M-19FX MFF/KLN ‘Track Buster’This modern-day stage explosive device is my FX version of a vintage reissue M-19 WWII land mine. The Track Buster. Made to be the companion of an SG that I refinished for my son in WWII style. He’s retired Army. Matches his jeep too. Basically what we have here is a big muff pi. Only this one is always pushed by a MKC3 klon, through a Paramix, with the send/return loop containing the MUFF’N and a blend pot able to add more pure MKC3. And with the use of the switchable II/IO loop, more MKC3 plus anything you want can be mixed in with the already klon-flavored MUFF’N. Boards from GuitarPCB. One foot switch, primed or active. When primed it’s dark but when active the lucite disk will begin to get a fiery but stealth orange/reddish glow. I decided to try to use fiber optics to light the disk with the aid of a red and an orange led and 8 strands of poly fiber optics and shrink boots. Brightness can be adjusted. Up to a point. Popped two reds trying (no safety resistor).
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Once you crush the switch you are the baddest axe slinger in a large perimeter. Your enemies and fans will take notice. Not that it doesn’t have tone. The MKC has great tone and the treble knob has a ton of adjustment. I opted for the ultra mod which brings a smile and I split the two gains for separate clean and dirty gain adjustments. The MUFF’N loves it. I opted for most mods here. I put the diodes on a daughter board with the Roto Tone to help domineer every fuzzy situation. I went with the low pass and high pass tonal options and also tone bender option. Also I went with having the boundless Tone TwEq on an override switch but the stock tone still intact if chosen. That Tone TwEq has some punch to it. I got back-to-futured a couple times before I got it interfaced with the combo just right. Thought I was going to take shrapnel. I had to lower the gain resistor value. You’ll notice that I use TRS jacks to keep the number down. My led/fiber platform connects to the boards below using inactive solder pads and component trimmings.
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