If that is a problem you actually have on your board, you can see the full circuit details and the remaining pedals here: https://hellosailoreffects.com/produc...

⚓ Early access to builds before they go public
https://hello-sailor-effects.kit.com/...

I release each batch to the list before the video goes live.
Some of them are gone before anyone else sees them.





If this video made you rethink why your fuzz or treble booster only behaves when it’s straight into the guitar, you’re not imagining it. That interaction with the pickup is the whole thing, and it’s exactly what modern rigs quietly remove.

This little pickup simulator came out of that frustration on my own bench. I’d added one too many buffers and suddenly the germanium I trusted sounded wrong. I didn’t want a workaround or a powered box, just a simple, passive way of letting pedals see what they were designed to see in the first place.

If you’re curious what this does with your own guitar, fuzz or overdrive, I’ve put a small run together here:
https://hellosailoreffects.com/produc...

There are six of these available, finished slowly in the workshop, and once they’re gone that’s it for this run.

US links
Transformer - https://amzn.to/4iZk9Ub
Capacitor - https://amzn.to/48UbvBE

UK Links
Transformer - https://amzn.to/4rQHBqt
Capacitor - https://amzn.to/3XTZmYo

If you’ve ever thought
“my fuzz sounded better ten minutes ago”… you’re not imagining it.

Germanium fuzzes and treble boosters are designed to see a real pickup.
Buffers, tuners, loopers and wireless systems remove that interaction completely.

So I built a fully passive pickup simulator that restores the pickup behaviour
single coil or humbucker
adjustable response
no power
nothing digital

This isn’t adding tone.
It’s putting back what modern rigs quietly take away.

⚓ Hand built in the UK
⚓ Extremely limited run
⚓ Built because I needed one on my own bench

If you use fuzz or vintage voiced drives, this fixes a real problem.

👉 Available here while this run lasts
https://hellosailoreffects.com/shop/

USA Affiliate links:

Sticky foam pads - https://amzn.to/4mXt6Of

Fluke 101 Multimeter – https://amzn.to/4gBsFq7

Screwdrivers – https://amzn.to/3Fdy4WH

Components tester – https://amzn.to/3DNqJwd

KNIPEX Snips – https://amzn.to/3ZOtAOf

Solid core wire – https://amzn.to/4l0sGqo

Silicone wire – https://amzn.to/4fiML7c

UK Affiliate links:

Sticky foam pads - https://amzn.to/3VhbG3q

Fluke 101 Multimeter – https://amzn.to/4fKzSTE

Solid core wire – https://amzn.to/4hFcpEo

Screwdrivers – https://amzn.to/3DEZHHV

Components tester – https://amzn.to/42aqvtl

Atlas DCA55 Transistor tester – https://amzn.to/41UNRmr

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Guitar pedals react TOTALLY differently when they “see” a real guitar pickup… but almost every drive, buffer and wireless system destroys that impedance.

In this episode, we take a forgotten circuit from the AMZ Guitar Effects Blog and push it WAY further — turning it into a standalone passive pickup simulator box with selectable coil modes, tweakable resistance and true pickup-accurate response.

heres the article:

Guitar Pickups Simulation https://share.google/E95l6R6pLZz4uZegR

It brings germanium to life.

It makes overdrives react like they should.


And it fixes the “why does my Fuzz Face sound awful after a buffer?” mystery forever.

I test it using the TC Electronic WireTap, overdrive, and classic germanium circuits — so you can see and hear what your pedals have been missing.

If you want your fuzz or treble booster to finally behave…

Timecodes:
0:00 - Intro
0:47 - Components
4:03 - Transformer
8:31 - Tagboard
11:51 - Where did it come from?
17:49 - Wiring
26:47 - Sound Sample
28:41 - Overdrive?

#pickupSimulator #germaniumfuzz #diyguitarpedals
#hellosailoreffects