Guitar Related Ramblings

I’m surprised I had not covered this one before, but I suppose it is a MKI, so it should feel fairly familiar. There seem to have been a few...

So this looks like one of the D*A*M one-offs from back in the day - a MKI style fuzz, using a variation on a Zonk layout.  There are some de...

Quick Zonk Machine layout to suit an enclosure that I just picked up from MW Pedal Parts - pretty much one row difference in terms of where...

I'm jotting down some notes for myself, because I don't expect anyone else to use this layout.  It's a little impractical in par...

Just a Fuzz Face layout that I used recently and want to make note of - it's based on the one knob fuzz line, which is a handy little la...

Since I'm doing boosters at the moment - the D*A*M Supa Rooster.    I'd suggest placing a 1m resistor on the input and output if you...

Nothing groundbreaking today—just a variable-gain germanium booster I through together this afternoon, heavily inspired by the D*A*M Red Roo...

It's no secret as to what the R2R Electric germanium preamp is based upon, which is an old and very rare  Hofner preamp .  The Hofner is...

Here’s a simple Rangemaster treble booster.  I’m jotting down some notes from my recent builds because I really dig this layout.  I used a 1...

I saw a post today about leakage and temperature, so I thought I'd do a quick test myself to see how close it came.  The test distinctly...

VALVO OC76 GERMANIUM TRANSISTOR DATASHEET

Valvo transistors were produced in Germany, as a subsidiary of Philips (not unlike Mullard in England).   More information on Valvo can be f...

Just a Rangemaster with a rotary switch for selecting input capacitors - it uses some odd parts, as this is what was available in my local e...

GEC is the General Electric Company of England, not the one from the U.S.A.   These are occasionally branded as Mullard.  Full write-up on G...

Brimar transistors were made by Thorn and were also commonly branded as Mazda.  A full write-up can be found here The AC113 is an audio freq...

Following on from the previous post, this is the D*A*M version of the Colorsound Fuzz Sound.  Thread on the D*A*M forum can be found here . ...

Request for Phil - one tag board layout for the Park 2 knob fuzz sound.   I generally prefer to keep the links below the board, as it looks ...

I only came across the Hofner Preamp quite recently, despite seeing some other builders making point-to-point style germanium preamps based ...