A few new circuits dropping today going into the USA Memorial Day weekend. Hypercube: BOSS FZ-2 Hyper Fuzz First up: the BOSS® FZ-2 Hyper Fuzz. This is a beast of a circuit, definitely the highest part count of …
The Catalinbread CB30 was first released in the summer of 2011 as their Foundation-series take on the Vox AC30. The tireless heroes at Freestompboxes traced it within a few weeks of release, with extensive photos detailing the process. …
Spring Sale PCBs are 20% off from now through the end of the day Monday, March 22. No coupon is necessary – the discount will be taken automatically at checkout. New projects We’ve got a brand-new project for …
The Karma Suture is Catalinbread’s take on the Interfax Harmonic Percolator, a unique and extremely rare fuzz/drive from the early 1970s. As with most of their pedals, they don’t settle for straight clones, instead using classic circuits as …
Today we’ve got eight new projects for you to check out. The first four are rounding out our Catalinbread series of projects, including a brand-new trace of the Karma Suture (both silicon and germanium versions). Only a few …
Black Friday Sale PCBs are 20% off from now through the end of the day Monday, November 30. No coupon is necessary – the discount will be taken automatically at checkout. New projects It’s Catalinbread® day… eight new …
Today we’ve got four new projects for you to check out. The first two are brand-new traces, accompanied by tracing journals documenting the process and describing the circuit in greater depth. Along with these, we also have one …
We’ve got a trilogy! The very first tracing journal we ever did was the Dinosaural OTC-201 Opticompressor back in August of 2019. A few months ago, we took apart the Tube Bender. And today, we tackle the last …
Here’s an interesting one. The Crowther Hot Cake is one of the original boutique distortion pedals, dating all the way back to 1976. They’ve been hand-built by Paul Crowther in New Zealand for the past 44 years. And …
I got to hang out (virtually) with Todd, Jared and Tony at The Guitar Knobs for an episode of the podcast that dropped today. Check it out: A few of the topics we covered— Fender’s new reissue CuNiFe …
Just over a year ago, I was able to quit my day job to do Aion FX full time. This followed a career as a web developer, something I’d been doing my whole professional life. (Or longer, really—I …
Last year went over pretty well, so we decided to try it again. Not one, but two new Cornish pedals traced and releasing today!
Cornish says the CC-1 is an all-original design, but how accurate is that? Have a look underneath the goop.
We tear open a Cornish ST-2 to answer the question once and for all: is it an Overdriver?
New projects for the Dinosaural Tube Bender, Mad Professor Little Green Wonder, TC Electronic Integrated Preamp. and an updated for the MXR Distortion+.
There are only 150 of these pedals in the world. We were able to trace one of them. Check out the photos, schematic, and a DIY version you can build.
Between now and Monday, July 6, take 20% off all PCBs. And check out re-releases of 8 classic fuzz and boost effects.
We took apart these three Xotic pedals to get definitive, accurate schematics.
Based on the Blackout Effectors Whetstone, this tricked-out analog phaser has several switches and knobs for an expanded tonal palette.
COVID-19 has had a significant impact on international mail service. Here are some changes we’ll be implementing for international orders.