Nobels DT-SN Distortion Special
An old request that I thought was a joke. But here it is! The schematic for this monster is avaiable HERE.
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NOBELS: ODR-1 Overdrive, Nordland Updates
After doing a layout for the Nordland Overdrive, I thought I would compare the differences to the designers original Nobels version. Apart from some insane power filtering / protection and LED circuitry, there’s a couple of small changes. Traced schematic for the Nordland is here, on Aion FX Hard clipping diodes to ground, instead … Read more
Nobels ODR-S – Special Overdrive
Another overdrive from Nobels which shares a similar topology as ODR-1. But this one appears to a have a bit more gain on tap and a more flexible eq section. The mid control is powered by a transistor gyrator while the Lo and Hi controls are Bandaxall. And the hard clipping diodes are germaniums so … Read more
Nobels ODR-1
An old german overdrive that has become almost a cult item. It has a very well designed circuit with lots of sensible filtering and a higly tweaked gyrator powered tone control called “Spectrum”. Some “bouteek” pedal companies has started making their own variants of this circuit, the most noticable ones are Wampler Belle and Rockett … Read more