Guitar Related Ramblings

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

A nice booster from Thorpy, most likely Dan Coggins design.  The build notes from PedalPCB suggest germanium diodes across the opamp for a d...

Another day, another compressor layout...  This is a Dan Coggins design, the Dinosaural OCT-201 Opticompressor, and the predecessor to the T...

While on a run of compressors, I thought this one looked interesting.  ThorpyFX Fat General is an optical compressor with a treble control a...

The Dinosaural OPA-101 Overdirven preamp is a variation (or improvement) on the Dinosaural Tube Bender .   This is has the tone control like...

While I'm doing Lovetone, I have to do a Big Cheese...  this is now the predecessor to the Thorpy Field Marshal Fuzz, now that Dan Coggi...

Lovetone effects pedals are pretty legendary, and I have meaning to get around to some layouts for a while now.  I thought I might start wit...

The Dinosaural Tube Bender from Dan Coggins of Lovetone fame, who now designs for Thorpy FX.  The Thorpy Fat General compressor is actually ...