Has anyone A/B'd an off-the-shelf Plexitone with a Boneyard build? If so, are they pretty comparable?
One thing I've noticed is, there are apparently two versions of the Plexitone: earlier one with four clipping LEDs and the later one with three. One of the main schematics I've worked from is (reportedly) based on the three-LED version and it notes some component differences between it and an earlier versions.
Madbean's uses four LEDs and almost all of the other parts are similar to the 3-LED version. I'm half tempted to pick up a PT just to compare notes.
This is from the notes on the boneyard:
LED clipping - The stock version uses red, water-clear 5mm LEDS. 3mm diffused red will also work
well here. You can build the Boneyard with either symmetrical or asymmetrical clipping. For
symmetrical clipping, populate D1-D4. For asymmetrical clipping, populate D1-D3 and jumper the two
pads for D4.
I just socketed d4 and can swap out for 3 or 4....If you wanted to be fancy you could hook up a switch to go from asym to sym....
Ben