Tone Monk - Seed of Life

method · Post by **method** » 04 Oct 2011, 18:29

I took this from screenshot of youtube video.

Not sure what the op amp says. Either "TLC XXX" or "TL0 XXX".

Maybe some idea what is under the goop?
http://www.thegearpage.net/board/showth ... st11138917

DimebuGG · Post by **DimebuGG** » 04 Oct 2011, 19:13

"Our Seed of Life Professional Overdrive was developed for guitarists to end their ultimate quest for tone. In the beginning of 2010 we released our Seed of Life VII and took the circuit a few steps further. There are several features in the circuit of the Seed of Life that allow you to actually control your tone. An Input control that controls your input the way a tube preamp does. With the texture options and controls of this pedal you have the power to shape your tone in ways you have never heard it before. The 3-way texture switch offers an array of saturations from transparent to colored tube driven qualities. The Form EQ control allows you to roll off high end frequencies at half the rate that it accentuates low-mid frequencies, in reaction to the texture you choose, to 'form' your over all tone. The drive control works as gain drive saturation. All controls interact with each other, so you can literally get thousands of sweet spots and finally have the ability to create your own sound.

The Lush/Fat option allows you to choose between the standard rich tone of the Seed of Life and a wider tonal option. Many players who use a combination of Humbucking, Single coil, and P90 pickups find this feature to be extremely useful and a breeze to compensate for the change in pickup output/tone on the fly without having to actually change the tonal settings on the pedal."

The W-20K Tone pot, the Drive pot wiring, and the Volume = ____________

Cannibal · Post by **Cannibal** » 04 Oct 2011, 19:41

DimebuGG wrote:The W-20K Tone pot, the Drive pot wiring,

also, a 3 way diode switching and a 2 way cap to ground switch (in the feedback of a non-inverting opamp). All those things make me think about it being a (drum roll).... TUBE SCREAMER

bubstance · Post by **bubstance** » 05 Oct 2011, 04:08

The IC is a TL072CP.

Source.

theblackman · Post by **theblackman** » 05 Oct 2011, 04:52

wow that almost looks as poorly made as one of my pedals!

lolbou · Post by **lolbou** » 05 Oct 2011, 06:23

method wrote:Not sure what the op amp says.

It says "Heeeeeelp, the oil spill is coming at me!!"...

Sorry about that...

Anyway, I can guess LEDs as clippers above the IC. A HB-alike?

MarkF786 · Post by **MarkF786** » 21 Jan 2012, 19:39

From another thread, Burglar pointed out that it looked like a GGG TS PCB. I just compared my pedal with the GGG TS PCB & component layout and everywhere I can see a component or wire on the PCB, it matches.

I remember seeing a gut shot of his Phoenix (Klone) which is also gooped and remember thinking it looked like the Madbean PCB. I'll try to track down a the gut shot to confirm.

jakeddy · Post by **jakeddy** » 23 Jan 2012, 02:52

I have one that has no goop. It's a dead match.

Seiche · Post by **Seiche** » 25 Jan 2012, 15:07

mods, maybe fuse the two threads as to make it easier to keep track?