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Let's chalk this one up as being semi-original.

I thought it would be fun to see what happened if I took the first mu-amp stage from the BSIAB and put it in front of the last two stages + tonestack of a Big Muff.

After a fair bit of tinkering, it actually does work and even sounds pretty good. It's heavier than a tubescreamer type, but not as heavy as a Muff or BSIAB. Lots of sustain, some nice harmonics, sounds articulate at max gain and full chording.

Clip is below.

Here's the verified schematic, now updated to version 0.4. I added a bypass cap on the last transistor for some additional output gain/volume and accentuated high-end sparkle. I also added a RF rejection cap at the input (marked "Cx"). This can be omitted if not needed.




All you Dungeons & Dragons nerds should recognize the name. But for those that don't, here's a fun blast-from-the-past scan right out of the old Monster Manual:

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whip out come clips when you can, my friend had his od stolen recently along with a rangemaster i built for him
id call you a nerd but i used to play magic the gathering... then dowgraded to pokemon

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Here's a quick and dirty clip:
http://www.archive.org/details/OwlbearO ... dDirtyDemo

Drive is dimed, and the tone control is about 3/4 to the trebly side. This was recorded with my little Tascam digital 4-track using it's internal mics. Amp was a Valve Jr. I added a tiny bit of reverb just to keep it from being sterile.

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I like the way it sounds. A lot. Nicely done CJ.

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Everyone likes sausage. Nobody wants to see how it's made.

Nice! Sounds great!

Sounds good

I made some minor adjustments. Updated schematic in the original post.

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D&D Nerds Unite !!!




I stopped playing about 7th grade, but it was fun till then. After that, "girls" took over.

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Noelle Hampton.....Mike Farmer and the Bandoleros....Ray Wylie Hubbard

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