Saturday, 18 April 2020

Death by Audio White Card Fuzz

Now verified. But as with DBA Octave Clang I felt it was lacking in gain. But there is a super simple mod to increase the gain of the LM386 amp. Just omit the cut between pin 1 and pin 8. Now we have both a fat fuzz or way over the top octave fuzz with the gain control dimed. Back it of for sitar tones or overdrive.

Original layout


Layout with gain boost mod.






5 comments:

  1. It's basically an octave clang, as you write, right? Gonna do the modded version.

    Also... Do you take requests? I've been wanting to make a Maestro Ring Modulator - It's Jaime Stillman from Earthquaker Devices favorite ring mod (and that guy knows a thing or two about pedals).

    Schematic here: http://www.generalguitargadgets.com/wp-content/uploads/maestro_ring_mod_sc.gif

    http://www.generalguitargadgets.com/effects-projects/filters-other/maestro-ring-modulator/

    Thanks for the all the excellent work!

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    1. Yeah it is pretty much an Octave Clang except for the audio amp and the octave switch.

      Maestro Ring Mod looks cool! Would love to do a layout for it but things is pretty busy right now....but it is definitly on the list.

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  2. Thanks a bunch! And no rush! The smorgasbord of vero layouts (thanks to people like you) means there's always something to create. This one is merely on my to do list :D

    I notice the Octave Clang has the Density knob as well, an input filter of sorts. Would that be possible to add to this one? Could I just create a daughterboard or something with the filter and wire them together?

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    1. Yes, OC has the Density control which is quite ineffective IMHO, it behaves almost like an another gain control.
      If you look closer at the white card gain control...it also acts like an input filter control with 680pF as a treble bleed input cap.

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