[stripboard] Tube Screamer

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Finally! I was trying to make that happen like ages now. Well made TS stripboard is really hard to design, specially to me. It isn't possible to make one without jumpers (as well as most IC based FX's). For some reasons I don't like jumpers, so all my entries to design it was instantly trashed. The other main reason is... well... I hate OD/Distortions in general, I'm a booster/fuzz bloke.

Tubescreamer is a part of music history, almost as much iconic as all well known and loved users by over last 30 years, on top with my personal hero SRV!

Anyway... It's done now, and I do quite like it. I couldn't get away with jumpers (I use 0-ohm resistors instead) but it's still quite nice. Doing this I had couple purposes in mind. Firstly - all none polarized caps at 5mm raster (two stripboard rows) and Panasonic SMF's as a type of my choice. 100uF and 47uF's the same - 5mm raster. Why so big? AM Silver Modded TS uses Sanyo OsCon type caps, and those values I have are 5mm raster. The other E-Cap (10uF) is 2,5mm radial, so standard stuff here.

What else... ah, yeah! The size :) Will easily fit into small B sized Hammond (or similar) enclosure. I was going to make it for 125B really, it's similar size to real TS-9, that's why my layout shows ins and outs in upper position, nor side located. I'll go with 125B anyway, as I have some evil plans for this project. Of course I won't shy to show of.

Few more things needs to point out:

- Transistors. Originally seen 2SC1815 low quality noisy Q's was changed to accommodate more ordinary pinout wise, and better quality in general 2N4401 transistors for in/out buffers, as recommended by GGG instructions.

- Optional Clipping Diode Switch pads are shown for future project extension, but you can easily crank yourself what it is, and what it does

- One none original part to standard TS series in input pull-down (anti-pop) resistor (2M2)

Two layouts for classic exemplars are attached:

Ibanez TS-808 Tube Screamer

Ibanez TS-9 Tube Screamer

As we all know, TS series was, and still is Poo-Teeque Cart-Horse, so expect shitload of variants very soon here and on my website

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Nice and neat as always! :applause:
Maybe a silliness, but I noticed that 51k resistors have the same color code of 510k's.
Bancika, are you there or I'm going color blind? :lol:

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Duckman wrote:Nice and neat as always! :applause:
Maybe a silliness, but I noticed that 51k resistors have the same color code of 510k's.
Bancika, are you there or I'm going color blind? :lol:

Sometimes they look similar when I change alfa, but it's as it say on the body :)

Thanks a lot, you're too nice ;)

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Ah!... alfa... it's ok.
Well, I'm just curious, because when a run the program, all colors are ok :thumbsup

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I always do my layouts in alfa, for some reason it's more clear to me

Anyway, as I said I'll do more TS exemplars and variations, and also I'll upload the .diy file - that way you guys can do your own (change and move stuff as you wish)

I'm on training in different city by next couple of days (fucking Euro fest), so I'll do it as soon as I back

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Great layouts! :thumbsup

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I have somwhere pretty nice stripboard layout for Son of Tube Screamer - simplified TS without input and output buffers. I must to redrawn it in DIY, becouse I lost all my works when HDD died :slap: and I haven't any backup, but will try do do it during weekend and post here :D

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Go for it girl :)

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Here it is!
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Dude... Really nice layout!

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And here layout for Son of Clay Jones Overdrive based on Fred Briggs schematic:
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And here with added Bass knob (nickled from Timmy pedal) and switchable clipping section. :blackeye
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sinner wrote:Dude... Really nice layout!
Thanks! :hug:

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You two are crazy! Those layouts are very stylish. Makes me want to build another TS. So much other work to be done though.

beedotman, that timmy/C-jones mashup is awesome! great work!
care to share which font you used on the layout? Looks really cool :)

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Seiche wrote:You two are crazy! Those layouts are very stylish.
You're too nice Seiche

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A few variations of the TS:

- my "Rose Screamer" (use 4580 for IC3!)
- Ibanez ST-9 (unverified, read the thread...)
- TS-9 and SD-1 on one board, using a 4136, the quad version of the 4558

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Nice dear Sir :thumbsup

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Seiche wrote:You two are crazy! Those layouts are very stylish. Makes me want to build another TS. So much other work to be done though.

beedotman, that timmy/C-jones mashup is awesome! great work!
care to share which font you used on the layout? Looks really cool :)
Thanks, mate! :thumbsup
I don't remember font name - will check after work and let You know.

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roseblood11 wrote:A few variations of the TS:

- my "Rose Screamer"
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This Rose Screamer looks great, will put it on my workbench in time, for sure :thumbsup

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But that's not the Rose Screamer... :wink:

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