD style... Heavily modified values compared to the stock Rosac schematic that is floating around online. It suggest that it should have more volume on tap and a tone control with much wider range than its ancestor.

Schematic is avaiable HERE.



EarthQuaker Devices Spires Red Channel

 For those who don't want the whole Spires circuit with all the offboard wiring comes two separate öayouts for each channel. The red channel is a modified silicon fuzz face with some additional filtering and a fuzz control at the input. MPS3704 transistors seems to be not that common but a quick equivalent search reveals that they are NPN silicon transistors with a minum Hfe at 300. So 2N5088s or the BC54x family might begood subs if you don't have the stock transistors on hand.

Schematic is avaiable HERE.



Friday, 15 September 2023

Sunday, 3 September 2023

Saturday, 26 August 2023

MXR Micro Amp Plus

 Schematic is avaible HERE.

 



Inverted Cross Audio Octaver

 Here is a useful little circuit that can be used before or after your favorite dirtbox. It is basically a Green Ringer  circuit with a buffered clean blend. 

Schematic is avaiable HERE.