A buch of questions in one! Colorsound, Tone Bender mods and more.

Started by PurpleStrat, June 28, 2008, 03:03:03 PM

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PurpleStrat

First question!
Does anyone have the schem for the reissue Colorsound One Knob Fuzz? I have this
http://fuzzcentral.ssguitar.com/schematics/oneknobfuzz.gif
but looking at this pic http://www.musictoyz.com/img200708/color01.jpg it looks like the reissue is quite different.

Question 2!
Speaking of Colorsound, has anyone built the 3 Knob Reissue like this http://fuzzcentral.ssguitar.com/schematics/reissueschem.gif? I'm not an Op Amp Fuzz fan and wonder if it's worth building.

Last Question!
Speaking of Tonebenders, whats the best cap to increase in the MKII to give a little more low end? Just a bit not to much. I'll probably just use a switch to go between the stock cap and whatever you guys suggest.

Derringer

I can only help you with the last question. You have two caps to look at for adding bass ... your input cap and your output cap. Increasing either one, or both together will increase the bass response.

I just built a tonebender MKII inspired circuit and I used 10uF for the input cap and 0.1uF for the output cap. It has plenty of usable bass.

petemoore

First question!
Does anyone have the schem for the reissue Colorsound One Knob Fuzz? I have this
http://fuzzcentral.ssguitar.com/schematics/oneknobfuzz.gif
but looking at this pic http://www.musictoyz.com/img200708/color01.jpg it looks like the reissue is quite different.

  That shows an opamp, if you like working with them...
  Question 2!
Speaking of Colorsound, has anyone built the 3 Knob Reissue like this http://fuzzcentral.ssguitar.com/schematics/reissueschem.gif? I'm not an Op Amp Fuzz fan and wonder if it's worth building.

  Looks about like #1 with the other whistle and bell.
  Last Question!
  I have one..what do you want soundwise and what'll you use it with ?
Convention creates following, following creates convention.

PurpleStrat

Thanks for the responses!

I mainly use a Strat but my Tele's see a lot of time as well. Everything goes through a Fuch's Lucky Seven and a big 2x12 cab.

I really don't want to mess with the overall tone to much so my instincts  say go for the end cap since it has less effect on the clipping. I just don't trust my insticts as much you guys opinions yet. ;D

Derringer

Do you have a MKII at the moment?

If so, then just start playing with caps. There's no magic value. It all depends on the user's subjective tastes.