OD is Glorious
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At first I thought this was another Marshall in a box, but after playing it is more like a YATS. Perhaps it should be called Tube Screamer Deluxe? It sounds to me like a more versatile TS with more control. One feature I did not like is if you zero out the gain knob, you get nothing. If you put the gain at 8 o'clock you can raise volume and get some clean tones. The bright knob goes from 0 - wet blanket to 10 - thin and bright. Overall I like the flavors of the overdrive and I can get some transparency. I can also get the plexi growl with more gain; to get headroom you have to increase gain. Overall it is worth building and it has very useable tones beyond creamy-mids. I might consider using this as a distortion pedal.
I used a Tayda 125b and a film-free decal with 2k clear coat. The knobs are reflector tops with a solid indicator. The LED is a 3mm blue diffused sans-bezel (1/8th" hole). I used an LED breakout board with brightness control (5k trim pot) and a 2kg click footswitch. I used a PPCB top jack plate and enclosed jacks. There are some odd component values that I did not have so I got close... for the 4p7 I used a 5p and for the 1u5 electrolytic I used a 2u2. I had all of the other odd value potentiometers like a C1k for instance. I got the 2 black 220p caps from Stompbox. The op-amp is a JRC4558 just like the TS.
Notes
- C10 4p7 Ceramic capacitor - I used a 5p
- C4 1u5 Electrolytic capacitor - I used a 2u2
- Potentiometers needed
- A100K
- C1K
- A100K
- C10K
- B100K
- A20K
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