MI AUDIO: Discrete V2 Crunch Box

MI Audio Crunch Box V2 discrete vero layout d0e343439bee

I’d already done the Blues Breaker in this format, and it sounded pretty good, so I thought why not try the MI Audio Crunch Box, as it’s a high-gain derivative of the Blues Breaker.   They have a similar topology – the Crunch Box has the soft clipping diodes removed and hard clipping LEDs added after the … Read more

MARSHALL: Blues Breaker, Discrete Opamp Mod

Blues Breaker discrete vero layout v1 2c48024c75bf

I’ve had some success with the Joe Davisson diode compression discrete opamp on some other circuits (namely the Cornish SS-2), so I thought I might try a Blues Breaker – it works…  sounds good.   Apart from the lack of IC, there are a couple of other minor mods to a stock Blues Breaker, mainly a larger input … Read more