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Guitar Distortion Pedal, Popular Electronics, September 1999
Posted: 13 Sep 2020, 18:56
by modman
Step Into the Spotlight With The Guitar Distortion Pedal,
Popular Electronics, September 1999
Re: Guitar Distortion Pedal, Popular Electronics, September 1999
Posted: 14 Sep 2020, 02:22
by aionios
Not dissimilar to an AC/RC Booster! Tube Screamer frontend (op-amp feedback diodes) with a 2-band Baxandall tone control.
This is only a couple years before the AC/RC appeared in 2002, so I wonder if Xotic got any inspiration? Popular Electronics was an American magazine. It's not a terribly original circuit, so it could very easily have been developed independently - but it is curious at least.
Re: Guitar Distortion Pedal, Popular Electronics, September 1999
Posted: 14 Sep 2020, 08:03
by Ben N
Shielded cable to the gain pot--interesting.
Re: Guitar Distortion Pedal, Popular Electronics, September 1999
Posted: 14 Sep 2020, 08:33
by teemuk
10K input impedance, no low-pass after clipping, output "ground" referenced to half-supply bias, etc.
Next please.
Re: Guitar Distortion Pedal, Popular Electronics, September 1999
Posted: 26 Sep 2020, 10:36
by Manfred
I created this PCB clone and inserted the components according to the schematic.
Ready to Print PDF-files:
SprintLayout6.0-file:
PE.1999-09-OCR-Page-0041.pdf