owlexifry
Well-known member
- Build Rating
- 5.00 star(s)
hot damn.
this distortion is unhinged.
i’ve never played one with so much gain.
but i have a feeling that might be because this is geared towards the single coil player in mind.
not that it matters, cos it sounds very good regardless.
my last altoids build with the russian big muff inspired me to do another one with top jacks.
wasn’t sure what to do, then found another good layout from harald sabro, supposedly of the original version. i couldn’t find the schematic that it was referencing, wasn’t sure about it, so i looked to the PedalPCB Disarray Distortion schematic.
made some adjustments to sabro’s layout, so that it would match the Disarray, except for the clipping section, where the standard red LED pair is hardwired into the clipping circuit / not switched out. (uses an on-off-on SPDT)
so it’s almost a Riot reloaded / PedalPCB Disarray Distortion i guess.
for the first time in my life i actually did the thing and measured diode leakage for the x4 germanium diode clippers.
out of my bag of about x20 D9Es, this is roughly the distribution i ended up with:
90-110 mV (0.90-1.10 uA) - x4
170-180 mV (1.7-1.8 uA) - x2
205-220 mV (2.05-2.2 uA) - x7
235-290 mV (2.35-2.90 uA) x7
i picked x2 1.7 & x2 1.1 for this build.
here's a fun pic showing the visual differences between the clipping modes:
<< germanium // just red LEDs // green + [x2 4148 in series] >>
- very impressed with the sound.
- fantastic distortion.
- gain/tone/level controls work well.
- takes an overdrive wonderfully (sounds even better)
- the clipping modes:
in my setting, perhaps at least with humbuckers, the clipping options are entirely redundant. the centre toggle / standard red LED pair mode sounds best to me, the 'down' mode didn’t sound much different (didn’t have a blue led so i used a green one) and the germanium mode was just quieter and maybe a little squishier? not enough of a difference to warrant a switch (in my opinion).
demo:
this might be one of the best 9V distortions ive ever tried.
(kinda funny cos ive been meaning to build a marshall guv'nor for the longest time and kept putting it off. i'm guessing this is better?)
in conclusion, given what i have experienced here, i would definitely recommend the PedalPCB Disarray Distortion
this distortion is unhinged.
i’ve never played one with so much gain.
but i have a feeling that might be because this is geared towards the single coil player in mind.
not that it matters, cos it sounds very good regardless.
my last altoids build with the russian big muff inspired me to do another one with top jacks.
wasn’t sure what to do, then found another good layout from harald sabro, supposedly of the original version. i couldn’t find the schematic that it was referencing, wasn’t sure about it, so i looked to the PedalPCB Disarray Distortion schematic.
made some adjustments to sabro’s layout, so that it would match the Disarray, except for the clipping section, where the standard red LED pair is hardwired into the clipping circuit / not switched out. (uses an on-off-on SPDT)
so it’s almost a Riot reloaded / PedalPCB Disarray Distortion i guess.
for the first time in my life i actually did the thing and measured diode leakage for the x4 germanium diode clippers.
out of my bag of about x20 D9Es, this is roughly the distribution i ended up with:
90-110 mV (0.90-1.10 uA) - x4
170-180 mV (1.7-1.8 uA) - x2
205-220 mV (2.05-2.2 uA) - x7
235-290 mV (2.35-2.90 uA) x7
i picked x2 1.7 & x2 1.1 for this build.
here's a fun pic showing the visual differences between the clipping modes:
<< germanium // just red LEDs // green + [x2 4148 in series] >>
- very impressed with the sound.
- fantastic distortion.
- gain/tone/level controls work well.
- takes an overdrive wonderfully (sounds even better)
- the clipping modes:
in my setting, perhaps at least with humbuckers, the clipping options are entirely redundant. the centre toggle / standard red LED pair mode sounds best to me, the 'down' mode didn’t sound much different (didn’t have a blue led so i used a green one) and the germanium mode was just quieter and maybe a little squishier? not enough of a difference to warrant a switch (in my opinion).
demo:
this might be one of the best 9V distortions ive ever tried.
(kinda funny cos ive been meaning to build a marshall guv'nor for the longest time and kept putting it off. i'm guessing this is better?)
in conclusion, given what i have experienced here, i would definitely recommend the PedalPCB Disarray Distortion
Last edited: