Request. I’ve done the main board and booster separately so that you could potentially put the main board in a 1590B or preferably a 125B (5 pots and a switch are totally do-able in a 125B). If you’re more sane than that and want to put this in a 1590BB then you can build the booster on the separate daughterboard or even experiment with the booster of your choice. It has been mentioned that this really benefits from an 18V supply, so consider adding a little charge pump daughterboard in there too, with maybe a switch to select between 9V and 18V operation. As noted by John, leave the booster at 9V all the time, 18V for main board only.
Info from Brian about his excellent original:
The Triple Wreck high gain distortion pedal… When this pedal was thought of, it was decided that we would take no prisoners, we would produce a pedal with so much gain it would wipe the floor of anything else
This pedal is probably one of the tightest, thickest highest gain distortions you have ever heard… Many people have told us that it sounds more like a 5150 amp to them than a distortion pedal, that may very well be – All we know is that Brian designed it to just to be an ass kicking distortion pedal, heavier than everything else, meaner than everything else, and it is.
With a solid three band EQ (total control allowing you to scoop out those mids without it peeking out the lows and highs like so many other pedals) you can emulate some of your favorite high gain tones, but as this pedal is so versatile, you can easily find a distinctive tone all of your own. There is so much control over the tone your distinctive sound is waiting for you. Believe it or not, even when the gain is backed off, this pedal is still useable, it still sounds great.
There are two distinct voices in this pedal, Hard and Brutal. The Hard gives you that warmer thump high gain where as the Brutal allows a little more sparkle to creep in, giving it that more recent, full audio spectrum feel.
So, we’ve already put in loads of gain, maybe more than you need, so let’s stick in a boost switch. What…? Putting a boost switch on an already high gain pedal may sound crazy but you’ll be amazed at how well it works. it gives you two options via the Boost Contour blend control. With the boost on and it dialed round to counter-clockwise, your distortion is multiplied and you have the solo sound you have always wanted. Pinch harmonics are just there, in places you’ve never found them before. With it dialed round to clockwise, your pedal turns into a fuzzy monster… Tweak the EQ and you can get tone that will remind you of the Smashing Pumpkins right round to some Pink Floyd kind of fuzzy solo tone. It’s all there, waiting for you.
Think about your favorite high gain tone. Is it a high gain with the mids scooped out, or is it roll your hand across the knobs to get that in your face, fuzzy, brutal attitude-melting distortion. Whatever you are looking for, this is probably the only pedal on the market that can satisfy all of those options. This pedal should come with a public health warning.
Video of rudeez’ build:
And as promised with these more complex circuits, here’s the BOM from DIYLC2.
| Type | Value | Qty |
| Capacitors | 100n | 2 |
| Capacitors | 100p | 1 |
| Capacitors | 100u | 1 |
| Capacitors | 10n | 2 |
| Capacitors | 10u | 1 |
| Capacitors | 1n | 1 |
| Capacitors | 1u | 7 |
| Capacitors | 220n | 3 |
| Capacitors | 220p | 3 |
| Capacitors | 2u2 | 1 |
| Capacitors | 330p | 1 |
| Capacitors | 33n | 1 |
| Capacitors | 470p | 1 |
| Capacitors | 47n | 4 |
| Capacitors | 4n7 | 2 |
| Capacitors | 560p | 1 |
| Resistors | 100K | 2 |
| Resistors | 100R | 1 |
| Resistors | 10K | 7 |
| Resistors | 1K | 6 |
| Resistors | 1M | 3 |
| Resistors | 33K | 2 |
| Resistors | 470K | 5 |
| Resistors | 47K | 5 |
| Resistors | 47R | 1 |
| Resistors | 4K7 | 1 |
| Resistors | 680K | 1 |
| Transistors | 2N5089 | 1 |
| IC1 | TL074 | 1 |
| IC2 | TL072 | 1 |
| Diodes | 1N4148 | 5 |