I can promise that you haven’t seen this exact circuit configuration in some over-priced boutique pedal. What we have here is my wacko take on the classic Bazz Fuss, a mainstay DIY favorite owing to its low parts count and surprisingly amazing fuzz tone. The … Continue readingSmallBazz – Germanium Bazz Fuss
Did a quick photo sessions for this most excellent envelop filter pedal from the boys at Function f(x). This one is called the Accufunkture, an obvious reference to both funk music and the Eastern medicine discipline of acupuncture. Photo details: Camera: Sony A7III | Lens: … Continue readingAccufunkture Envelope Filter – Sony A7III
Several people have asked me to repost my older layouts for the often copied (and frequently sold for big bucks) Electra Distortion circuit. This is a surprisingly good-sounding circuit for so few components. No fancy parts needed; just a fun little circuit that swings way … Continue readingElectra Distortion DIY Layouts
I have spent countless hours pouring over the circuits and notes that used to be hosted on a strange little website called Folk Urban (used to folkurban.com but it’s gone now). These so-called “circuit snippets” from a guy name Tim Escobedo (RIP) inspired so many … Continue readingTim Escobedo’s “Folk Urban” DIY Circuits
The Inline 8 is, in a nutshell, a stripped-down DIY Marshall Guv’nor * distortion pedal that was a hot item in the 1980s. The main difference is that instead of the three-band tonestack in the Guv’nor*, the Inline 8 has been reduced to a very … Continue readingInline 8 – Modified DIY Marshall Guv’nor
The Neptune Delay is a PT2399-based digital delay with footswitch-controlled modulation. The base/core circuit was derived from the Sea Urchin circuit drawn up by madbeanpedals.com (no longer in production). The Neptune differs from its predecessor in a few key ways, however: the delay line filtering … Continue readingNeptune Delay – DIY PT2399 Echo with Modulation
The Onesie project is my contribution (one of them, anyway) to the long and glorious history of a fantastic DIY fuzz circuit known as the Bazz Fuss. It’s super simple and sounds fantastic. This iteration of the Bazz Fuss stays true to the original, but … Continue readingOnesie — Bazz Fuss Project
This is a very basic PCB that clones the MXR Distortion+ or DOD 250 Overdrive. It’s a very old project of mine, but the layout is verified and the Eagle files can be used as a jumping-off point for a new project. Download the Plus-Dist … Continue readingMXR Distortion+ Clone
This is basically a Zen Drive clone with a few very minor tweaks. I mainly drew this up because people said, “You can’t do a Zen Drive clone!! It’s immoral!!” And then I said, “Oh, yeah? Hold my beer!” Keep in mind this was back … Continue readingBodhi — Zen Drive Clone
Thought I’d redraw the classic AstroTone circuit and tinker around a bit. With some mods, it sort of reminds me of a light-weight version of the Colorsound Overdriver. The schematic in the File Pack below has the vintage parts values (to the best of my … Continue readingAstroClone — Astrotone Fuzz Clone