Oct 6, 20225 minDudson Narrowcast V2This is a circuit I've made a little more than a year ago, as an answer to a very popular distortion pedal based on preamplifiers of the...
Sep 23, 20224 minBootstrapping is greatBootstrapping is a technique that has always fascinated me. In few words, by feeding an in-phase signal to the other end of the resistor,...
Sep 22, 20223 minTE 386 driveI've never been much into using the LM386 as distortion device. Mostly, the 50k cap on input resistance was what put me off, but also...
Sep 3, 202210 minSLO mini tube preamplifierSometimes things don't go as you planned. You try and try again but the issues persist. This project has been around in some form for...
Aug 23, 20228 minSapphire amplifiers and the TDA2030 "phender" My favorite amplifier is probably the Chempion I've built a couple of years ago. Since I use the amplifier mostly clean, relying on my...
Aug 22, 20227 minChempion tube ampA couple of years ago I've built this small DC-powered tube amplifier. It's based on the "Silverface" Fender Champion AA764. Disclaimer...
Aug 15, 202215 minVCA-1 multipurpose VCA pedalI've had the idea of an envelope-controlled VCA effect pedal for a few months. Of course, many existing circuits fall into this broad...
Jun 30, 20226 minType C. OD and Plastic TimbreOriginally posted on the freestompboxes forum Type C. OD The OCD was my first veroboard build and a pedal I've always enjoyed as simple,...
Jun 9, 20223 minULNa and Radius FuzzesSome way or another I found myself salvaging a lot of ULN2003 and similar chips. Description says "Darlington driver", and while I try to...