Jen - Double Sound Super [schematic]
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Hi, I'm new here.
I traced the circuit of my Jen Double Sound Super many years ago, had some help from Paul Marossy from the old DIYGuitarist site. The wah section is identical to the original Cry Baby, and the fuzz section seems to be a no knob Vox Distortion Booster. It sounds great.
The switches are made by Marquedt, the original wah pot is a Centralab. The inductor is a white Fasel. Fuzz transistors are Motorola BC238B's, wah transistors are Motorola BC239B and BC238B.
I made my own board for the fuzz, I socketed every component, replaced the 10k Q2 bias resistor with a trimpot to adjust for half battery voltage on collector of Q2. Fuzz transistors are BC238B's. In my clone I've tested 2n3904's, BC108's, BC548's and a few other NPN's, they're all quite similar when biased correctly. The original BC238B's sound the best though, not as harsh.
Cheers.
Edit: Here's a demo of the Jen, I recorded this 10 years ago. 17 minute improvisation, starts quite tame, searching for ideas, no edits, mistakes and all. Guitar used was a 1989 Fender Deluxe with Lace Sensor pickups.
I traced the circuit of my Jen Double Sound Super many years ago, had some help from Paul Marossy from the old DIYGuitarist site. The wah section is identical to the original Cry Baby, and the fuzz section seems to be a no knob Vox Distortion Booster. It sounds great.
The switches are made by Marquedt, the original wah pot is a Centralab. The inductor is a white Fasel. Fuzz transistors are Motorola BC238B's, wah transistors are Motorola BC239B and BC238B.
I made my own board for the fuzz, I socketed every component, replaced the 10k Q2 bias resistor with a trimpot to adjust for half battery voltage on collector of Q2. Fuzz transistors are BC238B's. In my clone I've tested 2n3904's, BC108's, BC548's and a few other NPN's, they're all quite similar when biased correctly. The original BC238B's sound the best though, not as harsh.
Cheers.
Edit: Here's a demo of the Jen, I recorded this 10 years ago. 17 minute improvisation, starts quite tame, searching for ideas, no edits, mistakes and all. Guitar used was a 1989 Fender Deluxe with Lace Sensor pickups.
Last edited by Frank Triggs on 16 May 2021, 16:53, edited 2 times in total.
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I've just noticed on here is a schematic of the Jen Double Sound, the fuzz and wah are in series on that.
Seems my Super version has the fuzz and wah in parallel.
Maybe this will help clear up any confusion between the differences between the standard and super versions?
Seems my Super version has the fuzz and wah in parallel.
Maybe this will help clear up any confusion between the differences between the standard and super versions?
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I traced out a Dallas Arbiter Fuzz Wah Face I had in for repair a while back and found the wah and fuzz were in parallel in that too. It seems to be an aspect of a few of these old fuzz/wah units that's been completely overlooked.Frank Triggs wrote: ↑16 May 2021, 13:01 I've just noticed on here is a schematic of the Jen Double Sound, the fuzz and wah are in series on that.
Seems my Super version has the fuzz and wah in parallel.
Maybe this will help clear up any confusion between the differences between the standard and super versions?
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Interesting. The Jen factory also made lots of the Dallas Arbiter pedals.
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I tested the voltages of the fuzz transistors in the Jen. Q3 and Q4 on schematic above = Q1 and Q2 here for reference:
Battery = 8.84v
Q1 (Motorola BC238B)
C = 1.36
B = 0.63
E = 0.0
Q2 (Motorola BC238B)
C = 5.95
B = 1.36
E = 0.75
Battery = 8.84v
Q1 (Motorola BC238B)
C = 1.36
B = 0.63
E = 0.0
Q2 (Motorola BC238B)
C = 5.95
B = 1.36
E = 0.75
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According to this Fuzz Face Calculator here: http://www.muzique.com/lab/fuzz_face.php
Silicon transistors have 0.65v across base-emitter junction.
Here, Q1 has 0.618 and Q2 has 0.636, same type BC238B, but with different Vbe. Is this usual?
Silicon transistors have 0.65v across base-emitter junction.
Here, Q1 has 0.618 and Q2 has 0.636, same type BC238B, but with different Vbe. Is this usual?
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I made a PCB clone for vintage pedal hobbyists.
The part names are in accordance with the schematic in thepost above.
The connection wire of the negative wire of C7 leads up around the electrolytic capacitor to a solder tag,
in the modified version a solder tag and a trace were added for connection.
Ready to Print PDF-files: SprintLayout6.0 File:
The part names are in accordance with the schematic in thepost above.
The connection wire of the negative wire of C7 leads up around the electrolytic capacitor to a solder tag,
in the modified version a solder tag and a trace were added for connection.
Ready to Print PDF-files: SprintLayout6.0 File:
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Thanks for checking the layout here the corrected documents: Ready to print PDF-files: SprintLayout6.0 file:You forgot to add the fuzz in hole though. The C7 electrolytic cap is non-polar, but doesn't really matter.