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Wednesday, August 31, 2016

Menatone Blue Collar

Here's an oldie but a goodie from Menatone. The Blue Collar was released around the same time as the Red Snapper and is more compressed and focused in comparison. It's also based around the Tube Screamer without the input buffers and with several mods. This layout reflects a newer version of the Blue Collar, but the older one can be built on the same board. Just increase the input cap to 100n, omit the 56p cap from pin 5 to ground, lower the output cap to 100n, and use an A250k pot for the Volume control. Here's the schematic for reference.



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7 comments:

  1. Diego JorgeAugust 31, 2016 at 9:57 AM

    Excellent as usual!! I want build it! can I use 4148 for D1-3?

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    1. Effects LayoutsAugust 31, 2016 at 10:07 AM

      Yes, forgot to note that. 914s (basically the same as 4148s) are what were used on the originals

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  2. BoyetSeptember 1, 2016 at 1:37 PM

    Verified! Build this and the two things i did since i presently don't have these parts was changing the 22uF to 15uF and 5k pot to 10k and it sounds just fine.

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  3. BerkicauSeptember 15, 2016 at 3:41 PM

    I built the old version of this following the explanation above, but the gain seemed giving no response, and the volume knob acted a little bit weird. Any suggestion?

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  4. Matt B.August 28, 2020 at 8:02 PM

    Verified, but the presence knob was tapered backward. 1 goes to 3.

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  5. Orang GilaMay 13, 2023 at 7:59 AM

    I build it and it work so nice. I want to increase the gain, which component i should have to change or tweak some value? Thanks for help & information.

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