This is just a little overdrive circuit I threw together the other day - I had an MXR octave fuzz that refused to work so I gutted it and made this thing to fill the box.
I didn't use a schematic or any pre-planning I just threw it together and hoped it did something and it did and it was quite a pleasing something. I will trace it so I've got a schematic to post at some point but until then here is the layout
The first 10 seconds is the guitar with no overdrive on
Great work Paul!
ReplyDeleteSounds a bit midyhonky and nasaly but smooth and pleasant to listen to, very cool!
I really like that. It sounds great
ReplyDeleteI'm just glad my old mxr "hendrix system" octave fuzz that just wanted to stay dead (I genuinely have never known of such a troublesome pedal throughout all the boxes I've had over the years!) has now become home to a proper useful build. It not only works ideal for your specific guitar sound in series with the mxr zw44 but also looks the part as well. "hendrix system" I should of known not to in the first place as he is no inspiration but you know with my HF-2 gone I needed some means to get a truly evil Octavia being nuked thing happening. The real bastard part is it did do the job sat after an overdrive or distortion into amp when it chose to work...
ReplyDeletedamn paul, sounds great!
ReplyDeletecheers c'ptain - I forgot about this one. I was meant to trace out a schematic for it
DeletePerhaps a silly question but, are the pots lin or log? BTW, I really love the way this OD sounds! Well done Paul!
ReplyDeleteI usually just leave it to peoples own preference but I used VR1 - Log and VR2 Linear
DeleteAny chance you have the finished schematic?
DeleteSchemo would be nice.
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