For reference, the title is not about fruits, kittens, or apparel. It is instead about the couple of Kiss records when Peter Criss was secretly replaced by Anton Fig. Go figure.
These pedal circuits are nothing new to this blog, just cataloging some of my recent builds. They’ve all been posted here before in one form or another, so search them out if needed.
TS-808 Tube Screamer:
This pedal is for the incomparably cool Mark Twistworthy. Mark runs one of my favorite blogs called Texas Punk Treasure Chest (although he’s slacking on the El Flaco posts) and is also in a few extremely kickass bands like The No No No Hopes and Come and Take It. Mark also was a clerk at my local record store when I was a teenager and has a great mix-up story about selling a kid a copy of Youth of Today’s “Break Down the Walls”, when the kid was actually looking for Musical Youth’s album “Youth of Today”. Pass the dutchie, Cappo.
Ahhhh anyway…so Mark was looking for something to dirty up his bass sound. After some discussion we determined he was after a fuzz box, and I knew it just had to be the basic fuzz. The origins of that circuit are the great Bazz Fuss which was supposed to a fuzz FOR bass, although it kills with guitar as well. So there you go….simple….easy….fuzzzz.
I told you more delays were coming! This one is for the esteemed Mayor of Greenpoint Brooklyn, Mr. Rich Hall. Rich asked me for a one-box space machine that would satisfy his fuzz and delay needs, and the one restriction was that it needed to be sparkly orange. I like those kind of orders!
The front end of this guy is the basic fuzz. Its just such a perfect fuzz-tone and its small, one-knob, and hassle-free. Perfect for a combo pedal like this. The left switch and left-most knob control the fuzz. That feeds a standard analog delay circuit which is controlled by the right switch and the right-most three knobs (delay, blend and feedback). You can use the effects independently and they’re great as-is or use em together to blast off to planet facemelter!
To quote Tommy Lee: “fffuuuucccck, bro”. This pedal was built for the wonderful Matt Murillo (Jettycats, Junior Varsity, The Ka-Nives) when he asked me to make him “something”. Usually whenever I get asked for just something kickass, or if i’m just putting together a pedal for a gift or something I build one of these. The circuit is simple, the controls are simple, but the sound is KILLER.
The basic circuit here is the Bazz Fuss designed by Hemmo, but I make a few part subs to get it to my liking. Its kind of Muff-y, but a bit more textured sounding. A killer fuzz, and one that sounds great on bass, as well!
