Hermida
Hermida/Lovepedal Mosferatu (3-knob)
Came across the schematic (here on FSB) for this and thought I’d lay it out. Essentially a Son of Screamer but with MOSFETs and germanium diodes for clippers, a modified gain control and a few value tweaks. FYI, the transfer pdf is in the Lovepedal folder, and use the AMZ Son of Screamer drill template.
Lovepedal Zendrive 2
The Zendrive 2 is a big box version of the Zendrive, using a 12AX7 internally. Sadly the tube is only being used for clipping, replacing the BAT41 and 1N34a diodes in the small box Zendrive. But according to reliable sources, it sound very good, with some harmonic mojo happening. Other than the tube clipping, there’s … Read more
Lovepedal Dover Drive
Here’s a pretty interesting overdrive from Lovepedal (Hermida). The signal goes through a dual PNP silicon transistor stage (don’t worry, it’s still a negative ground effect), then into a op amp gain stage with soft clipping in the feedback loop, with a Rat-style tone control, followed by an output buffer. Schematic can be found on … Read more
Hermida Audio / Lovepedal Dover Drive
Recently traced at FSB. (Now this should be ok… edited 4.7.2017)
Lovepedal/Hermida Audio Zendrive
Got a request for this one. The Zendrive is a low-to-medium gain overdrive, delivering blues to jazz tones. It has an interesting clipping section, using a combination of diodes and MOSFETs in an asymmetrical arrangement. I’ve drawn the layout to accommodate board mounted pots (from the solder-side) and it will fit easily in a 1590b.