MXR - Custom Badass '78 Distortion  [schematic]

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Finished schematic.

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Apart from the differend clipping arrangement it's just another DS1. I still need to check the cap values to complete.
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Forgot to mention, I have drawn all the transistors as bipolar but from the markings on them i don't know if there bipolar or fets, that is something else i nees to check out. I suspect Q7 to be a FETthough as it is the same arrangement as in the Distorion II.I
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coldcraft wrote:i wonder if those diodes could be forming a rectifier bridge. I've read that one way to prevent AC power from killing DC circuits is to have a rectifier in the way. It will still pass the DC just somewhat lower.
Your on the right track there Coldcraft, two of the diodes are forming a bridge with the two leds, then the other 2 diodes are switched in another config. I need to go over the clipping section to confirm the schematic before posting.
Nice job!
But, where are D3 and D6 ( Leds ) in skemo?
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Güero 2.0 wrote:
Ice-9 wrote:
coldcraft wrote:i wonder if those diodes could be forming a rectifier bridge. I've read that one way to prevent AC power from killing DC circuits is to have a rectifier in the way. It will still pass the DC just somewhat lower.
Your on the right track there Coldcraft, two of the diodes are forming a bridge with the two leds, then the other 2 diodes are switched in another config. I need to go over the clipping section to confirm the schematic before posting.
Nice job!
But, where are D3 and D6 ( Leds ) in skemo?
The top have of the bridge is U3 diodes SMD package, the bottom half of bridge is the 2 3mm red led's and the two diodes through R8 to the centre of bridge is U2.

I forgot to label those as i got disturbed at work and forgot when i got back to the schematic.
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Post by coldcraft »

oh, I see. My suggest was thinking they were used on the power line for a bridge, but that's an interesting clipping arrangement. Reminds me of the Timmy, where the pairs are bridged. I wonder what its effect is, or if maybe it keeps the unit from popping when you toggle between them.
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I have just been reassembling the PCB and have noticed a capacitor that i didn't include in the schematic so there will be an update and final schematic to come. I have managed to get the values of the capacitors but as I measured them in circuit I cannot guarantee there ll 100% correct, but they do seem to check out. I won't gt time to do the final schematic untill after the weekend, but I will try and do a CAD version rather than hand drawn. Time to get this pedal on ebay and sell it for the next project :)
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What are the values ​​of resistors R1, R6, R9, R10, R12, R13, R27, R28, R29, R31?

R6 = 6K8?

R10 = 2K2?

R12 = 10K?

R31 = 3K9?



And the values ​​of capacitors C1, C2 and C3?

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R1 = 47K
R2 = 22OHM
R3 = 4K7
R4 = 2K2
R5 = 6K8
R6 = 6K8
R7 = 100K
R8 = 470OHM
R9 = 10K
R10 = 2K2
R11 = 1M
R12 = 10K
R13 = 1K
R14 = 100K
R15 = 2M2
R16 = 100K
R17 = 100K
R18 = 22K
R19 = 10K
R20 = 10K
R21 = 1M8
R22 = 10K
R23 = 470K
R24 = 3K3
R25 = 2M2
R26 = 470K
R27 = 10K
R28 = JUMPER ZERO OHMS NOT IN MY SCHEMATIC
R29 = JUMPER ZERO OHMS NOT IN MY SCHEMATIC
R30 =
R31 = 3K9
R3238.3K

C1 = 100UF ELECTRO
C2 = 100UF ELECTRO
C3 = 47UF ELECTRO
C4 = 47N
C5 = 0.29UF
C6 = 12N
C7 = 0.89UF
C8 = 1 UF
C9 = 45N
C10 = 47N
C11 = 1UF
C12 = 47N
C13 = 38N
C14 = 2UF
C15 = 100N
C16 = 72N
C17 = 100N
C18 =
The caps were all measured in circuit so some readings may be slightly wrong , foe example C9 read 45n I expect it too actually be 47n.
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Is it more or less?
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Beto Crazy wrote:Is it more or less?
Close.
You have a a pair of diodes for D2 on the Badass it's only 1 silicone diode.
The clipping section is not the same as in my schematic, your DS1 has them different.
Your schematic adds in the switching for bypass but i didn't trace that out so am unable to coonfirm that.
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Some resistors in my schema names are wrong.

R1= R9
C1=C10

Connected to the base Q6.

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The connections between U2 and U3 are confusing, it is not possible to know whether they are switches connecting D3 and D6, in the scheme of DS1 is a pair of diodes connected direct.

The D2 is just a diode, but in the pictures, I imagined being a sort of 2 to 1.

The transistors Q2 and Q4 do not know if this is the connection between them.

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:hmmm: Vou refazer o meu layout, ainda têm muitos erros, :slap: mas as conecções são mais ou menos parecidas com isso.

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Ops!!! :hmmm: I'll redo my layout, still have many errors, :slap: but the connections are more or less like this.

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Post by ddpawel »

Beto Crazy wrote:Is it more or less?
Q2 is a FET
Q2 and Q3 - for THT use J177 or similar
Q7 - in this cofiguration looks like bipolar
C14 - maybe it's 47nf, but in many MXR pedals 10nf is occurs more frequently

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Beto Crazy wrote:The connections between U2 and U3 are confusing, it is not possible to know whether they are switches connecting D3 and D6, in the scheme of DS1 is a pair of diodes connected direct.

The D2 is just a diode, but in the pictures, I imagined being a sort of 2 to 1.

The transistors Q2 and Q4 do not know if this is the connection between them.
U2 and U3 are not switches , they are both a package of two seperate diodes.
D2 is a single diode in a 3 pin package (1 pin is not connected to anything)

I will be updating my schematic as soon as I get a bit time.
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Here is an updated schematic, It is the complete audio path. What is not included in this schematic ? 1. The entire bypass circuitry and switch along with the led for bypass indication. 2. The circuitry for the led which indicates the crunch mode is engaged.

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I am a bit dissapoineted that MXR have not made good use of the first Opamp, rather than just bung it in as a unity gain buffer it could have been put to better use.
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Post by Beto Crazy »

I also found, but looking at the circuit now, I see that it is basically the structure of a DS1, of course with modifications.

:applause:

Looking at just the images, it is difficult to make the circuit layout. My layout "was almost" like yours. :mrgreen:

One more time: Thanks man!!!

I never imagined that U2 and U3 were diodes, connections were strangers. The impression he gave me were to be switches, but for U2, this function did not fit.

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