Dubnium Drive/DBA Interstellar Overdriver

[Hexjibber]

Had a request for one of these from a band mate so was happy to oblige thanks to finding a board from m-Kresol/Felix, great work!

After reading the various circuit analysis posts I was expecting trouble with it in regards to the weird reversed transistor set up but it ended up being fine.

For me it sounds great, kind of an overdrive with a fuzzy edge to it, pretty gnarly but definitely usable into a clean amp. Didn’t get any of the gating some build reports mentioned using all 2N5089s however I tried swapping Q1 out for a 2N5088 and thought it sounded better, almost richer so left it in.

Etched with NaOH/caustic as per usual, would have liked it to be cleaner in places but my mate was happy so job done!

[dawson]

nice graphic!

thanks for sharing your etching method

[m-Kresol]

very cool build and I really dig the artwork. Simple, but effective.

Good to hear that my pcb creations are being used from time to time. I really appreciate it

[Hexjibber]

nice graphic!

thanks for sharing your etching method

Thanks! Hope the etching guide proved useful!


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[Hexjibber]

very cool build and I really dig the artwork. Simple, but effective.

Good to hear that my pcb creations are being used from time to time. I really appreciate it

Ah glad you saw this! Thanks for taking the time to do the layout and docs, the build went smoothly thanks to you! Cheers!

[pickdropper]

Hexjibber’s back!


Nice build.  :-)

[Yahoo67]

Nice build i am gonna have to give m-kresol's board a try ... :/ i tried building the deluxe version of it and a supersonic fuzz gun both of them are super gated and wont even let sound pass unless my guitar volume is at max :/