Twang-twang circuit

Posted on Sep 12, 2012

Twang is a guitar sound that more or less approximates a banjo or mandolin. The circuit produces unusual sounds from an ordinary electric guitar by cutting the bass, severely distorting the midband and highs, and then amplifying the distortion.

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SI cuts the effect in and out, S2 turns the unit on and off.

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