What's New
updates and additions

by runoffgroove.com


  • 23 December 2003
    Corrected an error on the Double D perfboard layout.


  • 21 December 2003
    Minor edits to the Whisker Biscuit schematic and perfboard layout.


  • 17 December 2003
    An error corrected on the Cab Sim perfboard layout.
    Minor revisions to the Nurse Quacky article.


  • 9 December 2003
    Added a heavily revised schematic and new perfboard layout to the Odie page.


  • 8 December 2003
    A small error corrected on the wah buffer perfboard layout.
    Minor revisions to the Sili-Face schematic and perfboard layout.


  • 7 December 2003
    Minor revisions to the Sili-Face II schematic and perfboard layout.


  • 6 December 2003
    Added a perfboard layout for Doug Hammond's Highway 89.


  • 5 December 2003
    Added a perfboard layout and some text revisions to the Cab Sim article.


  • 4 December 2003
    Added a sound clip of Doug Hammond's Highway 89, recorded by Gary Burchett.


  • 3 December 2003
    Added a perfboard layout of Gez' wah buffer to the wah mods article.


  • 2 December 2003
    Added a sound clip of the modified Vox V847 wah-wah.


  • 1 December 2003
    Added a new page: Vox V847 wah-wah mods.


  • 21 November 2003
    Visit the RunoffGroove.com online store!


  • 20 November 2003
    Another revision of the EA Tremolo schematic perfboard layout.


  • 19 November 2003
    Replaced the single EA Tremolo clip with three new sound clips.


  • 18 November 2003
    Added a perfboard layout for the modified EA Tremolo.


  • 17 November 2003
    Added a page for the modified EA Tremolo.


  • 16 November 2003
    Added the "Pulsing LED" mod by Darren Inwood and Rob Strand to the Phozer schematic and perfboard layout. Also corrected the Speed pot wiring on the layout.


  • 15 November 2003
    Added a sound clip of the modified EA Tremolo.


  • 14 November 2003
    Minor aesthetic revisions of the Double D perfboard layout.


  • 13 November 2003
    Added a Red Ranger sound clip.


  • 10 November 2003
    Revised the Purple Peaker schematic.


  • 8 November 2003
    Added a perfboard layout, transistor pin voltages, and minor revisions to the schematic on the Red Ranger page.


  • 7 November 2003
    Added a schematic of the Dan Armstrong Red Ranger.


  • 2 November 2003
    Here's a photo of my perfboard build of John Hollis' Crash Sync.


  • 31 October 2003
    Added a perfboard layout and revised transistor pin voltages to the Sili-Face II page.


  • 30 October 2003
    Added a revised schematic to the Sili-Face II page.


  • 23 October 2003
    Added a photo essay, How to remove the knobs of Ross effect pedals.


  • 13 October 2003
    Added two clips of Odie, recorded by Gary Burchett, to the Sounds page.


  • 11 October 2003
    Added a clip of Odie to the Sounds page.


  • 10 October 2003
    Added a new schematic of Odie, a JFET overdrive, to the Articles page.


  • 8 October 2003
    Minor revisions to the Splitter-Blend schematic.


  • 3 October 2003
    Added transistor pin voltages to the Sili-Face II page.


  • 2 October 2003
    Added a photo of my perfboard build to the Tube Reamer page.


  • 1 October 2003
    Added 4 clips of the Sili-Face II to the Sounds page.


  • 24 September 2003
    Added a new schematic and write-up for the Sili-Face II to the Articles page.
    Minor revisions to the Little Gem schematics and layout.


  • 25 July 2003
    Added Gary Burchett's schematics and sound clips of Grace 3.0 and Big Daddy.


  • 18 July 2003
    Added three revised schematics by WGThickPresence to the Angel Series page.


  • 4 July 2003
    Added four sound clips of the Tantalus Project to the Sounds page.


  • 2 July 2003
    Added the schematic and article for Gary Burchett's Tantalus Project.


  • 20 June 2003
    Added a clip for the RunoffGroove Cab Sim to the Sounds page.


  • 19 June 2003
    Added the RunoffGroove Cab Sim schematic and article.


  • 13 June 2003
    RunoffGroove.com is back from vacation and we brought you a present: The Double D two channel distortion! Complete with perfboard layout and two sound clips.


  • 19 May 2003
    Added a perfboard layout for the Phozer.


  • 16 May 2003
    Added two revised schematics by WGThickPresence to the Angel Series page.


  • 15 May 2003
    Added the Phozer, a simple faux-phaser effect, and four sound clips of it to the Sounds page.


  • 11 May 2003
    Correction to the Multi-Face perfboard layout.


  • 5 May 2003
    Minor revisions to the Whisker Biscuit perfboard layout.


  • 2 May 2003
    Added a perfboard layout and four sound clips of the Whisker Biscuit to the Sounds page.
    Added a photo of Gary Burchett's enclosed New Clipper.


  • 1 May 2003
    Added a write-up to the Nurse Quacky page.
    Added the Whisker Biscuit to the Articles page.


  • 30 April 2003
    Added three sound clips of the Nurse Quacky to the Sounds page.


  • 28 April 2003
    Added a perfboard layout for the Sili-Face and a photo of the official runoffgroove prototype.


  • 26 April 2003
    Added transistor pin voltages to the Sili-Face article.


  • 25 April 2003
    Minor edits to the Nurse Quacky schematic and layout.


  • 24 April 2003
    Fixed a small error on the Tube Reamer schematic and added a perfboard layout for it.
    Added a photo and perfboard layout for the Nurse Quacky.


  • 23 April 2003
    Added a schematic of the Tube Reamer to the Articles page and three sound clips of it to the Sounds page.


  • 18 April 2003
    Added a new article and schematic, the Sili-Face, along with two sound clips added to the Sounds page.
    Updates to the Fuzz Trek and Foxx Tone Machine pages.


  • 13 April 2003
    Here's a photo (79k) of the workbench drawer where I keep most of my favorite DIY effects.


  • 11 April 2003
    Added schematics for the Mockman and Nurse Quacky to the Articles page.


  • 10 April 2003
    New schematic and 4 sound clips of the May Queen.


  • 9 April 2003
    Fixed an error on the medium perfboard layout for the Uglyface.


  • 7 April 2003
    Three sound clips added to the Ross Flanger page.
    Two new schematics by WGTP added to the Angel series page.


  • 5 April 2003
    Two photos of my perfboard build added to the New Clipper article.


  • 4 April 2003
    Update to the Angel Duty schematic.


  • 3 April 2003
    Correction to the Little Gem schematic.


  • 1 April 2003
    Added a clip of the Little Gem MkII, recorded by Gary Burchett, to the Sounds page.
    Two new entries on the Fuzz Trek.


  • 31 March 2003
    Revision of the Little Gem Mk II schematic.


  • 28 March 2003
    Minor revisions to the Little Gem schematics and added a sound clip of the Little Gem, recorded by Gary Burchett, to the Sounds page.


  • 27 March 2003
    Added a page for the Little Gem LM386 amps.


  • 26 March 2003
    Alfonso Hermida sent a schematic of the Gretsch Tremofect.
    Added a schematic of the black Ross Phaser (made in Taiwan) to the Ross Phaser Guide.


  • 19 March 2003
    Added another clip of the Uglyface, recorded by Gary Burchett, to the Sounds page and a build report, also by Gary, to the Uglyface page.


  • 18 March 2003
    Minor edits to the Homemade Guitars.


  • 16 March 2003
    Added a template for the RadioShack 417-hole IC perfboard and revised the medium template.


  • 14 March 2003
    Added a perfboard layout for the Harmonic Jerkulator.
    Want to design your own perfboard layouts? Here are the blank templates.


  • 13 March 2003
    Added perfboard layouts for the Buzz Box, Differential Distortion, May Queen, and Multi-Face.


  • 12 March 2003
    Added perfboard layouts for the Bazz Fuss and Grace.
    Corrected a wiring error and added capacitor polarity markings on the medium perfboard layout for the Uglyface.


  • 11 March 2003
    Added a new article, with perfboard layouts, photos, and mods to Tim Escobedo's Uglyface.


  • 07 March 2003
    Minor edits to the Fuzz Trek and Gear pages.


  • 06 March 2003
    Photos of the Bulldog Cab Sim I built in a 35mm slide box: Photo 1, Photo 2.
    Added 3 clips of the Uglyface to the Sounds page.


  • 04 March 2003
    Sound snip (mp3, 213k): Purple Peaker driving EasyFace.


  • 28 February 2003
    Added photos and a perfboard layout to the 3 Legged Dog article.


  • 27 February 2003
    Paul Marossy kindly contributed a PCB layout (PDF, 149K) for the New Clipper.


  • 26 February 2003
    Added a clip by A. Colman of the Ron Black Tube Distortion to the Sounds page.
    Added a schematic of WGTP's Angel Duty.


  • 24 February 2003
    Added a perfboard layout, drawn by Gary Burchett, to his New Clipper article.


  • 21 February 2003
    Added two clips of a modified New Clipper to the Sounds page.


  • 20 February 2003
    Added a modification described by Gary to his New Clipper article.
    Added an entry for the Sam Ash Fuzzz Boxx, with transistor pin voltages, to the Fuzz Trek.


  • 18 February 2003
    Added Build a breadboard power module, an article and schematic designed to simplify breadboard projects that require an IC (integrated circuit).


  • 13 February 2003
    Added an article by Gary Burchett about the Dan Armstrong Blue Clipper.
    Added two clips of Gary's New Clipper to the Sounds page.


  • 11 February 2003
    Added two clips of the Electro-Harmonix Axis Fuzz (also produced as the 2-knob Guild Foxey Lady), recorded by Gary Burchett, to the Sounds page.
    Added two clips of the Gretsch Contro-Fuzz to the Sounds page.


  • 31 January 2003
    Added two clips of the Univox Squarewave, recorded by Gary Burchett, to the Sounds page.


  • 30 January 2003
    Added two more clips of the Sam Ash Fuzzz Boxx to the Sounds page.


  • 29 January 2003
    Added two clips of the Sam Ash Fuzzz Boxx to the Sounds page.


  • 26 January 2003
    Added a clip of the Muff Fuzz to the Sounds page.


  • 6 January 2003
    Added a clip of my NPN Silicon Fuzz Face to the Sounds page.


  • 2 January 2003
    Added sound clips of Gary Burchett's 3 Legged Dog and Grace 2.0 and Frank Clarke's Hot Harmonics to the Sounds page.
    Added a new schematic to the Grace page.
    Added a new page for Gary Burchett's 3 Legged Dog.


  • 16 December 2002
    Added transistor pin voltages for the Rocket, Obsidian, and Tychobrahe Octavia to the Fuzz Trek.


  • 12 December 2002
    Added a link for Matthew Hunter's photo essay detailing his construction of a Bazz Fuss to the Bazz Fuss page.


  • 2 December 2002
    Added another schematic of the Ross Distortion, drawn by Rob Strand, to the Ross Distortion page.
    Added a link for a Ross Phaser chronology guide (which includes two schematics), written by Rob Strand, to the Ross Phaser page.


  • 30 November 2002
    Added a schematic of the Ross Distortion, drawn by Rob Strand, to the Ross Distortion page.


  • 29 November 2002
    Added three sound clips to the Ross Phaser page.


  • 28 November 2002
    Added a schematic of the Ross Phaser, traced by Rob Strand, to the Ross Phaser page.
    Very impressive, Rob! Thanks!


  • 25 November 2002
    Added a clip of Tim Escobedo's Idiot Wah, recorded by Gary Burchett, to the Sounds page.
    Added a link to Gilles Caron's website from the Ross Distortion page.
    New entry and minor edits to the Fuzz Trek.


  • 24 November 2002
    Replaced the four clips on the Bad Stone page with clips of better quality.


  • 22 November 2002
    Added three clips of Joe Davisson's Blackfire distortion to the Sounds page.


  • 18 November 2002
    Gary Burchett sent a new version of the SRPP clip.


  • 15 November 2002
    Added two clips of Tim Escobedo's Rambler and another clip of Tim's Jawari to the Sounds page.
    Added a clip of Tim Escobedo's Bootstrapped JFET Overdrive, recorded by Gary Burchett, to the Sounds page.


  • 14 November 2002
    Added a clip of the GEOfex SRPP, recorded by Gary Burchett, to the Sounds page.


  • 8 November 2002
    Added a clip of the Jack Orman MiniBooster, recorded by Gary Burchett, to the Sounds page.


  • 7 November 2002
    Added another clip of the Jawari to the Sounds page.
    Minor changes to the Fuzz Trek.


  • 6 November 2002
    Added a new page for Articles and Schematics. Links that were on the home page are now located on that page.


  • 6 November 2002
    Added an in-depth article by WGThickPresence describing his experiments with the Tonebender Mk II.


  • 4 November 2002
    Added a schematic for Christian's Buzz Box to the Bazz Fuss page.


  • 4 November 2002
    Added 6 sound clips recorded by Gary Burchett, to the Sounds page. Thanks, Gary!
    RunoffGroove.com now has over 100 DIY effect sound clips!


  • 28 October 2002
    Added a clip of an MXR Distortion Plus, recorded by Gary Burchett, to the Sounds page.


  • 27 October 2002
    RunoffGroove.com is 1 year old today!


  • 26 October 2002
    Added some technical notes to Fuzz Trek items. Bascially, this is for notes that don't need a full page.
    Visited Joe Gagan at the Nine Volt Nirvana headquarters and took a few photos.
    Here's the page of photos that Tom Pollock of Troubled Variance sent me.
    A photo of my workbench in the morning.
    Two photos of the odd enclosure I used for my Dr. Q clone. Photo 1, Photo 2


  • 4 October 2002
    Replaced the sound clip of the Bazz Screamer with a clip of the Deluxe Bazz Fuss recorded by Gary Burchett, on the Sounds page.
    Updated the Deluxe Bazz Fuss schematic with a revised version.


  • 4 October 2002
    Added four sound clips of the Foxx Tone Machine to the Sounds page.


  • 1 October 2002
    Gary Burchett sent a revision of his Bazz Screamer, now named the Deluxe Bazz Fuss, for the Bazz Fuss page.


  • 28 September 2002
    Updated a couple links.


  • 26 September 2002
    Added file size information to the rest of the Sounds page items.
    Made some server configuration changes; mp3 files should work better now. Many thanks to Matt Burnside of Tonepad.com for his expertise!
    Minor edits to the Fuzz Trek.


  • 24 September 2002
    Added six sound clips the Tycobrahe Octavia to the Sounds page.
    New item on the Fuzz Trek.
    Two photos added to the Ross Flanger page.


  • 22 September 2002
    Minor edits to the Multi-Face page.
    Found an old clip that I always liked: reverseguitar.mp3 (56k). Simple, just a little lick recorded and reversed in the computer.


  • 20 September 2002
    Added a page for the Untavia, and three sound clips of the circuit to the Sounds page.
    Added two sound clips recorded by Bill Bergman of his prototype looper to the Sounds page.
    Added a page for the Differential Distortion, and two sound clips of the circuit, one by me and one recorded by Gary Burchett, to the Sounds page.
    Added another photo to the Ross Phaser page.


  • 19 September 2002
    Added a photo to the Ross Phaser page.
    Replaced two of the photos on the Ross Distortion page with better quality versions.


  • 18 September 2002
    Added more photos to the Ross Distortion page.


  • 13 September 2002
    New item on the Gear page.


  • 16 August 2002
    Gary Burchett submitted the Multi-Face, an article and sound clip detailing his experiments with a modular Fuzz Face.


  • 13 August 2002
    Added a Harmonic Jerkulator (with Ge diodes) sample, recorded by Gary Burchett, to the Sounds page.


  • 12 August 2002
    Added another Overdrive Pro sample recorded by A. Colman to the Sounds page.


  • 11 August 2002
    Added a page detailing Tim Escobedo's Harmonic Jerkulator.
    Added 3 sound clips of the Harmonic Jerkulator and a clip of the AMZ Overdrive Pro, recorded by A. Colman, to the Sounds page.


  • 10 August 2002
    Added a clip of the Phase 45, recorded by A. Colman, to the Sounds page.


  • 28 July 2002
    Fixed an incorrect link on the home page.


  • 27 July 2002
    Added a sound clip of the New Obsidian, designed by Joe Davisson, to the Sounds page.


  • 26 July 2002
    Added links for schematics and designers' pages to the Fuzz Trek page.
    Tiny update to the Gear page.


  • 25 July 2002
    Added a sound clip of Grace, recorded by Gary Burchett to the Sounds page.
    New entry to the Fuzz Trek.


  • 22 July 2002
    Added a schematic of Grace, an overdrive designed by Gary Burchett.
    New entry to the Fuzz Trek.


  • 21 July 2002
    Minor edits to the Bazz Fuss page.


  • 18 July 2002
    Added two sound clips of the Green Ringer and a clip of the Obsidian Rev. D (by Gary Burchett) to the Sounds page.


  • 16 July 2002
    Tiny update to the Gear page.


  • 2 July 2002
    Updated the May Queen page with a revised schematic and some notes.


  • 28 June 2002
    Added an archive of past updates to the site.


  • 22 June 2002
    Added another sound clip of the May Queen (recorded by Gary Burchett) to the Sounds page.


  • 21 June 2002
    Added a sound clip of the May Queen to the Sounds page.


  • 20 June 2002
    Added a schematic of Gary Burchett's May Queen, a treble overdrive.


  • 18 June 2002
    Added a sound clip of the Bazz Screamer recorded by Gary Burchett to the Sounds page.


  • 13 June 2002
    Added 2 new schematics and notes to the Bazz Fuss page.


  • 10 June 2002
    Added notes and a second schematic to the Tonebender Mk X page.


  • 8 June 2002
    Added a couple photos of the Tonebender Mk X prototype.


  • 6 June 2002
    Posted 4 new sound clips from A. Colman. On the Sounds page.


  • 5 June 2002
    New page and schematic for the Tonebender Mk X.


  • 11 May 2002
    New page for the Casio VL-Tone keyboard.


  • 5 May 2002
    I'm a tightwad when it comes to circuit enclosures. Here's proof.


  • 4 May 2002
    Minor updates to the Gear and Ampeg Rocket II pages.


  • 2 May 2002
    Update to the Foxx Tone Machine page.


  • 1 May 2002
    Added clips of the Splitter-Blend to the Sounds page.


  • 29 April 2002
    New entry to the Fuzz Trek.


  • 24 April 2002
    Added sound clips and a new page detailing a quirky feature of my Electra Distortion clone.


  • 18 April 2002
    Added sound clips of A. Colman's Big Muff Pi clone and Zombie Chorus.


  • 17 April 2002
    New page detailing experiences of building a Foxx Tone Machine clone.
    Added sound clips of the Foxx Tone Machine.


  • 16 April 2002
    New page detailing experiences of building a Big Muff Pi clone.
    Includes A. Colman's build notes of his clone.
    Added sound clips of the Big Muff Pi.


  • 15 April 2002
    Added a new entry to the Fuzz Trek.


  • 8 April 2002
    New entry to the Fuzz Trek and updates to some older entries.


  • 6 April 2002
    Added 4 photos of the interior and 4 sound clips of the Bad Stone.


  • 2 April 2002
    Updated the schematic for A. Colman's Neoctavia.


  • 1 April 2002
    Posted two clips recorded by A. Colman of his Neoctavia to the Sounds page.


  • 30 March 2002
    Posted two clips recorded by A. Colman of the EasyVibe to the Sounds page.


  • 28 March 2002
    Minor edits to the Gear page.
    Made pages for three amps: Sundown, Musicmaster Bass, Rocket II.


  • 26 March 2002
    Added a picture of my Purple Peaker and a bit more text to the Purple Peaker page.


  • 24 March 2002
    Added pictures of the finished circuits to the Bazz Fuss and Splitter-Blend pages. No switches, no lids, no problem.


  • 22 March 2002
    Added a note about the Bazz Fuss v3 to the Sounds page.


  • 20 March 2002
    Added results of the Small Bear matched set of transistors to the Tonebender Mk II page.
    Added sound clips of the matched set.


  • 19 March 2002
    Added clips of the Bazz Fuss v3 to the Sounds page.


  • 19 March 2002
    Added Splitter-Blend page. The circuit provides two buffered effects loops and a Blend control.


  • 17 March 2002
    Added more text to the Purple Peaker page, added link on that page for original schematic.


  • 15 March 2002
    Re-organized the site for better navigation. Pages are now (hopefully) easier to find. E-mail me if you can't find something.


  • 13 March 2002
    Added sound clips for Tonebender Mk II.


  • 12 March 2002
    Added Tonebender Mk II page.



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