Guitar Related Ramblings

So by this stage, I think we can all assume that I'll be the only one making this.  I have a bunch of tin can LM741 opamps that I forgot...

This is probably where it all started in terms of opamp-driven distortion -  in one side of 741 opamp, out the other with some hard clippers...

OK - so this is what happens when you agree to make a pedal, before knowing what someone might ask for.   I'm not sure that this is 100%...

It's been a while - and I've probably scared most of you away with obscure amp content, but I have to have a crack at this one.    Y...

There's been so much speculation about the G2, over many many years.    Aion FX  has traced two versions of the Pete Cornish G2, so hope...

Since I've been on a slight Beatles related run lately, I thought I should tackle the Castledine Electronics Magical Mystery Box.   This...

This is a slightly modded Interfax Harmonic Percolator that I made today.  It's an odd little circuit - it can run from clean, a bit ove...

Still on the Vox thing at the moment - just a little Distortion Booster using a variation on the Colorsound fuzz box layout.  It's the r...

This is a nice simple one, and a slight variation on the Colorsound Fuzz Boxes that I've been building lately.  Basically a silicon fuzz...

Now this is mainly for my own purposes, as I doubt anyone else will want to build a Rat this way & I only plan on making one.   Just a s...

In Australia we have a lot of unusual sayings - one that comes to mind here is "you've been fleeced".  i.e. you paid too much ...

I accidentally messed up a small Colorsound Fuzz Box board by drilling mounting holes in the wrong place - but I didn't want to waste th...

The Fuzztone is an early design of Dan Coggins before Lovetone or Dinosaural appeared.   The first publication in ETI (Electronics Today Int...

A recent request.  This is a monster of a pre-amp from Jonny Reckless.  Best to read the details on DIY stomp boxes, as there's a lot to...

A nice easy one - and I'm not sure if anyone has done more versions of an Electra Distortion than Lovepedal has.  But hey if it's wo...

It's a single transistor boost, not unlike an Electra.  This pedal is somewhat infamous in the DIY community for exaggerated claims abou...

The Gretsch Controfuzz is yet another variation on the Distortion + the key point of difference this time is the clean blend, which makes th...

I thought I might finish off layouts for the rest of the Dan Armstrong series, as I've already done a few.  Anyways, while I was looking...