Recent content by HamishR

Oh I realise it's a whole bunch of things... I just like that sound! I can get some of what I want from the Missing Link Audio Eliminator Overdrive - or at least my version of it. It uses op-amp clipping! I can get pretty close with a few ODs but was wondering if there was anything which could...

That's why I always use the term Backfeed.

That's an interesting take. I'll look into that!

Amazing graphics! You obviously go to a bit more trouble than I do... I do wonder how you pronounce Fdbk though. My wife is Croatian so I'm used to names like Grljsic and Snjezana but I think Fdbk is a step too far.

I recently listened to the Pedal Movie (because a friend insisted I do) and while a lot of it was obvious, clichéd and self serving there were a few interesting moments. At 6 minutes 23 there is a clip of an old recording of guitar. It's that classic big box guitar played through old amp...

So cool!! And so glad you like it. Skreddy deserves much more recognition. He's a genius. As for blood spatter... I have only ever once used Tayda's UV print service and have been very impressed with it. One thing I tried was to use a texture black finish and the use red type outlined in...

I think @spi might have it.. On a side note: I build with stripboard quite a lot, and have my own very anal ways of designing the layouts! If the board is to go into a 1590B enclosure I figure you may as well use a 19-20 column wide layout. There is an obsession within the stripboard community...

Well I'm sold on this treble booster because it's whisper quiet. Maybe even quieter, depending on who's whispering. And it sounds alright too. I think I might have run out of 2N1308s. I made two small changes. I changed the 1nF cap to a 470pF because I felt it bled off too much top end, and...

I find it confusing enough as it is...

I finally got around to building half of this today. I was interested to hear what the modified Rangemaster sounded like - it's very similar to a Red Rooster. I used the stock set up according to GPCB and a 2N2222A. I was surprised that it runs a fair bit quieter than any Red Rooster I've built...

It sounds so good for double stops and hybrid picked parts in particular. I don't know what's happening but it has a kind of extra layer of dirt in there somehow. I once almost literally bumped into Billy and his wife on a busy Lexington Ave Manhattan. He's not difficult to spot, even in a...

I'm really happy you like it! I mod stuff so that it works for me. When I do that it seems that it works for my friends too. Well, friend.

I like it when all the parts in a circuit actually do something. If it doesn't absolutely have to be there, get rid of it. I see a lot of circuits these days use an absurd number of ICs and not use sections as you see above in the Marshall 59 OD. I love nothing more than Chuck telling us we...

Wow - thanks! Interesting.

No you haven't made a mistake - there is flub galore in this circuit. It is based on something which isn't designed to be a guitar pedal. It's supposed to sound like crap. Only for me it's not the kinda crap I wanted - I was hoping for a different crappiness of crap. And I wholeheartedly agree...