This post—aside from being a praise of the Super-Fuzz circuit—is about a specific build that I finished by applying some irregular techniques on vero board. Why irregular? Because I was repurposing an enclosure that I had originally used to build a Ruby amp for a DIY talkbox. This enclosure had holes drilled on the sides […]
The Acapulco Gold by Earthquaker Devices—relative to its low parts count, this pedal is an absolute monster. A loud monster. I’ve built it quite a few times, and have learned a lot from it, as it is an interesting circuit. Two power amps in series, each pretty much straight out of the LM386 data sheet, […]
What can be said about the Tonebender that has not already been said a million times over? I originally got interested in this circuit for bass during some extensive research into the effects of Tool’s Justin Chancellor, who had been known to use a Coloursound Tonebender mkIII placed at the end of his signal chain. […]
When it comes to pedals, I have a sickness, and the only cure is more knobs. That’s why I found the 4ms Tremulus Lune to be one of the best tremolo circuits out there. One schematic and you can build a pedal with up to 6 knobs, and there are times when I do prefer […]
