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Title: tube screamer on vero
Post by: jalmonsalmon on August 22, 2013, 09:09:48 PM
 Hey all!
I just finished this one a couple days back and is based off of an Over Drive Pro 820.
I really love how this one sounds too. It is a very transparent tubescreamer and is great for blues and rock if you're into pushing an amp into overdrive.
It is also the biggest thing I have ever attempted on vero! Usually I will just make fuzz pedals on vero since the circuits are so small. I only made 1 mistake with one of the caps in the wrong place, so 1st time I fired her up, nothing! Reinforces the ol, Rock it before you Box it! After I moved the cap to the proper place, it fired up perfectly!   Couple of pics:

inside  (kind of ironic that it was completed on 8/20!  LOL   - that was not planned...
(http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r233/jimijam_photos/820g.jpg~original)

and the pedal:
(http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r233/jimijam_photos/820f.jpg~original)
Title: Re: tube screamer on vero
Post by: hammerheadmusicman on August 22, 2013, 11:05:44 PM
Is that a charge pump in there? Two dual op amps too? Gonna have to look this one up!


Also, I despise vero, so good work!!

George
Title: Re: tube screamer on vero
Post by: midwayfair on August 23, 2013, 12:41:30 AM
Quote from: hammerheadmusicman on August 22, 2013, 11:05:44 PM
Is that a charge pump in there? Two dual op amps too? Gonna have to look this one up!


Also, I despise vero, so good work!!

George

Look in the buy/sell/trade area. There's a guy selling some prototype PCBs for $5 of this circuit. It's an excellent overdrive. If I ever build a tubescreamer, it'll be the 820.
Title: Re: tube screamer on vero
Post by: jalmonsalmon on August 23, 2013, 01:29:15 PM
Quote from: hammerheadmusicman on August 22, 2013, 11:05:44 PM
Is that a charge pump in there? Two dual op amps too? Gonna have to look this one up!


Also, I despise vero, so good work!!

George
Thank you!
It's the ICL7660"S" version charge pump with 9 volts coming in to bump this up to 18 volts so you get great headroom. It also has two JRC4558's in there  ;D
I am really good at working with vero, you just have to take your time and make sure everything is in its proper place  ;) But usually on vero I stick with making Fuzz's since they are so simple.

Quote from: midwayfair on August 23, 2013, 12:41:30 AM


Look in the buy/sell/trade area. There's a guy selling some prototype PCBs for $5 of this circuit. It's an excellent overdrive. If I ever build a tubescreamer, it'll be the 820.

I wish I knew about this being on a PCB in the buy/see/trade because that would have been my 1st choice for the OD820 build! But yeah, I was going to make the ol TS9 or 808 but heard the OD820 was suppose to be a better tubescreamer and I will have to agree...  I may end up making another one of these for a friend LOL

CHEERS!
Title: Re: tube screamer on vero
Post by: alanp on August 25, 2013, 04:10:57 AM
Vero builds always impress me, if only cos I've never done one. (Perf yes, vero no.)