Free schematic - discrete, articulate high gain distortion!

[drew.spriggs]

Oh - sorry, I thought that was the name of the circuit! Would you like it to be called Mercury by Ethylene?

Yep

 

[HamishR]

Fixed - is this all good now?

 

[drew.spriggs]

Fixed - is this all good now?

Yep all good - just don't want to stolen valour such an awesome design!

Demo'd these with a bunch more people and they're blown away by something so simple sounding so great

 

[HamishR]

I built one yesterday - to me it's a real old fashioned sounding dirt pedal. It would be good for someone into '70s guitar sounds. it has that nasty, aggressive early transistor distortion kind of sound. Could work well into a light OD or slightly breaking up amp. Not really my kind of sound but I can see uses for it.

 

[drew.spriggs]

I built one yesterday - to me it's a real old fashioned sounding dirt pedal. It would be good for someone into '70s guitar sounds. it has that nasty, aggressive early transistor distortion kind of sound. Could work well into a light OD or slightly breaking up amp. Not really my kind of sound but I can see uses for it.

Made a bunch and not how I'd describe the sound - does yours sound like the demos I posted?

 

[HamishR]

I'll have another listen!

*EDIT* Yup, that's pretty much how mine sounds! It would be good for the early Black Sabbath sound - stuff like that, IMO. Bear in mind that everyone's own amp, guitar, speakers, playing style and room can dramatically affect how we hear things and how sounds are produced. I have built pedals which sound amazing (to me) through my rig and then been dismayed to find they sound rather less stellar through a friend's rig.

I like it but I'm probably not the right person for it. Thanks for posting the schematic - I'm sure a lot of players will love it!