Analogman - King of Tone

soulsonic · Post by **soulsonic** » 12 Jan 2008, 03:10

Is the graphic an iron-on toner transfer?
Looks nice!

wagn · Post by **wagn** » 12 Jan 2008, 05:47

vanessa wrote:Bean looks great! Boost not worth adding as a stomp switch?

that's what i was thinking too

madbean · Post by **madbean** » 12 Jan 2008, 10:39

The graphic is a waterslide decal. I used a couple coats of a triple coat gloss with a foam brush to seal it. I'm totally sold on that stuff over clear coat from a can. It is so much easier to deal with and dries quickly. I don't know how well that stuff works on a non-textured paint surface yet.

As far as a boost: from the layout the 'boost' function is just a bit of treble boost, and very subtle at that. For a true boost, I considered throwing in a small jFet stage at the end and making that switchable via stomp, but I decided to keep this build simple. Certainly, any version of a jFet, Mosfet or SHO boost at the end of this circuit would be a great addition. You could just use any of the existing layouts out there as a daughter board.

Zztop128 · Post by **Zztop128** » 09 Feb 2008, 18:49

Why does the original KOT has two 3PDT switches???

briggs · Post by **briggs** » 09 Feb 2008, 19:34

because it's two of the same circuit in one box.

analogguru · Post by **analogguru** » 12 Feb 2008, 14:52

Isn´t that funny:

some people are on a two years waiting list for the Bluesbreaker-clone, but another ones like "robertb2606" get enough that they can sell one unit every month for more than $400,--:

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analogguru

Zztop128 · Post by **Zztop128** » 12 Feb 2008, 18:31

Are it two bluesbreaker pedals in series or am I wrong???:)

ty

Bram

The Rotagilla · Post by **The Rotagilla** » 12 Feb 2008, 18:42

Bean, I'm curious...you have controls labeled "B" and "T". Did you add bass and treble controls or just move internal trimmer outside? Thanks.

By the way...Rustoleum silver hammered spray, waterslide decals, decal softner and Rustoleum clear gloss spray yield great results.

madbean · Post by **madbean** » 12 Feb 2008, 20:54

Yep, the boost was moved to an external knob. The PCB I designed was set up that you could do diodes switching and boost either internally or externally.

Deaj · Post by **Deaj** » 19 Feb 2008, 22:58

I was curious about this one so I set up a stock Bluesbreaker circuit on the breadboard and then modded it to KOT specs. The stock BB circuit was a yawn - flat, dull, lifeless, blah. I couldn't find anything to like in the stock Bluesbreaker circuit at all. I really like the KOT version though! I'm still messing around with diode types for the clippers but even with the 4 symmetrical 1N4148's it sounds quite good. I don't know if this is something I'd give up pedal board space for but I'm likely to build it just the same.

Thanks all around for this one!

Deaj · Post by **Deaj** » 20 Feb 2008, 00:24

I have a pair of 5mm red LED's in the clipping circuit and I really like 'em! I didn't much care for the treble boost so I removed it. Instead I replaced the 6.8K resistor at the tone pot sweeper with a 20K-B pot for a Crunch Box style Presence control. This one's growing on me.

soggybag · Post by **soggybag** » 21 Feb 2008, 23:09

I think we should be talking about the clipping diodes. The KOT of has an interesting arrangement of clipping diodes.

Looks D7, 8 form a negative feedback loop very interesting?

No wait, D7,8 go to Vr. Hmm not as interesting. Looks similar to a Rat and TS with options for either clipping set up.

Couple be good to have two in the same box.

Deaj · Post by **Deaj** » 23 Feb 2008, 12:37

After playing around with this circuit for a few days I decided to go ahead and build it. I used Madbean's PCB layout as a general reference for a perf-board build. I replaced all of the diodes and switches with a simple pair of 5mm red LED's. To be honest I didn't like any diodes in any configuration in this circuit. I dumped the boost control in presence control (lifted from the Crunch Box ver.2 circuit). I also used a 250K-B drive pot. It sounds fantastic!

Here are a few pics:

Thanks again everyone for another great circuit!

pullagnm · Post by **pullagnm** » 23 Feb 2008, 19:26

Deaj, nice build. Could you do a drawing like you did with the Eternity? Thanks

Deaj · Post by **Deaj** » 23 Feb 2008, 20:01

pullagnm wrote:Deaj, nice build. Could you do a drawing like you did with the Eternity? Thanks

Thanks!

I plan on doing assembling a full set of project files. I should be able to complete post it by Tuesday afternoon.

Deaj · Post by **Deaj** » 24 Feb 2008, 12:50

Here are the layout diagrams for my perf-board build. (schematic coming soon):

wagn · Post by **wagn** » 24 Feb 2008, 14:39

thanks again deaj

Coma · Post by **Coma** » 24 Feb 2008, 20:27

Whao! Why did I just sell my BB...I'll get another kit and start from scratch!

silver_bullet_fx · Post by **silver_bullet_fx** » 28 Feb 2008, 14:22

Hello everyone! This is my first "real" post

Well I'm really interested in this pedals tone. I've been doing some search on those hard to get diodes, 1s1588 and ma856, and I've found this datasheet of this switching band diode:

http://www.datasheetcatalog.net/pt/data ... A482.shtml

It seems to me that the BA484 would be similar to the ma856...Just a guess from reading the datasheet, 'cause I'm a n00b

. Anyway, I would like to here your sugestions about possible substitutions of those diodes. JHS already wrote here and I quote: "Compared to a 1N4148 the MA856 sound a bit fatter and more fuzzy.
IMHO a 1N4003 in series with a 1N914 is a good subs for 2 MA856 wired in series." but I would like to read some more ideias from you guys.

Deaj · Post by **Deaj** » 05 Mar 2008, 07:40

I recorded some audio of my build this evening at someones request on another forum and I thought I'd post a link here as well. The files are posted here: http://home.centurytel.net/flanneldrawe ... demos/mbb/

Guitar used is an alder strat with a maple/maple neck, Lindy Fralin Unbucker PAF bridge pickup, Fralin Real 54's in the neck & middle positions, trem bridge. The amp use is a Fuchs ODS-50 SLX 1x12 combo loaded w/ an EVM-12L speaker. Mic used is a Shure SM57. Recorded dry, no processing added.

Comments? (well, on the pedal - not the playing

).

Enjoy!

Analogman - King of Tone [traced]