Powersound Overdrive

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Dan M

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One last build squeezed in before the end of the year.

I built this one without the charge pump, since I have an 18v outlet available. Functions fine on 9v also.

I’ve only run it through my practice amp, but so far I like it. It breaks up right at the tail end of the gain knob.

Tomorrow I’ll run it into my half stack and welcome the neighborhood to 2022
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@Dan M - looks great!

To you or anyone else using a Colorsound Power Boost/Overdrive (or clone): how are you using it? What guitar(s), amp(s)? Alone or stacked? As an EQ, light overdrive, or fuzz?

I'm just curious - I've build the Aion versions (Nucleus and Plasma). IIRC, I used 2n5088 transistors; the Aion docs suggest a 1kC drive pot for a more "natural" feel. I go back and forth on how I feel about it. Sometimes, I think it sounds phenomenal, in just about any capacity... And yet other times I'm not into it at all.

Just trying to stir up some general discussion on this pedal.
 
Similar experience for me. I’m not sure if it can win a spot on my pedal board. I got a massive sound out of it with the volume and gain cranked up into a jcm800 with a 4x12 but it was LOUD. And even then, I don’t think it’s my favorite “loud” sound.

But I’m still fiddling with it. I want to run it into a couple of amp-in-a-box pedals into the effects return on the amp and see what happens.
Or see if it can push a big muff better than the other boosts and OD’s I have.

Here’s a rambling tangent: The first pedal I ever built was a BYOC Crown Jewel. It’s like a Swiss Army knife and sort of a gate keeper on my pedal board. To win a spot, a new pedal has to do something it can’t do, and be better than the rest of the pedals on the board.
 
Dan M said:
One last build squeezed in before the end of the year.

I built this one without the charge pump, since I have an 18v outlet available. Functions fine on 9v also.

I’ve only run it through my practice amp, but so far I like it. It breaks up right at the tail end of the gain knob.

Tomorrow I’ll run it into my half stack and welcome the neighborhood to 2022
🥳



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Hey could I check, what is the wiring needed to bypass the 18v charge pump?
 
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