Sobbat - DB-1 Drivebreaker

Tonebender · Post by **Tonebender** » 08 Jan 2009, 15:48

Any info on this pedal? Supposedly a great OD/Distortion geared for single coils. Thanks!

JHS · Post by **JHS** » 09 Jan 2009, 09:15

A schem of the DB can be found here: http://forum.musikding.de
JHS

Tonebender · Post by **Tonebender** » 09 Jan 2009, 15:38

Thanks JHS but that's the DB2........Can't really find any DB1 info on the net. Anybody?

SPeter · Post by **SPeter** » 09 Jan 2009, 19:33

JHS wrote:A schem of the DB can be found here: http://forum.musikding.de
JHS

Could you please give us direct link to the schematic! A lot of us do not understand German!
Thanks!

Tonebender · Post by **Tonebender** » 09 Jan 2009, 19:46

The schematic is on this page but you can't expand the image. Check it out.........

http://www005.upp.so-net.ne.jp/guitarder/01-db2.html

The Rotagilla · Post by **The Rotagilla** » 09 Jan 2009, 20:11

Tonebender wrote:The schematic is on this page but you can't expand the image. Check it out.........

http://www005.upp.so-net.ne.jp/guitarder/01-db2.html

And it doesn't convert to a PDF very well.

SPeter · Post by **SPeter** » 09 Jan 2009, 20:45

Tonebender wrote:The schematic is on this page but you can't expand the image. Check it out.........

http://www005.upp.so-net.ne.jp/guitarder/01-db2.html

To bad!

Sickle · Post by **Sickle** » 09 Jan 2009, 20:46

I had one of the Sobbat Fuzzbreakers. It was one of the crappiest Fuzz Face builds I've ever used.

Caveat Emptor.

Ghandi · Post by **Ghandi** » 10 Jan 2009, 11:10

I had a db-1 some years ago,
I liked it very much with the strat, especially on the lower gain settings,
I replaced the 1M lin. drive pot with a 500K log. pot for that same reason.

it is a very "unique" drive...
before the clipping diodes the there is a low- and a high-pass filter both at 1064Hz which makes for a massive mid bump
and after the clipping is done, on the mids, the highs and lows get back trough the tone control section.
this makes an excellent strong and thick but also very clear SRV sound with the strat!!!

peace, love and bananas
ghandi

Dimitree · Post by **Dimitree** » 24 Jan 2010, 18:29

thanks for this schematic!
does anyone tried this? does it work well?

SPeter · Post by **SPeter** » 24 Jan 2010, 21:21

A bit more information!

http://www.effectsdatabase.com/model/sobbat/db1
http://www.black-dog.jp/blog/cat10/sobb ... eaker_db1/
Enjoy!

himister · Post by **himister** » 24 Jan 2010, 21:24

Pete that's awesome!!!

Thanks mate!

Dimitree · Post by **Dimitree** » 24 Jan 2010, 21:48

wow that's huge!
many thanks!!

analogguru · Post by **analogguru** » 24 Jan 2010, 23:27

I would assume that SPeters guts are from a clone and not from an original unit.

analogguru

SPeter · Post by **SPeter** » 25 Jan 2010, 01:01

And a bit more!
http://www005.upp.so-net.ne.jp/guitarder/01-db2.html

Chugs · Post by **Chugs** » 25 Jan 2010, 11:32

Here's a couple of shots of my Sobbat DB-2. Nice overdrive through to thick distortion with effective bass and treble controls. I use it a lot. Level, Treble and Bass pots B100K. Gain A1M.

Dimitree · Post by **Dimitree** » 25 Jan 2010, 15:44

thanks
the DB2 is different than the DB1 right? or are these really similar?

Chugs · Post by **Chugs** » 25 Jan 2010, 16:54

I haven't played a DB-1 but apparently the DB-2 is slightly less saturated and a little more overdrive orientated compared to the DB-1.

himister · Post by **himister** » 25 Jan 2010, 17:06

Nice work so far...fellas...

Comparing the schematics from layouts would be helpful, if anyone is into it...
Anyone who is willing to draw schematics, even by hand would be cool...later I could redraw everything and compile it in pdf.
I just redraw the layout for the ver.2 now comparison should be easier.

Chugs, if you would be so kind and use this layout image and mark(draw on it) all the components and wiring so we could assemble the project nicely...thanks in advance...

Layout DB-2:

BRingoC · Post by **BRingoC** » 25 Jan 2010, 21:44

I have built something like this. I figured a DB-1 is a souped up Boss DS-1 and the DB-2 is a souped up OD-1. for my pedal I used the basic layout of the DB-2 on that Japanese site, I did a looooooooot of looking at it to come up with something similar. I used the basic schematic structure of the DS-1 though. Double the number of diodes, increase the drive pot size, add the tone section from the German schematic, and you have the pedal, or something quite similar. I used the output transistors in the DS-1 as well, as a result the thing has soooo much boost, in fact unity is at about 1/3 the way up.