Build Your Own Clone Message Board

Whipped this up this afternoon. This is more or less a modified Bazz Fuss run into a SHO. I was bored It sounds fantastic. A lot of distortion but still transparent enough to hear your signal clearly, almost like a slightly-meaty OD. The bass-cut switch can be swapped for a pot, but it will act more like a bass knob than a tone knob. I haven't experimented with volume yet, actually just finished this thing a few minutes ago The schematic is designed to accommodate a board off one of those two-piece-snap-in-half perf things from Mammoth (here's a link in case my description fell flat http://www.mammothelectronics.com/4SBRD-PRF91X45-91x45mm-Perforated-Board-p/1100-305.htm) Hence the Red cuts in the corner of the board. Sorry for the sloppy schematic. Everything is a bit spread out since the components I used were much bigger than what the layout creator shows. The traces are basically folded over component leads. Anyway, fun project if you're bored. I'll try to get a sound clip up. Basically it's comparable to an Electra but it sounds WAY better.

Next up: Buy a switch, build a box, and get this puppy really goin

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This sounds like a great idea! Maybe someone more experienced than me will work up a vero version? Hmm?

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I'm not more experienced but I could give it a try

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You have C1 as 10nf....correct?

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oops. Should be 10uf. I 'll fix it.

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Audio Demo: Please excuse my lisp, crummy playing, and crummier microphone

http://soundcloud.com/crankston-shnord/shobuzz-demo

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Thats going to sound different with a volume pot on the end. Try a couple of different values, from 47K to 470K for starters. You might also want to get fancy and try some clipping diodes to ground between the out and the pot. Any silicon, or LED combination sym or asym's worth a go.

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