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DIY distortion guitar pedal

DIY distortion guitar pedal

An article was found on the Internet about creating a homemade guitar pedal with distortion effect, which I want to share today with you, the pedal is made cheaply and angrily and is powered by 9v (krone)

To make a pedal you will need:
Operational Amplifier TL072
10 kOhm resistor (4 pcs)
1 mOhm resistor (2 pcs)
3.3 kOhm resistor
680 kohm resistor
Potentiometer 100 kOhm (2 pcs.)
50 kΩ potentiometer
Capacitor 100 nF (3 pcs.)
Capacitor 10 nF
Capacitor 100 uF
Capacitor 47 nF
Capacitor 47 pF
Capacitor 100 pF
Diode 1N4148 (2 pcs)
Button
2 jack sockets 6.1 mm
Connector for crown and crown.

All this can be bought at the nearest electronics store. Also for convenience, you can use tweezers and a third hand for soldering.

The scheme of this project was found on the Internet.


But the author will not do it on a circuit board, since it will first have to be made, and not everyone knows how to etch printed circuit boards. This pedal will be as simple as possible. The author will collect it on a cardboard 66 * 33 mm, it will be as the main board. It will turn out something between a printed circuit board and a hinged installation. The author sticks a mock-up of the project onto a cardboard using PVA. The layout before this must be printed in real size (as in the photo).


Next, holes were made in the cardboard under the paws of the radio parts with a sewing needle.

In no case can you cut off the legs of parts, they will act as tracks. Now the author inserts the details into their places, and on the reverse side solders the tracks.


In some places, their length will not be enough, so the author uses wires. Like here:

When everything is ready, the board will look like this:


Now, according to the scheme mentioned earlier, the author solders the connector for the crown battery and jacks for jacks.


Places where a closure is possible, the author glued with hot glue.

At this manufacture, the circuit itself is completed.

After a short test, it became clear that the pedal was working. Now we need to make a case for it. The author decided to make the case out of the box from under the sponge for shoes. The collective farm, of course, but the pedal was originally made "cheap and cheerful."

Holes for potentiometers and buttons are made in the lid. On the sides for jacks.The box was not enough. And with the crown it was barely closing, so I had to wind the lid with tape.

For the krutilok, the author found a couple of pens, but they did not fit here. Therefore, he decided to use a trifle to twist the gain, tone, level knobs. This completes the production of the Distortion guitar pedal. The project is quite simple, the sound is fine with the author.
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Oh Gods, what memories) At the age of 17 I began to suffer from the theme of a “Rotsky musician”, I bought electruha, and there was no money left on the pedal. It was from this that my history of a radio amateur began, for at least a year I did not climb out of the forums almost daily, mowed pairs and read, read, read, soldered, soldered, soldered. The truth didn't go by
But the author will not do it on a circuit board, since it will first have to be made, and not everyone knows how to etch printed circuit boards.


After a year and a half, the pedals were soldered to the order of all local musicians. Nice memories.

Well, the performance of this pedal is certainly sad. To whom the topic is interesting, I give a couple of sites.

http://tonepad.com/ - many schemes with a simple, accessible explanation of installation for those who saw the soldering iron only in the picture.
Academy of Guitar Electronics - Russian resource. The forum is much more important, it is already dead, but the information from it has not gone away. For those who want to understand.
Virus973
Quote: Virus973
Was a circuit found on the Internet? Hm. The author is a fine fellow that made a depot stencil which he actually collected. But, he did not indicate the source, he simply leaked the archive from Alexei Zabrodin. Who cares is nutcracker Distortion lite, about the motives of the marshall shreadmaster, immediately a little redone, later simplified)

Mmm yes, I sent it before I redid it. Peace for everyone!)
Virus973
Was a circuit found on the Internet? Hm. The author is a fine fellow that made a depot stencil which he actually collected. But, he did not indicate the source, he simply leaked the archive from Alexei Zabrodin. Who cares is nutcracker Distortion lite, about the motives of the marshall shreadmaster, immediately a little redone, later simplified)
Quote: boyfox
Maybe the pedal, there is a button. But the buttons aren’t enough for a long time.

You yourself answered. The button on the edge of the shakiest box is a maximum of a dozen or two clicks, and that’s even if you can get on it with your foot.
Maybe the pedal, the button is

The author decided to make the case out of the box under the shoe sponge
The box was not enough. And with the crown it was barely closing, so I had to wind the lid with tape.
How many times can you step on it with your foot during a performance? xaxa
Maybe the pedal, there is a button. But the buttons aren’t enough for a long time. Usually her guitarists crush mercilessly))
I remember how in our youth we ourselves did it with an acoustic guitar. Also called whatever. More pickups shook, calling them haphazardly.
Guitar pedal
Lies in the title itself! Never a pedal. Regulator - yes. The device is yes. "Lotion" - yes. But not the pedal!
1 mOhm resistor (2 pcs)
1 million? What for? Can not be!
Potentiometer 100 kOhm (2 pcs.)
50 kΩ potentiometer
What characteristic?
2 jack sockets 6.1 mm
Outlandish size of some kind. ))) A standard jack will not fit into such a jack.
The scheme of this project was found on the Internet.
Why didn’t they bring the scheme?
foot parts
Why not pens? Or ears. )))
When everything is ready, the board will look like this: ...

Places where a closure is possible, the author glued with hot glue.
With this installation, glue must be poured over everything.
The author decided to make the case out of the box from under the sponge for shoes.
It is necessary, of course, to save, but not to the same extent. A box of sponges can be used, but not in this case.
A foot pedal, or for another organ? Homemade life is shorter than the production time! Pearl type
But the author will not do it on the board
The author will collect it on a cardboard 66 * 33 mm, it will be as the main board. You get something in between a printed circuit board and a wall mount
In no case should you cut the tabs of parts
solders tracks from the back
just touched! xaxa

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