Electroharmonix gives the small stone nano a groovy new look. When you flip the nano small stone s color switch up, it carves into the frequency spectrum hollowing out the sound. And they can all be controlled with onboard tap tempo. The phased sounds of french composer jeanmichel jarre depended heavily on the small stone unit. The electroharmonix nano small stone phase shifter is everything you love about the original small stone in a smaller, diecast package. Electro harmonix diagrams, schematics and service manuals download for free. Electro harmonix diagrams, schematics, service manuals. Note that not all of these schematics are guaranteed to work. Electroharmonix electroharmonix uk co new sensor corp. Ehxsmall stonelm600guts by alex frias nov 2008, 17. Electroharmonix small stone eh4800 phase shifter reverb.
Electroharmonix nano muff overdrive guitar effects pedal. Electroharmonix small stone eh4800 phase shifter 1970s reverb. Anyone still have their very first pedal on their board. Is there, tonally, any difference between the two, because i loved the small stone tone, and ive known that many similar smaller versions of original big. This project uses the basic layout of my original orange and black label small stone issue j. Sure there have been units that were beyond repair and those will always hurt, but usually i tend to be able to fix them. I could only find the newer revision j schematics and my small stone is. Use the nano small stone s rate control to adjust the speed of the phasing sweep clockwise rotation for a faster rate. The input knob allows you to pair the phase royal perfectly with single coils, humbuckers, or line level signals, and the output knob insures that your levels are always exactly where you want them. The eh 4800 issue a later issue of the small stone is a slightly different layout, but is essentially the same circuit. Electro harmonix russian small stone phase shifter. It is, therefore, important to have the right tools to design the most effective diagrams in this digital era, a schematic drawing software is necessary. The only issue with the vintage ones is that there is some volume loss, but i corrected that in my build.
In 2005 they now come with true bypass, but the volume is cut a little when on, while you usually want it at least as loud when on. As the competitors of that time, it comes with a control rate, the speed of the effect and the intensity can be modified with a switch the sound is just right for most applications, and the 3d is not so exaggerated as one might think at first glance. Dec 11, 2010 the electroharmonix small clone chorus is an analog chorus pedal with depth and rate controls and an led function indicator. This famous phaser, in its newer, smaller form, offers. This wasnt the first and certainly wont be the last pedal ill buy as a broken unit. Here is the direct link to the manual with layout and schematic. We created several and we have redrawn some schematics that were already available on the internet for readability or ease of use these needed an easiertoread format, corrections or part identifiers. Electro harmonix small stone usa version 1 the first version of the small stone was made somewhere between 19741978 and it used otas labelled eh1048.
Already from its first appearance the small stone nailed that unique swirl and depth. I built this one for the tonepad circuit which uses transistors and 5 ota opamps. That being the case, for a long time, they have preferred a desirable means of communication and representing projects. The small stone is one of the coolest phasers made. The hugely popular small stone phase shifter is a 4stage phaser. Hello, sorry for opening a mean old theme, i tell them, finish my small stone, i did work and it sounds incredible, the problem that after disconnecting it to put it in its box, stopped working, that did not happen, does not pass signal guitar when i touch with my hand 68nf capacitor upper ranges, the truth is that not be done. Ehx small clone issues ive recently had an issue with my ehx small clone 4600 guitar pedal, and was wondering if anyone had some insight or potential solutions. Eh small stone phaser issue j experimentalists anonymous. Octave multiplexer small clone small stone bassballs features class 2. A good place to ask about effects is ampage and alt.
The electroharmonix small stone phase shifter is a 4stage phase shifter pedal first made in 1974 by david cockerell with the. Its an effects pedal that delivers fullbodied, three dimensional phasing to add a special swirl to every musical style. It was reissued years later by ehx and a smaller version of the pedal was eventually introduced in a. Ordinary copperclad circuit board can be used to make up the pitch and volume control antennas. This is not meant to discourage you from trying the other. Because this usually makes the small stone start to selfresonate in color mode because of the increased feedback loop gain, the amount of feedback needs to be reduced a bit. And it has a feedback knob but i believe feedback is also what the color switch does on the small stone so there are a couple differences. So ive been looking at getting a phaser, but my pedal space is limited, i loved the tone of the ehx small stone, but its downside was its size. Ehx small stone volume drop telecaster guitar forum. Unknown to most people, eh also made a line of guitars in the 70s. Ehx small stone nano back in the 70s you would either choose a phase 90 or a small. Like many other iconic ehx pedals, the small stone was relaunched when ehx started up again in the 90s. These were house labeled versions of the ca3094ae ota. Ehx has resurrected the legendary bad stone phase shifter.
David curtis created this fullproduction demo to showcase how these two pedals sound alone and together within the mix of a real studio recording involving multiple instruments. Electroharmonix small stone nano phase shifter reverb. I used the schematics from the small stone like piedrita of tonepad thanks. Onboard youll find ten timebased effects, such as a deluxe memory manstyle analog delay, a reverb with plenty of control for matching your needs, a 62second looper, and much more. Fieldgenius supports all common rtk gnss and generic nmea receivers, as well as all standard and robotic total stations. Our new ehx strings electroharmonix electric guitar strings are customdesigned to our specifications and made in the usa by a premiere string manufacturer. Well i stopped buying ehx pedals because quality really started to suck, i had that no1 delay and a little big muff and i hated them compared to my older versions.
Mar 10, 2007 i have the ehx small stone phaser, and it has a volume drop when i turn it on. In addition, this layout can be used to create a version that does not display the insidious volume drop when on problem that many people have reported with. Hey guys, i need some help putting my version 1 small stone back together. It is a very bare bones phaser with very few tweaks available. The electro harmonix small stone was one of the first phasers available in the 70s and can be heard on countless recordings. See the loose white wire connected to the circuit board. Ehx small stone eh4800 phase shifter killall 9 humans. Electroharmonix small stone eh4800 phase shifter 1970s. This phaser is the phaser of the numetal band korn. With prices of 1970s vintage bad stones soaring, now is your chance to get a reissue that is faithful to the original circuit design and threeknob control layout, but features uptodate enhancements for the modern player. Diy build your own guitar fxelectro harmonix big muff mxr.
The electroharmonix nano muff overdrive effects pedal revives the big sound of the 1969 classic muff fuzz effect in a compact, diecast aluminum package. The small stone has a well documented volume drop when enabling it compared to the bypassed signal. Electro harmonix small stone analog phase shifter pedal product overview by gak. The part of the circuit where the actual phase shifting occurs is on its own. Octave multiplexer small clone small stone bassballs features class 2 transformer. Here is a list of the schematics that are exclusive to this site. Jan 25, 2005 201229 electro harmonix small stone version 2 by blondegraemey 201501 ehx small stone v2 phaser demo by alex t 20150319 electroharmonix small stone phaser demo by alex t 20150906 electro harmonix small stone v1 by phosphene audio 20151205 vintage electro harmonix small stone phase shifter by tokiony. No matter what your musical pleasure is, the electroharmonix nano small stone is guaranteed to increase it. I need to identify the pedal and find a schematic to fix the volume drop and replace the slightly burned resistor, which is the first one after the 9v.
Electroharmonix small stone phase shifter effects database. Electroharmonix nano small stone phase shifter pedal. The small stone phase shifter was one of the electro harmonix original pedals from the 70s that lasted until the company closed its doors in 1984. The very eh uses the lm 700 smd on the nano small stone didnt know they were doing that circuit. Small stone nano analog phase shifter get the sound that made the classic 1970 small stone famous. I have added notes in red to the schematics believed to have errors. Dark side of the moon wywh smaller ampsbedroom level. To produce the chorus effect, the small clone bends the frequency slightly from the input source and mixes this altered signal with some direct unaffected signal. Free electro harmonix diagrams, schematics, service manuals. I was kind of hoping that you didnt start pcb and layout drawing since i did it today and almost.
They asked me for a copy of the lm600 small stone schematic a couple of years ago. The small stone is one of electroharmonix most popular guitar effects pedals. Combined with a classic big muff fuzz distortion, you get virtually unlimited cool tones. Many small businesses sell their old equipment online and you can find some really, really good deals there. Electroharmonix is a new yorkbased company that makes highend electronic audio processors and sells rebranded vacuum tubes. The widely used small stone phase shifter is a 4stage phaser designed by david cockerell, whom electroharmonix hired from his former employer ems. To this day, the small stone is still the pedal to use when musicians want a fat, warm analog phase. That can be easily fixed by replacing resistor r42 4. Like the small stone, there is a slight volume drop when engaged but personally i dont see that as a problem. Small stone phaser guitar effect pedal circuit diagram electroharmonix is a new yorkbased company that makes highend electronic audio processors and sells rebranded vacuum tubes.
Each wound string is precision wrapped with round nickelplated steel onto a high carbon, hexagonshaped steel core. The ehx bad stone is a faithful reissue of the original vintage phase shifter of the same name but in a much smaller package. The ultimate behringer guitar pedal clone list tone start. In the down position you get lots of pleasing traditional phasing tones and in the up position the pedal gives an unusual wah type. The ehx nano small stone phase shifter pedal delivers everything that gave the original small stone its legendary status but is housed in a smaller, pedalboardfriendly diecast package. Schematic diagrams offer a fast way of conveying information on a particular project or process with great ease. The spaceharp is a 4stage phaser based on the early ehx small stone v1, utilizing 3.
Stonex surv ce is a customized version of the worldwide well known carlson. The small stone has one of the widest range of speeds of all the phasers that i tried and definitely the fastest at this price range, and the addition of a color switch makes the phaser all the more versatile. Nano stone is identical to the electroharmonix small stone, just smaller. I would suggest buying a small number of hss twist drills for metal drilling, of a few different diameters. I was able to check that out at summer namm it was released at the same time as the stereo memory man with hazarai, right. Well i know the bad stone was 6 stages and it had the manual knob which i didnt find useful on bass dont know about guitar while the small stone is 4 stages. Follow this product to see new listings in your feed.
Diy build your own guitar fxelectro harmonix deluxe. The 4stage ota module uses dual operational transconductance amplifiers to produce a 4 stage phaser similar to the ehx small stone. Theres no word on whether the circuit has changed with the visuals, but the control array of rate knob and color switch remains the same. Looking at the parts layout diagram above may also help, keep in mind that the color switch is upside down in that drawing and extra ground wires can be. If its purely an illustrative schematic one that wont be used to generate a netlist andor pcb then you may find that generalpurpose drawing tools work very well, often much better than engineering applications for example, we often publish circuit diagrams on our blog, and write up projects that we contribute to books and magazines as well.
I have just bought an electro harmonix small stone to phase up my d70 rhodes sound and for the odd jarre pad and wind effect. Small clone chorus diy project with fourposition depth mod. It was designed by david cockerell, whom electro harmonix hired from his former employer ems the phased sounds of french composer jeanmichel jarre depended heavily on the small stone unit. An input from your guitar, an output to your amplifier, a power jack, one rate knob, and a color switch that changes the frequency spectrum and hollows out the sound. Electroharmonix canyon delay and looper pedal the ehx canyon delaylooper is much more than meets the eye. The plain strings are made from the same high carbon steel as the hex cores. May 11, 2016 you can get the sound of the iconic 1970s small stone in an incredibly compact and affordable way with the electroharmonix small stone nano. Electro harmonix small stone phaser 70s silver, orange, and black. Electroharmonix small stone nano phase shifter youtube.
The electro harmonix small stone nano is very small phaser from the nano line. Our mod sets the volume the same, and includes an internal trim pot so you can set the volume just where you want it. Will i have to do something special, other than remove the original and replace it with the other one. Country players add tasty seasoning to their chicken pickin. Is there a mod that i can do in order to avoid this volume drop. Stonex geogis is a powerful yet simple software solution for the collection of high quality feature and position data for gis update and maintenance. Although the authors units are equilateral triangles. It is best known for a series of popular guitar effects pedals introduced in the 1970s and 1990s. The small stone was first manufactured back in the early 70s making it one of the first compact phase shifters on the market.
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