Exar OD-02 Overdrive
Cool looking soft clipping overdrive using a discrete op amp setup. Schematic is avaiable HERE.
Overdrive
Stafford Maxon Hizbender 1944T
There was a great post from Grey Bench on FSB, tracing this ten year old Stafford Maxon circuit that i found interesting back in a day, but couldn’t source a schematic back then. This is per original, using only a half of a dual opamp and utilizing a 12×21 board.
Exar OD-02 Overdrive
Recently traced at FSB by VitaliiBobrov, i find this very interesting. Discrete opamp overdrive, that leaves a lot of room for tweaking and modding. Sounds pretty great even as it is. There are never too many discrete opamp designs… /edit – There was an error on the gain pot label. That’s now fixed. Also, the … Read more
Simble by Mad Professor
This should probably be up here as well.. Spiel: Simble Overdrive has a natural organic tone, unsurpassable touch sensitivity, sweet tube-like compression and built in inspiration. This natural sounding pedal works as a clean boost, ”on the edge” crunch, or a sweet singing overdrive, always retaining the tone of your prized guitar. The Simble pedal … Read more
Pigtronix Bass Fat Drive
Schematic is avaiable HERE. Very close to the normal Fat Drive, just four cap value changes.
Tesla AYZ-033 Overdrive
Slightly modified. Stock units had two 741 op amps but the layout is modified for a dual op amp. A 1458 will do the same job as two 741s.
J. Rockett Tim Pierce Overdrive
Thought this one was interesting so I gave it a go. It’s a fairly typical Rockett overdrive (.45 Caliber, Animal, Blue Note, etc.) with a fairly typical MOSFET boost (AMZ Booster, EQD Black Eye, etc.). Fits in a 125B with dual footswitches. Schematic and discussion found here. Fabricated version available on the store.
FAIRFIELD CIRCUITRY: Barbershop V1
I saw a Gray Bench Electronics tear-down of the Fairfield Barbershop V1 pop-up in my YouTube feed today and thought I’d go back and look at the layout I did a couple of years ago. Turns out I never posted it – I had only posted my take on the Millennium edition. So here it is, albeit slightly smaller … Read more