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Heritage Effects @heritagefx.bsky.social · 18d

The Marshall Supa Fuzz Prototype is a modified Tonebender MKI with an incredibly high value input capacitor, a fixed resistor in place of the Attack control (mine has an internal trim pot for adjustment), and a high-pass Filter control to adjust the high-end treble response. #guitarpedal

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Heritage Effects @heritagefx.bsky.social · Jul 2

The Lady Fox is my take on the Guild Foxy Lady 3-knob fuzz. This early adaptation is a Triangle Big Muff Pi at heart with some odd component values, making it a unique, yet, familiar flavor in the wide world of PI.

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Heritage Effects @heritagefx.bsky.social · Jun 10

Something Red!

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Heritage Effects @heritagefx.bsky.social · May 31

I finished a V9, Fran Blanche designed, Big muff last week and it sounds awesome! Home-etched board, sprague pacer and Ducati capacitors, and Speer resistors. NOS BC114 transistors!

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Heritage Effects @heritagefx.bsky.social · May 9

The latest Supa Fuzz! Super sparkly with some neat components inside. NPN germanium transistors for standard pedal power and daisy chaining! Standard controls plus an external bias and a simple high pass filter. Sustain for days! #guitarpedal #fuzz #diy

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Heritage Effects @heritagefx.bsky.social · May 3

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Heritage Effects @heritagefx.bsky.social · May 3

Amplified Parts has these in black, natural, and phenolic! This is the vintage spaced holes, .15”. They also have it in modern .1” pitch.

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Heritage Effects @heritagefx.bsky.social · May 3

My latest Tonebender MKII on stripboard. Ero and Philips capacitors, Vishay resistors, Lumberg jacks, and a set of 2SD352 NPN transistors. This Gørva Design S90 enclosure has a gorgeous green hammered finish (purchased from Amplified Parts).

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Heritage Effects @heritagefx.bsky.social · May 1

Absolutely. Gargle for an extended period of time.

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Heritage Effects @heritagefx.bsky.social · Apr 18

I love it when that happens!!

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Heritage Effects @heritagefx.bsky.social · Apr 17

And thank you! It was a fun build!

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Heritage Effects @heritagefx.bsky.social · Apr 17

That’s the one!!! Yes I think you should! Ian Sheridan has a few good demos of this one on his YouTube channel: youtu.be/fbAxca9EMlg?...

Rotten apple march 25

YouTube video by Ian Sheridan

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Heritage Effects @heritagefx.bsky.social · Apr 17

My recent project! Robert Keeyley’s take on the op amp big muff, The Rotten Apple Fuzz!! I’ve made a few Opamp muffs and this blows them out of the water! More fuzz, more volume, more tones! But also more wires… so a compromise. lol.

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Heritage Effects @heritagefx.bsky.social · Apr 17

When that setup was rolled into the classroom you just knew it was going to be a good day!

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Heritage Effects @heritagefx.bsky.social · Apr 4

Nobody:
Literally no one:
Not a single soul:
Me every time I solder a transistor:

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Heritage Effects @heritagefx.bsky.social · Apr 3

Just wrapped up a simpler project. I took a break from transistor testing and biasing and built a DAM Sonic Titan variant. It’s a great distortion pedal the uses a JFET to slam an already powerful Audio Amplifier IC, the LM386.

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Heritage Effects @heritagefx.bsky.social · Apr 3

Hahahaha!! I sure hope they do!
I dropped 20 and still have the ice cream belly.
I made a D*A*M Sonic Titan clone directly after the green Tonebender MKIV. It’s a great sounding old-school distortion! I’ll post it shortly. I just prepped a stripboard for a silicon tonebender MKII (IC version).

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Heritage Effects @heritagefx.bsky.social · Apr 2

Yes I feel better knowing that this snow will only last for a couple days! Too warm to do anything but melt!

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Heritage Effects @heritagefx.bsky.social · Apr 2

Oh man that sounds good too. Yeah I’d say a vintage verb.

No. We Were warm and dry. But snowed the last two days…..

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Heritage Effects @heritagefx.bsky.social · Apr 2

What’s up Salty??!! Is it spring time at your place yet?

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Heritage Effects @heritagefx.bsky.social · Mar 31

MKIV #2 finished! Green on green with a green LED! PNP germanium from the USSR and Japan. I added a charge pump for standard pedal power supplies. This thing rips some awesome riffs! #guitarpedal #germaniumtransistors #tonebendermkiv #fuzzpedals

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Heritage Effects @heritagefx.bsky.social · Mar 29

It's early afternoon on #fuzzsaturday ........ and I am making noise!!! Raunchy, fuzzy, beautiful noise!!
This Tonebender MKIV is based on the 1970-72 Sola.
#itrips #tonebendermkiv #toanz #guitarpedal
#germaniumtransistors

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Heritage Effects @heritagefx.bsky.social · Mar 23

Two different layouts for some Tonebender MKIV (1970-‘72). Vishay PR02 resistors. Capacitors are a mix of Ero, Wima, Würth, Erie, and Sprague. The white diode is a Zenith! I can’t find any info on the clear diode but it tests good! I’ll get these wired up and then start testing transistors!

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Heritage Effects @heritagefx.bsky.social · Mar 17

I’d love to see or hear how it turns out when you are done!!

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Heritage Effects @heritagefx.bsky.social · Mar 13

A tremolo circuit on eyelet board with only 3 active components: a pair of 2N5088 transistors and a Zenner diode! This is based on the Jordan Vico Vibe tremolo with a couple component changes for slower speeds and an LED indicator that blinks in sync with the Rate control.

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