Best blues driver mods

[neiltheseal]

Hey everyone.

What is the best blues driver modification, preferably the one that it the most different from the original.

I laid out a pcb for a blues driver for a friend in Easy EDA and had it printed theough JLPCB. The minimum order was 5.

I will need to test that it works before I give it to my friend, but I already have blues driver clone (slightly modded to reduce gain).

As there is no point me having 2 blues drivers, i'd like to make a different version. Whad is a good BD-2 mod and whihc is the most different form the stock?

 

[eh là bas ma]

The heaviest mod for the BD-2 is probably the Galaxie Mod. You'll find the details here :

https://aionfx.com/app/files/docs/sapphire_documentation.pdf

I've never heard the result, i tried it on my second build but something was wrong, i went back to stock. I know other builders managed to do it successfully.

For my own mods, i used B. Wampler 's article, which is full of ideas :

Boss BD-2 Mods

The Boss Blues Driver is one of those pedals that everybody has owned or at least played through once. I’d venture to say it’s nearly as popular as the

www.premierguitar.com

There's a Fender style tonestack with fixed values. Experimenting different values there can lead to interesting results.

There are also Chuck's Boneyard BD-2 articles with many great ideas :

This Week on the Breadboard: Blues Driver BD-2 & BD-2w - part 3

The CB mods I like the idea of the S/C switch, but I want it to have a more pronounced effect. Dividing the S/C switch into a TIGHT switch and a FAT switch simplifies things and allows four tonal options instead of two. The TIGHT switch I find switching C41 in and out to be counter-productive...

forum.pedalpcb.com

 

[jimilee]

The heaviest mod for the BD-2 is probably the Galaxie Mod. You'll find the details here :

https://aionfx.com/app/files/docs/sapphire_documentation.pdf

I've never heard the result, i tried it on my second build but something was wrong, i went back to stock. I know other builders managed to do it successfully.

For my own mods, i used B. Wampler 's article, which is full of ideas :

Boss BD-2 Mods

The Boss Blues Driver is one of those pedals that everybody has owned or at least played through once. I’d venture to say it’s nearly as popular as the

www.premierguitar.com

There's a Fender style tonestack with fixed values. Experimenting different values there can lead to interesting results.
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There are also Chuck's Boneyard BD-2 articles with many great ideas :

This Week on the Breadboard: Blues Driver BD-2 & BD-2w - part 3

The CB mods I like the idea of the S/C switch, but I want it to have a more pronounced effect. Dividing the S/C switch into a TIGHT switch and a FAT switch simplifies things and allows four tonal options instead of two. The TIGHT switch I find switching C41 in and out to be counter-productive...

forum.pedalpcb.com

This is all you need right here, it’s a 4 part series, I believe.

 

[Elijah-Baley]

Maybe you could take a look at the waza craft version schematic.

 

[neiltheseal]

Thanks everyone. Looks like I have a lot of research to do.

 

[Barry]

Thanks everyone. Looks like I have a lot of research to do.

Shoot me a PM with an email address, I'll send you a spread sheet I did on BD2 mods.

 

[cdwillis]

The Aion FX pcb has a bass control added to the last op amp section. You may be able to put add it to the stock pcb with some jumpers or something.

 

[Feral Feline]

Also ...
There are ship-tonnes of BD-2 mods over on DIYSB, just search "Blues Driver" or "Blues Driver mods".