M800 Overdrive

[VanWhy]

Build Rating

5.00 star(s)

Another classic-to-me build. I've read quite a few reports along with troubleshooting threads. It took a bit of fiddling to get it biased properly. That was really only issue I had with it. Once I got it dialed in to around 4.5V on the 5 trimmers it sounds pretty damn good. I used SMD version of J201 from SBP with no issues.

I'm a Marshall guy so I really dig this one. Not that I think it very accurately emulates a Marshall but it still sounds good. I had a lot of fun jamming with it with a little bit of Chorus. I'm going to try it in a band mix because I think it has potential to sound good in a mix.

Straight jacked the Marshall logo and the background image is a grill cloth from a Marshall. I'm happy with how it turned out.

Good, fun stuff.

 

[airbud]

looks great! i might pick this up to be my first build with surface mount transistors...

 

[music6000]

Cool looking Build!
The magic is where you set the Internal Tone Trimmer, it has a big impact on the projection of the Pedal!!!
If it doesn't sound like a Marshall, something is wrong with the way it is adjusted overall!

 

[VanWhy]

Cool looking Build!
The magic is where you set the Internal Tone Trimmer, it has a big impact on the projection of the Pedal!!!
If it doesn't sound like a Marshall, something is wrong with the way it is adjusted overall!

Thanks. You're right, I need to play with that tone trimmer some more. It does have those Marshall nuances for sure. I'm hearing that the more I play with it.

 

[music6000]

Thanks. You're right, I need to play with that tone trimmer some more. It does have those Marshall nuances for sure. I'm hearing that the more I play with it.

On mine, if 7 O'clock is fully CCW it is between 9 to 10 O'clock.