Maestro - FRB-1 Full Range Boost

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Sometimes I troll Ebay for odd old stuff. Never seen this one before.

https://cgi.ebay.com/Maestro-FRB-1-Full ... dZViewItem
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Post by soulsonic »

That thing looks really cool - and the apparent scarceness and value of the original makes it a perfect candidate for DIY copying. I would really like to see a schematic for it.

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soulsonic wrote:I would really like to see a schematic for it.
I'm on it. Might need a few days.

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Post by analogguru »

So you are looking for this ?

Maestro Full Range Booster (FRB-1) schematic

18V without additional electronics and for this reason less power consumption.

Hey, that´s something for bajaman....:
Frequency selective distortion from the 70´s..... another time - back to the future: Maybe the first Klon-Clone... :roll:
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Danke!

I noticed the two battery snaps in the picture. Hmm... I'll have to try this one out. I've got some 2N5088 and 741 gathering dust.....

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Huh? "Power Boost" is all four filters on at once... that's funny!

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an early KLON :lol: :lol: :lol:
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Thanks, AG!

Did you have that posted somewhere else at one time? I could have sworn that I had seen a schem for it before but couldn't find any references.

Replacing R20, R22, R24 and R26 with pots would make the frequencies adjustable?

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bajaman wrote:an early KLON :lol: :lol: :lol:
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I attempted to make my first contribution but Analogguru beat me to it. I did compare the Analogguru schematic to the factory one and they match 100%. Should anyone want the factory schematic shoot me a PM.

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you gotta be quick to beat AG :lol: :wink:
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bajaman wrote:you gotta be quick to beat AG :lol: :wink:
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close - but no cigar :lol:

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bajaman wrote:close - but no cigar :lol:
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Post by analogguru »

guts:

https://cgi.ebay.com/Vintage-1972-Maest ... 0028000109

Note the bottom-plate with the wrong schematic of an octave-box.

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Post by frank.clarke »

You could have opamp clipper for each frequency without a lot of extra trouble, that would be a step up from a Klon.

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Post by briggs »

I already made a tubescreamer style design that does exactly that. It was sold at one point too :) I'll be getting the go ahead to post the design/schematic soon 8)
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Post by mirosol »

The link's dead, so here's AG's schem..
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