#beavis audio

[forgethemaker]

Here is a prototype of some kind of Arduino Punk Console based on the sketch of Beavis Audio.

It's not finished yet.

Soon...

[junctionboxsynthsandstomps]

[opalescentluminescent]

The Fuzzlab, from Beavis Audio:

In the quest for ultimate fuzz satisfaction, I decided that the FuzzLab would need to have at least three distinct fuzz designs on tap. It would also be nice to have a boost stage, and maybe some type of octave circuit. This led to the five module design:

Boost Stage: I wanted the ability to add various types of signal boost into each fuzz circuit. This would provide the overall FuzzLab with the kick in the pants to pre-drive any of the fuzz circuits. The design I settled on is the Tri-Boost kit from BuildYourOwnClone(BYOC). The great thing about the tri-boost is that it is a nice front-end to the various fuzz stages. It can do the classic Rangemaster treble-boost, a linear boost, or a clean boost, has a boost knob, and I’ve made it all switchable from the front panel.

 Fuzz Face Stage: This is were 80% of the work and misery was. I wanted the standard Fuzz Face circuit, but with lots of mods. I wanted to be able to switch between Geranium and Silicon transistors, or dial in a hybrid of the two. I wanted the boost, and bass cut mods. I also wanted adjustable bias. After a few false starts trying to design and build a PCB myself, I realized that BYOC’s Fuzz clone had the stock circuitry, plus some interesting notes on mods. So my Fuzz Face stage is a heavily modified BYOC kit.

 Bender Stage: This is the clone of the Colorsound ToneBender MKII which is a close variation of the Fuzz Face but adds and additional drive transistor. The mods I selected for this module are adjustable bias.

Big Muff PI Stage: The BMP is plain and simple kick-ass. Probably one of my favorite fuzz boxes. So I had to include a BMP clone as a module. I got a board from General Guitar Gadgets, made a few mods to the tone stack (the standard tone stack has too much range centered around the treble end) and made the bias transistor on the fourth transistor switchable in and out of circuit. This mod allows the BMP to achieve asymmetric clipping and softens things up a bit.

 Octave/Ring Mod Stage: You’ll hear a lot about how well and octave circuit adds to great fuzz. I chose the Green Ringer circuit from General Guitar Gadgets. The Ringer is a bit partial to where you are playing on the neck and which pickup you are using, but adds a pretty cool dimension to the sound.