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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Aug 6, 20239 min read
Chewborg Envelope Filter
Introduction On my quest through re-imagining effects pedals, I felt like envelope-controlled filters deserved some attention. As it is...
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Jun 30, 202310 min read
"That" compressor
I had wanted to make a compressor circuit for a long time, because it's a popular and somewhat easy to make effect, but the existing DIY...
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Jun 4, 20235 min read
Trembling Satellite tremolo
The Tremulus Lune is by far the most popular DIY tremolo project, and for good reasons: it's a simple enough circuit that does all you...
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Apr 28, 202310 min read
Pevy Knave Guitar Preamplifier
Check also the FSB thread! Peavey, Pavey, Pevy, or is it Pee-vee? One of my favorite amplifiers is still to this day the Peavey Bandit...
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Apr 27, 20232 min read
Morley M2 Volume Wah (M2WA) schematic
There's not much information about this series from Morley. This company seems to have tried many different control schemes for the wah,...
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Apr 23, 20232 min read
Mooer Micro DI schematic
I've got my hands on an undersized Mooer Cabsim/Balanced driver pedal, and without even sparing any time actually trying how it sounds,...
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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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Jan 21, 202314 min read
Pelota 2: PT2399 delay
Check also the FSB thread It’s been a couple of years since I’ve made the first Pelota delay: from the very name, it was a circuit...
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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 22, 202215 min read
PUP: a host of Perfectly Usable Phasers
I’ve always liked phasers, in fact one of my first pedals I’ve ever built was a Phase 45 clone. Not only I liked how it sounded, another...
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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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Aug 15, 202215 min read
VCA-1 multipurpose VCA pedal
I've had the idea of an envelope-controlled VCA effect pedal for a few months. Of course, many existing circuits fall into this broad...
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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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Jun 9, 20223 min read
ULNa and Radius Fuzzes
Some way or another I found myself salvaging a lot of ULN2003 and similar chips. Description says "Darlington driver", and while I try to...
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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 15, 20228 min read
Fuzz Face variations
The Fuzz Face is such a simple and popular circuit it's difficult to ignore it in the DIY world. Aware of the thousand tiny variations...
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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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