Fuzzbox, Distortion, Phaser, Chorus, Echo and other Guitar Effects Info

I finally got around to adding a few posts to my Instagram page.

More to come. Check it out!

“An analog signal is one that is continuous in both amplitude and time.” ^†

Okay, maybe “good” is subjective, but they are FREE!

I have updated the band names page. Check it out!

AMZ Free Band Names Page

I encourage everyone to pronounced the names on the list out loud… especially if you are reading them in a public place!

This is an early mini-booster pedal that I found in storage yesterday when looking through some boxes of pedals.

If you are interested in how much noise is contributed by a resistor in your circuit, then try out the new thermal noise calculator in the Lab Notebook for a quick answer. Play around with the values and you will see why noise critical applications use low impedance inputs and sometimes chill the circuit to get lower noise.

If you are a pedal builder that likes to experiment with different op amps in your Rat pedal, then you should try the NJMOP07D chip that is still available from Mouser.

The slew rate is about 40% slower than the coveted LM308 but it is a single op amp with a similar pin configuration that should be a direct drop-in, and you can quickly test the sound of it for slightly more than a dollar!

Blind testing a 1 db difference in volume: https://www.audiocheck.net/blindtests_level.php?lvl=1

I was surprised that when I repeated the test 10 times, I could identify the 1db change with 99.65% confidence. That was on the first pass, and with a little practice, I am certain that I could do it with 100% results. However, when testing audio devices, 1db is a large change!

There are smaller decibel differences in the testing that you can try. It is an interesting test site.

This is the basic schematic of a PNP germanium fuzz face. Some players find that the output volume is too low, but there is a simple mod to fix it.