ElectroSmash Archive

ElectroSmash.com published some of the best circuit-analysis articles on the web for guitar pedals, amps, and the chips inside them — but the original site has been unreachable for a while. This is an unofficial mirror of its most popular articles, rebuilt from a 2022 Wayback Machine capture so they're readable again, with the original images restored at full size.

It is not a complete backup of the site — just these 29 articles. For a more comprehensive (but much rougher) archive, browse electrosmash.com on archive.org directly.

Pedals

Guitar effects pedal teardowns and circuit analyses.

Back Talk Reverse Delay Analysis Big Muff Pi Analysis Boss CE-2 Analysis Boss DS-1 Distortion Analysis Dallas Rangemaster Treble Booster Analysis Dunlop CryBaby GCB-95 Cicuit Analysis EMG81 Pickup Analysis Fuzz Face Analysis Klon Centaur Analysis Marshall The Guvnor Analysis MXR Distortion + Analysis MXR Dyna Comp Analysis MXR MicroAmp Analysis MXR Phase 90 Analysis Pro Co Rat Analysis Sitar Swami Analysis Tube Screamer Analysis Vox V847 Wah-Wah Analysis You Can Build the Perfect Germanium Fuzz

Chips

The op-amps, delay chips, and ICs found inside many of these pedals.

Bucket Brigade Devices: MN3007 JRC4558 Analysis LM386 Audio Amplifier Analysis PT2399 Analysis

Amps

Small guitar amplifier circuit analyses and open-hardware projects.

1Wamp Electric Guitar Amplifier - Open Hardware Little Gem Analysis Marshall MG10 Amplifier Analysis Noisy Cricket Analysis Ruby Amp Analysis Smokey Amp Analysis

Previous PDF backups

This site used to be a plain folder of PDF exports. If you want those old PDF backups you can find them here: pdf backups folder.