Bijous: pretty BJT overdrives
Also on FSB! https://www.freestompboxes.org/viewtopic.php?p=297316 Introduction Electric guitarists have been long enamored with...
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Apr 2, 20234 min read
MXR M-151 Doubleshot schematic tracing
I had the chance to get my hands on the MXR Doubleshot for a little while, and found out there are no available schematics anywhere. It's...
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Feb 23, 20236 min read
"True" MOSFET clipping at 9V? Green Turtle overdrive and other applications
MOSFETs, the incredible devices at the core of modern devices, computers, power supplies and… distortion pedals? For some reason, there’s...
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Dec 4, 20222 min read
LFOstortion
Just as I was finishing working on the Enveloping Timbre, I realized I could try different kinds of control voltages, such as a LFO to...
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Nov 28, 20229 min read
Enveloping Timbre: envelope distortion
Keep the clarity of your attack before letting the distortion embrace you: the best of both worlds! At least that was the original idea...
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Oct 6, 20225 min read
Dudson Narrowcast V2
This 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...
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Sep 22, 20223 min read
TE 386 drive
I'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...
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Sep 3, 202210 min read
SLO mini tube preamplifier
Sometimes 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...
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Jun 30, 20226 min read
Type C. OD and Plastic Timbre
Originally posted on the freestompboxes forum Type C. OD The OCD was my first veroboard build and a pedal I've always enjoyed as simple,...
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May 30, 20226 min read
Clown Centurion
I like to take circuits I find interesting and rework them according to my taste, following some guidelines, which can be summed up as:...
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May 2, 202210 min read
Clearglass - some new glass for your bass
I'm a fan of the sound of the popular Darkglass pedals, and about a year ago I engaged into making the Fairglass, my first re-adaptation...
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May 2, 20225 min read
Blue Pilot, an integrated Blues Driver
Hello everyone. The Blues Driver always pops up among the most popular overdrive pedals, no doubt because many people like how it sounds,...
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Apr 23, 20223 min read
"that" Overdrive
Do you know about that overdrive? No, not that one, that one, this one! You might know I like to be very straightforward or to clean up...
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Apr 17, 20224 min read
Mini EVH
Originally posted on the Freestompboxes forum This is my version of the EVH overdrive by Bajaman. Just to be clear, I have nothing but...
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