Some Colorsounds and Top Gear Pedals

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Anyone interested in gut shots for any of these? if so please say and I'll get to work on it.

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What about the Top Gear guitar synthesiser??

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:( had one in a deal but it was never sent.

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yes please - and solder side too - one by one when you get the time is fine by me :wink:
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Somebody here care for a schematic of my '96 Colorsound Overdriver?
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I´ve heard about that, I even have guts from 3 different units, but i have never seen the trackside..... :cry:
otherwise a schematic would exist.... :lol:

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I tried a Top Gear Guitar Synth once - only 12 ever made. It was pretty good and tracked well.

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Stephengiles wrote:I tried a Top Gear Guitar Synth once - only 12 ever made. It was pretty good and tracked well.
I think you could have made a big mistake:
You used to much time to try it instead of tracing it ? :roll:

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i´d be very interested to see the guts of a colorsound bass fuzz...it´s not among the ones on your picture, though.

probably just a fuzz face with different values for some caps, but anyway, i´d like to see it.

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Is that Top Gear Treble Boost just a repackaged / copied version of a Rangemaster, Vox TB, or similar ? I'd love to see "guts" of that....

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Will put loads of guts pics up soon as i get new batteries for my cam lol. one of those wah cases is a Colorsound phaser that is interesting.

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Post by mouse »

Isn't the violet one a pedal ringmod?
As a ring modulator fan I'm interested in that!
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The violet one in a wah case is a '70's phaser, I'll post guts etc when my camera powerpack ever comes. I have one of the Ring Mods but it is being used by a friend at the mo with some others, I'll post that when he has finished with it.

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Somebody here care for a schematic of my '96 Colorsound Overdriver?
I would. I would also be curious what trannys it has in it.

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See Bernardduur's thread in this section - more than enough info for you all to see - transistors are BC184L type BTW. :wink:
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Bernardduur wrote:Somebody here care for a schematic of my '96 Colorsound Overdriver?
me :)

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marwatt wrote:
Bernardduur wrote:Somebody here care for a schematic of my '96 Colorsound Overdriver?
me :)
Check!
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yes please. :shock:

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lohstah wrote:i´d be very interested to see the guts of a colorsound bass fuzz...it´s not among the ones on your picture, though.
It would be great if someone could. Thanks.

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Bernardduur wrote: Check!
that 6k4 resistor sound strange... and the 2k2 gain pot have less range of the original 10K... isn't it?

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