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!


