Heritage Effects
@heritagefx.bsky.social
Handmade guitar pedals in West Central Minnesota.
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
October 3, 2025 at 2:05 AM
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
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.
July 2, 2025 at 5:37 AM
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.
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!
May 31, 2025 at 1:56 AM
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!
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
May 9, 2025 at 7:20 AM
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
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).
May 3, 2025 at 5:20 AM
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).
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.
April 17, 2025 at 2:18 AM
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.
Nobody:
Literally no one:
Not a single soul:
Me every time I solder a transistor:
Literally no one:
Not a single soul:
Me every time I solder a transistor:
April 4, 2025 at 4:29 AM
Nobody:
Literally no one:
Not a single soul:
Me every time I solder a transistor:
Literally no one:
Not a single soul:
Me every time I solder a transistor:
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.
April 3, 2025 at 5:51 PM
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.
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…..
No. We Were warm and dry. But snowed the last two days…..
April 2, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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…..
No. We Were warm and dry. But snowed the last two days…..
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
March 31, 2025 at 2:04 AM
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
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
This Tonebender MKIV is based on the 1970-72 Sola.
#itrips #tonebendermkiv #toanz #guitarpedal
#germaniumtransistors
March 29, 2025 at 9:33 PM
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
This Tonebender MKIV is based on the 1970-72 Sola.
#itrips #tonebendermkiv #toanz #guitarpedal
#germaniumtransistors
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!
March 23, 2025 at 1:56 AM
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!
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.
March 13, 2025 at 1:15 AM
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.
Tonebender MKII on vintage-spaced stripboard. Green powder coated Gørva S99. Cliff I switched jacks. 24mm pots. Red phenolic pointer knobs. Vishay resistors. NOS germanium NPN transistors! Standard pedal power and daisy-chaining allowed! Transistor details in the last pic.
March 10, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Tonebender MKII on vintage-spaced stripboard. Green powder coated Gørva S99. Cliff I switched jacks. 24mm pots. Red phenolic pointer knobs. Vishay resistors. NOS germanium NPN transistors! Standard pedal power and daisy-chaining allowed! Transistor details in the last pic.
Harmonic Percolator on eyelet board! Germanium MP21A and a Silicon 2N930 drive this pedal from textured overdrive to thick fuzz. This unit was commissioned by an Instagram friend and I was happy to oblige!
March 9, 2025 at 6:02 AM
Harmonic Percolator on eyelet board! Germanium MP21A and a Silicon 2N930 drive this pedal from textured overdrive to thick fuzz. This unit was commissioned by an Instagram friend and I was happy to oblige!
Silicon Tonebender on hand staked turret board with a tone control and internal bias adjustment. This one is based on the EQD Black Ash with some tweaks.
February 14, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Silicon Tonebender on hand staked turret board with a tone control and internal bias adjustment. This one is based on the EQD Black Ash with some tweaks.
It’s all from the same cable! So cool. I have a tendency to explain things weird.
February 13, 2025 at 3:19 AM
It’s all from the same cable! So cool. I have a tendency to explain things weird.
Marshall Supa Fuzz on eyelet board. Added Bias and tone controls for versatility! Germanium PNP transistors with a voltage inverter Sony can be powered and daisy chained with standard devices. NOS resistors, capacitors, meticulously stuffed inside a Gørva S90 enclosure. #guitareffects #guitarpedal
February 11, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Marshall Supa Fuzz on eyelet board. Added Bias and tone controls for versatility! Germanium PNP transistors with a voltage inverter Sony can be powered and daisy chained with standard devices. NOS resistors, capacitors, meticulously stuffed inside a Gørva S90 enclosure. #guitareffects #guitarpedal
A silicon Tonebender MKII on vintage-spaced stripboard. NOS BC114 transistors. Q3 bias knob (not as drastic as with germanium). Gørva S90 enclosure. #guitarpedal #fuzz #tonebender #diystompbox
February 2, 2025 at 10:55 PM
A silicon Tonebender MKII on vintage-spaced stripboard. NOS BC114 transistors. Q3 bias knob (not as drastic as with germanium). Gørva S90 enclosure. #guitarpedal #fuzz #tonebender #diystompbox
I grabbed a ton of info from this page over at the freestompboxes website:
www.freestompboxes.org/viewtopic.ph...
www.freestompboxes.org/viewtopic.ph...
January 27, 2025 at 5:15 AM
I grabbed a ton of info from this page over at the freestompboxes website:
www.freestompboxes.org/viewtopic.ph...
www.freestompboxes.org/viewtopic.ph...
Vox Tonebender MK1.5 on tagboard. Very similar to a germanium Fuzz Face but brighter and less muddy. Big knobs, Big tone! This was a fun one to build and try to fit; a battery, 24mm knobs, Cliff jacks, and power switch! #guitarpedal #diy #fuzz #tonebender #fuzzface
January 26, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Vox Tonebender MK1.5 on tagboard. Very similar to a germanium Fuzz Face but brighter and less muddy. Big knobs, Big tone! This was a fun one to build and try to fit; a battery, 24mm knobs, Cliff jacks, and power switch! #guitarpedal #diy #fuzz #tonebender #fuzzface
January 24, 2025 at 11:19 PM
A silicon MKII variant utilizing an NPN transistor array IC(5 transistors in a 14 pin package). I’m a huge fan of this circuit for the following reasons:
1. It sounds absolutely fantastic
2. The parts are readily available as opposed to germanium transistors
3. No transistor auditioning
#fuzz
1. It sounds absolutely fantastic
2. The parts are readily available as opposed to germanium transistors
3. No transistor auditioning
#fuzz
January 11, 2025 at 2:43 PM
A silicon MKII variant utilizing an NPN transistor array IC(5 transistors in a 14 pin package). I’m a huge fan of this circuit for the following reasons:
1. It sounds absolutely fantastic
2. The parts are readily available as opposed to germanium transistors
3. No transistor auditioning
#fuzz
1. It sounds absolutely fantastic
2. The parts are readily available as opposed to germanium transistors
3. No transistor auditioning
#fuzz
Hand-wired Buzzaround on tagboard. Enclosure from MOD Electronics. Cool knobs from Amplified Parts! All other parts are from my eclectic collection.
#buzzaround #guitarpedal #fuzz #vintage #germanium
#buzzaround #guitarpedal #fuzz #vintage #germanium
January 10, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Hand-wired Buzzaround on tagboard. Enclosure from MOD Electronics. Cool knobs from Amplified Parts! All other parts are from my eclectic collection.
#buzzaround #guitarpedal #fuzz #vintage #germanium
#buzzaround #guitarpedal #fuzz #vintage #germanium