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Earthquaker Devices - Talons
Posted: 16 May 2014, 14:02
by Gila_Crisis
Hi folks,
do anyone here have some information about this pedal?
I tried to google it and I found this gut picture.
it seams not to be an uber-complicated circuit!
thanks for the help
Re: Earthquaker Talons
Posted: 05 Jan 2015, 21:18
by zedsnotdead
Re: Earthquaker Talons
Posted: 06 Jan 2015, 09:53
by ALDOUSCROSS
possibly a Guv'Nor. (just my guess)
Re: Earthquaker Talons
Posted: 06 Jan 2015, 10:22
by zedsnotdead
Forgot to mention: Leds are clear red.
Re: Earthquaker Talons
Posted: 07 Jan 2015, 11:43
by zedsnotdead
Ah, one other thig. I still have the pedal with me for a week or so. If you need me to check anything just ask and Ill do my best.
Cheers!
Re: Earthquaker Talons
Posted: 02 Feb 2015, 22:28
by darmstat
Do you have a list of the components? Here is what i have so far as a guess.
Re: Earthquaker Talons
Posted: 03 Feb 2015, 01:03
by zedsnotdead
I'll try to get some values and post them here.
Re: Earthquaker Talons
Posted: 12 Feb 2015, 03:12
by darmstat
Second guess at values from pictures???
Re: Earthquaker - Talons
Posted: 23 Feb 2015, 01:03
by zedsnotdead
Just got hold of the pedal. Everything is almost right darmstat, just a couple corrections!
Check it:
My only doubt is that diode, but I guess it's just for polarity protection...?!
Cheers!
Re: Earthquaker Talons
Posted: 23 Feb 2015, 01:33
by darmstat
Great zednotdead. Would you happen to have some pictures of the other side of the pcb board?
Re: Earthquaker Talons
Posted: 23 Feb 2015, 02:57
by zedsnotdead
Pictures from my first post are front and back.
I know it's hard to see the tracks, mainly no the backside, but those were the best I could take.... sorry.

Re: Earthquaker Talons
Posted: 23 Feb 2015, 21:03
by darmstat
This is what i have so far with the pictures available.
Re: Earthquaker Talons
Posted: 23 Feb 2015, 21:07
by darmstat
with 4.6 k resistor
Re: Earthquaker Talons
Posted: 23 Feb 2015, 21:22
by Nocentelli
Thanks for this! I think the presence control should probably be connected to the inverting input of IC1 instead of the output, and the three tone controls should have their wipers connected to the inverting input of IC2.
Re: Earthquaker Talons
Posted: 23 Feb 2015, 22:15
by zedsnotdead
Just talked to the owner of the pedal, he said I could keep it for a couple of days more
So, I don't want to take it apart, but I'll try to verify the connections with a multimeter. If it beeps it's ok

If not... i'll figure it out and correct the schematics (thank you so much darmstat!!!!

)
Re: Earthquaker Talons
Posted: 23 Feb 2015, 22:43
by darmstat
So Something like this Nocentelli?
Re: Earthquaker Talons
Posted: 23 Feb 2015, 22:56
by darmstat
OOPS... I uploaded the wrong one. Here is may updated version.
Re: Earthquaker Talons
Posted: 23 Feb 2015, 23:05
by Nocentelli
Yep. And you would normally expect the resistor hanging off the IC1 non-inverting input to be connected to vref rather than ground, and to be smaller in value. I wonder if the 3M3 and cap to ground pair are actually connected to the "guitar side" of the input cap, and there is a different bias resistor somewhere (usually 1M or 470k in this type of circuit) connecting the opamp input to vref? I say all this from the perspective of not having spent hours studying the trace itself, so it is just speculation.
Re: Earthquaker Talons
Posted: 23 Feb 2015, 23:13
by darmstat
This my best guess with the pictures and i think i am missing just 2 resistor( 2 x 10k ) which could be somekind of voltages dividers. I am not sure. Please feel free to correct or toss in an oven....lol
Re: Earthquaker Talons
Posted: 23 Feb 2015, 23:14
by darmstat
diode is just a protection diode.