Overview – I’m back again with another circuit analysis, this time for the Ibanez Tubescreamer. If you’ve checked out my previous blog post, I did a circuit analysis of the Boss HM-2 Heavy Metal guitar pedal and felt like taking a look at something more common. There are boutique overdrives on the new and used market…
Overview – I recently breadboarded the Boss HM-2 Heavy Metal guitar pedal circuit because I was curious about the overall sound and how it works. I’ve owned a couple of Boss HM-2’s in the past, both the Taiwanese and Japanese versions (which I remember being marginally different from each other), but I eventually sold them off. It’s…
Overview – I wanted to share some of my thoughts and ideas on using a breadboard that I’ve gathered since 2016 when I first got into building guitar pedals. Something that I feel isn’t stated often enough is that using a breadboard for electronics is pretty difficult, especially for beginners. There is a fairly steep…