Danbieranowski
Well-known member
This is my first shot at a combo pedal, and despite it being messy inside it turned out pretty great. The Amentum Boost is a nice sparkly boost, and the UberDrive is based on the Boss SD-1, which is very similar to a Tube Screamer.
I swapped the 2SC732 with a 2N5089 after reading a bit about it online. The pinouts don't match (had to bend legs 2 and 3 to change their order), but this was easy to accommodate with some pliers and a 3 pin socket to test out. Also tested the 2N5088, but it's lower gain than the 5089, so I went with the 5089. Used some heat shrink on the middle pin to prevent any shorting.
I wanted the signal chain to go from input, to boost on the left side, to distortion on the right side, to output (probably should have tried one of those order switching boards, but didn't think of it til after). Because of this, I had to change the layout/order from the combo pedal illustration that PedalPCB posted in another thread, but using the 3PDT boards worked like a dream for making this easier on me.
You can hear it here:
If anyone is thinking about trying one of those Amentum Boosts, I can't say enough about how nice it sounds, and it's a nice beginner build.
-Dan
I swapped the 2SC732 with a 2N5089 after reading a bit about it online. The pinouts don't match (had to bend legs 2 and 3 to change their order), but this was easy to accommodate with some pliers and a 3 pin socket to test out. Also tested the 2N5088, but it's lower gain than the 5089, so I went with the 5089. Used some heat shrink on the middle pin to prevent any shorting.
I wanted the signal chain to go from input, to boost on the left side, to distortion on the right side, to output (probably should have tried one of those order switching boards, but didn't think of it til after). Because of this, I had to change the layout/order from the combo pedal illustration that PedalPCB posted in another thread, but using the 3PDT boards worked like a dream for making this easier on me.
You can hear it here:
If anyone is thinking about trying one of those Amentum Boosts, I can't say enough about how nice it sounds, and it's a nice beginner build.
-Dan