Well, after the uncovering of the CJOD as nothing more than a Landgraff Dynamic Overdrive/Tubescreamer 808 I wanted to try the circuit out, so out popped the breadboard. I built it up, OK sound – too many parts though. So I rustled up this for you guys, it’s a cross between a Clay Jones Overdrive and Jack Orman’s “Son of a Screamer” circuit.
As you can see the input and output buffers have been removed, this has very little impact on the sound and, if anything, actually makes the unit sound better – nomore dirty transistors 😉 The rest of the circuit is identical to the CJOD.
So, if your looking for a quick fix for that original Clay Jones Overdrive tone – here you go, a unit that has less parts and sounds just as good if not better 🙂
Here is the schematic:
Here’s a couple of videos of this circuit in action (The pedal was built by DEAJ, great little builds!):