https://www.monasfx.com/ 2026-04-10T14:45:56+00:00 https://www.monasfx.com/ https://www.monasfx.com/_media/wiki/logo.png text/html 2018-10-30T13:16:57+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.monasfx.com/builds/vero/colorsound_overdriver?rev=1540905417&do=diff Colorsound Overdriver Guitar FX Layouts: Colorsound Overdriver Used all 2n2222a's. Found some BC184C's at Radio Elco and I'm tracking down BC169C's so I can experiment a bit with those. I'm working on improving my wiring skills when boxing up, some of the wiring in this build is simply too long. [Array] text/html 2020-01-05T09:19:38+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.monasfx.com/builds/vero/darkglass_microtubes_b3k?rev=1578215978&do=diff Darkglass Microtubes B3K During a rehearsal the bass player of Stage Banter asked if we could keep our eyes open for second hand Darkglass stuff. So I checked it out on the interwebs and saw that they have effects too. The B3K has been verofied so I decided to try my luck with it as it is a step up from a simple booster, drive or fuzz. text/html 2018-12-03T20:19:43+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.monasfx.com/builds/vero/ehx_lpb-1?rev=1543868383&do=diff Electro-Harmonix LPB-1 <https://tagboardeffects.blogspot.com/2010/03/few-veros.html> [Array] Small build, focused on the wiring. But found out that wiring the ground of the pot to the 3PDT didn't work, so I had to connect it to the DC connector afterwards. Also noticed that it's hard to get those cheap Chinese resistors with their flimsy leads neatly aligned. And I'm not satisfied with the overall layout, the pot could be positioned a bit higher. And then the LED, I need to work on wiring those… text/html 2024-11-23T21:36:52+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.monasfx.com/builds/vero/felis_fusor?rev=1732397812&do=diff Felis Fusor Vero build of the Steel Panther “Pussy Melter” (not my choice of wording) effect, also available as the Face Melter from PedalPCB.com. Used the layout from Dirtbox Layouts. [Array] This one caught my attention because of the mosfet parts (CA3240EZ, BS170). Good challenge to fit it in a 1590B with four pots and a switch. That was bound to go wrong of course. text/html 2021-06-19T15:40:30+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.monasfx.com/builds/vero/ibanez_mostortion?rev=1624117230&do=diff Ibanez MT10 Mostortion An effect from the 10 series, also known as the MT10. This was the very first effect I ever bought and it is still my main overdrive. Back in 1989 nobody was really interested in yet another overdrive/distortion so few were made, nowadays a clean MT10 starts at €250 because apparently half of Nashville is using these. They're easy to clone, Aion offers a text/html 2018-10-30T13:18:00+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.monasfx.com/builds/vero/mechastreisand?rev=1540905480&do=diff Earthquaker Devices Acapulco Gold Guitar FX Layouts: Earthquaker Devices Acapulco Gold Built this for my brother-in-law who plays in Feast. Accidentally used a JRC386BD for the first amplification stage so it's probably even louder and more doom. Build looks OK, bit sloppy because I had to finish it fast and I couldn't fully pop in the JRC386BD somehow. And I'm not very happy about the jumpers underneath the IC sockets, they got in the way to properly position those sockets. Added an extra vol… text/html 2019-06-11T06:45:47+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.monasfx.com/builds/vero/mosfet_pie?rev=1560235547&do=diff Mosfet Pie Stumbled upon this one on the Guitar FX Layouts forum. I already built a Ram's Head and an OpAmp Muff from GGG and thought this one would be a nice addition. Used 2N7000 MOSFET's. [Array] Really like the tonestack of this fuzz, you can dial in a great deal of different tones. The Guitar FX Layouts forum thread reports this effect could be prone to oscillation but I haven't run into that issue so far. text/html 2018-10-30T13:17:38+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.monasfx.com/builds/vero/rangemaster?rev=1540905458&do=diff Dallas Arbiter Rangemaster with switchable input caps Guitar FX Layouts: Rangemaster with switchable input caps Had a Lorlin rotary switch lying around and I wanted to build a Rangemaster. On the gutshot you can see a AF109 PNP Germanium transistor that I used for testing. For now I ended up with an AC132. With this build I tried to improve my wiring skills. Looks a bit better but the input wiring is now too short. text/html 2021-06-19T15:39:43+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.monasfx.com/builds/vero/red_llama?rev=1624117183&do=diff Red Llama <https://tagboardeffects.blogspot.com/2012/06/way-huge-red-llama.html> The CD4049UBE based fuzz. I think it's a fuzz, it's not a transparent overdrive and the sound of a broken speaker is not really distortion like if you ask me. Simple build, worked before I boxed it. It didn't after having it boxed, when switching it on it was dead silent. Turned out to be a bad solder joint on the 3PDT switch, the diagonal jumper. text/html 2019-06-18T19:56:52+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.monasfx.com/builds/vero/test_box?rev=1560887812&do=diff Test box Found a big aluminum enclosure at the Baco perfect for a test box. Based it on this article and some bits from this forum thread. And had a big DPDT lying around I could finally make use of. But since it's a DPDT and I've used it as a true bypass switch I've added a text/html 2019-01-19T19:50:17+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.monasfx.com/builds/vero/tone_bender_mkii_npn_silicon?rev=1547927417&do=diff Tone Bender MKII NPN Silicon An NPN Silicon version of the renown Tone Bender Fuzz. Very cool effect to fool around with for testing different transistors. When I made the gutshot it had BC183L's in it. Just for the fun of it. It's really quite cool when it starts to oscillate with such high hFE transistors. I've replaced them with a 60 hFE 2n2369 for Q1, a 40hfE AC187K for Q2 and a 90 hFE 2n2369 for Q3. text/html 2021-06-19T15:40:03+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.monasfx.com/builds/vero/unicorn_echo?rev=1624117203&do=diff Unicorn Echo <https://tagboardeffects.blogspot.com/2013/01/rebote-delay.html> A PT2399 based echo/delay. This one was for my daughter so she could play around with it with her mic and karaoke set. It had to be baby blue with a unicorn on it. Also experimented with coloring the vero a bit. Translucent knobs, a blue led as the eye of the unicorn, design turned out quite nice. On the inside it's crammed as you can see so not really happy about that.