Rockett Blue Note OD [traced]

[stringline]

Anybody got a Pcb layout for this..?

im kinda into lazy-ness right now.

Almost 5 years late, but here's one.

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verified?

[storyboardist]

verified?

Not yet, but it should be good.

[greenskull]

Verified! Built this a week ago and need to box it up.
Sounds killer with the Tele I got on Christmas.
Thanks for the layout, Storyboardist!
Now hoping a pcb layout for the Chicken Soup pops up.

[storyboardist]

Cool! Thanks for verifying!

[Verx]

Hi guys, I have the first version without Mod built and two questions. Is it normal that the volume (hot switch off) at 12 o'clock pot position is quieter than when the Effkekt is off?
And what could be the fact that the Fat Pot has no influence on the sound?
sorry for my bad English

[black03]

Hi guys, I have the first version without Mod built and two questions. Is it normal that the volume (hot switch off) at 12 o'clock pot position is quieter than when the Effkekt is off?
And what could be the fact that the Fat Pot has no influence on the sound?
sorry for my bad English

If it works both ways
It is equal to all overdrives, as lovepdal, jhs, timmy, jan ray, etc.
with some minor changes.

The wheel was invented and

[arivabox]

I really need help, the pedal has long been soldered and is in the case, but it annoys a loud clap when the 3PDT button is turned on. With another, there is no such problem, but it's very noticeable here. Thank you for any help, the pedal is very like.

[segoy]

Seljetnoma kindly sent me some detailed photos of his Rockett Blue Note OD (thanks Frank), and I traced it with his help.

Looks like it's the same board and circuit as the Rockett Animal, with different component values, so someone might like to work out those values from the pic in the other thread and we can solve that one also.

If someone does it and wants to send me the values I can easily update this schemo to the new values, and post it in the other thread.

Firstly.. here's a couple of pics:

I definitely see 4001 diodes, not 4007.
Do you?

[HamishR]

All the Rockett pedals I have opened up have used 4001s, not 4007s. Not that it would make much difference either way. FWIW the Rockett Animal, Blue Note, Caliber 45 and Majestic are all very similar but have their own sound. I think for such a simple circuit they are amazing. My favourites are the 45 and the Majestic. The majestic uses a pair of Ge diodes with 4001s for clipping and this seems to round off the highs a little which can sound cool with a bright Les Paul (like mine). I love the lack of compression and full response at low gain.

One difference between these pedals is the value of the gain pot. The Blue Note has a 50K, the Majestic 100K, the 45 250K and the Animal 500K. I may have got some of these the wrong way around but you get the idea.

I put these overdrives next to some BJF style ODs on my board and they hold up incredibly well considering they use about 1/3 the components. And 1/5 what is in a Dirty Shirley! I like lower gain ODs so these suit me very well. And I would much rather one of these than any Klon.

[MoonWatcher]

All the Rockett pedals I have opened up have used 4001s, not 4007s. Not that it would make much difference either way.

It should make absolutely no difference, at all.

And, these types of diodes have very small dynamic resistance, so it's typically helpful to combine them in series with other diode types that have decent dynamic resistance.

I find that the biggest benefit of the 1N4001/2/3/4/5/6/7 diode is that it has a forward voltage that is in between something like a 1N270 and a 1N4148 (well, it's closer to the 1N4148). So series combinations of 1N270 and 1N4148 may yield a forward voltage that's just a little too low, and a pair of 1N4148s in series may be just a little too high, but something like a combination of 1N4001 and 1N4148 can sometimes produce clipping that sounds just a little bit better (especially with soft clipping).