New to DIY, have some questions...

[MarkR2955]

Forgive me for being such a noob, but I have a few questions.

I built my first kit yesterday - a Moody Fuzz.  I love the pedal but would like to add a tone knob if possible. I'd also like to add a toggle to bypass the tone control...is this possible? Some help would be appreciated.

[Ripthorn]

This is totally possible, in fact I have it set up in an amp that I am finishing right now.  First, you need to choose your tone control, it can be single knob, two knob, three knob, etc. and each one is different.  Another thing to consider is that a tone stack will cause volume loss (since passive stacks are subtractive type filters), so you might want to breadboard up a couple tonestacks to see what that does to the overall sound.  As for the toggle, you just wire up the tonestack with a dpdt toggle like it was an effect.  No problems there.

[petemoore]

  Options and more options...
  Simple treble control attenuates the signal, but only in the HF's, that and carefully chosen staging cap values [to control bass content]...has done it for me a few times.
  Other tone controls have greater control over the relevant freq band, and attenuate the signal more too.
  Stupidly Wonderful Tone Control...very small passive losses, and usable tone shaping possibilities...
  BMP Tone control can be 'bypassed' by lifting the ground connection.
  Then if you stick a buffer in before:
  It'll probaly have lower impedance out put than your circuit, drive the TC with less passive loss, the controls maybe work better etc.
  But then you have a buffer / TC in there, will sound different.
  And still you might need a gain recovery stage...
  And...then all the variables associated with...basically drawing up a new circuit with the old circuit inside it.

[punkin]

It may seem lately my answer to all these tone control questions has been the "Tonemender". I donno, I really like this little circuit. While I haven't mastered integrating it with any effects yet but as a stand-alone/external tone shaper, I really like the flexibility it has.

Just a thought...maybe you haven't seen it it.

[MarkR2955]

Thanks for all your help. I think I'll try a few breadboards and see what happens! Wish me, and keep the ideas coming!