Guyatone PS-001 Distortion  [schematic]

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I made some inroads towards tracing the PS-001 Distortion.

Turns out it is more than an MXR Distortion+ with a Muff tone control. Structurally it's more like a Boss DS-1.
(Given the similarity of the Guyatone PS-005 Overdrive to the Boss OD-1 it's not surprising there is some similarity to the Boss DS-1.)

Unfortunately there's some ambiguity regarding the tone control caps. (The two polyester caps on the middle-edge of the PCB where the wires are).

Enclosure:
guyatone PS-001 distortion - enclosure front.jpg
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Schematic:
guyatone PS-001 distortion - sch V10.png
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Post by george giblet »

Filled out the rest of the schematic. Since it wasn't much effort after doing the PS-005 Overdrive

Schematic:
guyatone PS-001 distortion V11.png
Here's the positions of the missing parts:
guyatone PS001 distortion V11 - missing parts.png
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