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[0.1″ pitch stripboard] Aria – Super Fuzz Sustainer RE-203

Aria… Blast from the past. My first playable guitar was Aria brand back in early 90’s. The blue pearl Ibanez RG series ripoff.

This old school fuzz unit is kind of ripoff too. Closely based on EHX Big Muff Pi, minus output buffer.

All caps are ceramic in original RE-203, and my layout is designed to easily accommodate 2,5mm 560pF ceramics and 5mm raster caps for anything above.

You may bitching me for stand up resistors again, bud hey! RE-203 have them all that way.

Transistors are at this point unknown to me, I did my layout for common pin-out NPN silicon devices, use your favorite BMP trannies

Have fun

Get your project file copy here

Pawel

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[0.1″ pitch stripboard] D*A*M – Meathead Deluxe M-25

 

If You like Meathead tones but You need more knobs – here it is!

D*A*M Meathead Deluxe with added Filter and Fuzz control. Still angry beast but more controlable.

Filter is simple input capacitor blend, and Fuzz knob… well – it’s self explanatory 🙂

Layout of this pedal is very similar to Drag’N’Fly and Super Bee – beacuse all of those pedals are based on fuzz face circuit with changed components values.

Enjoy!

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Rock On!
b.man

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[0.1″ pitch stripboard] D*A*M – Meathead M-13

Yo!

Another cool fuzz pedal from D*A*M – Meathead!
This name should tell evrything… Brutal silicon fuzz tones with big muscles. This pedal wasn’t designed to be nice 🙂 but to destroy!

Only one control, but lot of fun! Simple but effective! This pedal really can kick Your amp! You have been warned! So be carefull!

Circuit is based propably on Colorsound Fuzz Box (aka. One Knob Fuzz) with few tweeks to give it more power and midrange. It doesn’t have instant clean up as good germanium fuzz face, but it still response very well for guitar volume knob and picking strength.

I really dig it! It’s quite simple build without expensive mojo components, so it’s great project to start building pedals.

There where many versions of this pedal (Dark, Bass) but usually where changed only input and output caps. Will post more layouts for other versions in following days. Now it latest version called M-13.

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Cheers!
b.man

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[0.15″ pitch stripboard] D*A*M – Grease Box GB-80

Grease Box… Dirt pedal desirable almost by every fuzz freak! 🙂 If You don’t want it You didn’t heard about it before or You already have one 😛

Seriously – very unique sounding fuzz box – D.A. Main wrote that “The Grease Box is a fuzz box that thinks, to some degree, that it’s an overdrive.” and this is perfect description! When we look at schematic – it’s MKIII or MKIV Tone Bender circuit with fixed output cap instead tone control and few component values are changed.


Lot’s of mids, crunch, gain and volume gives You lot of joy during playing. Sounds great on palm muting and power chords, too! It’s doesn’t have low gain Fuzz Face clean up, but it still have very nice dynamics!

Me likey!

In following days will add another layouts for this project!

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Due to D*A*M counterfeit pedals that recently appeared on the marked all D*A*M straight layouts will be removed from turretboard.org and will be replaced soon with our own works and interpretations.
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Rock On!
b.man

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[0.1″ pitch stripboard] D*A*M – Drag’N’Fly DF-05

Hmm… Germanium or Silicon powered fuzz…? That is the question. Hey… why not both at the same time? 🙂 D*A*M answer is Drag’N’Fly!


Hybrid fuzz box based on Fuzz Face circit with increased gain and output, silicon flavour and touch of germanium warm. Temperature fluctuations stable.
Input filter (blend between two capacitors) allows to add exactly as many bottom end as needed. Very interesting concept.
Personally I don’t like input cap blend and prefer solution based on switch between two or three input caps, but many folks likes it – worth trying for sure.

Enjoy!

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Due to D*A*M counterfeit pedals that recently appeared on the marked all D*A*M straight layouts will be removed from turretboard.org and will be replaced soon with our own works and interpretations.
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Cheers,
b.man

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[0.1″ pitch stripboard] D*A*M – Super Bee SB-66

Yo!

Here’s another D*A*M take on classic Vox Tone Bender circuit – Super Bee SB-66 which evolved from Super Bee mode in 1966 pedal.

Main change in cicruit – here we’ve got fixed input and output 100nF caps which results deeper tone focused on lower mid range. You can play with those cap to get darker or brighter tones. Also… You can change Level pot value – personally I preffer 100K or 250K over stock 470K which is little to dark for me.

This is really cool pedal – pure germanium fuzz tones!

Enjoy!

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Due to D*A*M counterfeit pedals that recently appeared on the marked all D*A*M straight layouts will be removed from turretboard.org and will be replaced soon with our own works and interpretations.
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Peace!
b.man

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[0.1″ pitch stripboard] D*A*M – 1966 Italian Tone Bender

Yo,

Mine first post here!

First of all – Really Big Thanks to Sinner for inviting me here on turretboard.org! It’s really a great honor for me.

So… Here’s layout for last version (from 2010 I think) of sadly discontinued D*A*M 1966.

What it is? Vox Tone Bender replica!
In nutshell Vox Tone Bender share almost the same circuit as Fuzz Face, D.A. Main additionaly has introduced few tweeks which allows to achive different sonic possibilities.

Main change – added switch between ’66 and Super Bee mode. ’66 gives You classic Vox Tone Bender vintage vibes – very raspy and angry tones. Super Bee mode adds more bottom end and volume.
In this version Super Bee mode works little different than in previous 1966. In 2010 version – switch changes resistance of Level pot by adding in parallel 47K resistor, in previous version (will post layout in following days…) switch is changing output capacitor.

Additionaly in 2010 version bias trimpot was moved and now it allow to bias Q1 collector and Q2 base at the same time – according to D.A. Main “It does that clean up thing betterer and is more temperature stable“.

OK… at the moment it’s all. Will update this project page soon for sure!

And one more thing… If You ever will have possibility to get D*A*M pedal – I highly recommend those beautiful dirt boxes. Work of David and Linzi are always top notch!

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Due to D*A*M counterfeit pedals that recently appeared on the marked all D*A*M straight layouts will be removed from turretboard.org and will be replaced soon with our own works and interpretations.
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Rock On!
b.man

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[0.1″ pitch stripboard] – D*A*M Professional MKII

 

Here it is – Discontinued D*A*M Professional MKII.

It’s almost stock Tone Bender MKII variant, but with Q2 bias adjustment control and Q1 base to ground resistor changed from 100k to 10k.

This is what you could get from D*A*M before Mr.Main join the forces with Macaris to create Tone Bender reissue line under Sola Sound brand

For more Tone Bender variants, including Sola Sound classics, Sola/D*A*M reissues and more go here

To get Discontinued

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[0.15″ pitch vero] Colorsound Fuzz Box

Another instant classic,

Colorsound Fuzz Box, also known as a One Knob Fuzz

Designed by famous Dick Denney in 60’s firstly hit the floor in 1990 as one of the pedals in Colorsound line

Simple and effective build, recently reissued by D*A*M/Macaris combo.

In recent reissue D.Main is using BC109C NPN silicon transistor (BC109 in DAM reissue) in first stage (Q1), and higher gain selected BC108C for Q2.

I also should note the ins and outs. Originally you have them swapped around, my layout shows typical In/Out arrangement to prevent confusion

PROJECT REVISED – missing trace cut fixed, as well as draw with correct 0,15″ pitch vero in mind

Get the project file here [.pdf]