This is a library of perfboard and single-sided PCB effect layouts for guitar and bass. I'm not an electrical engineer by any stretch of the imagination, just a DIY'er who likes drawing layouts. It is meant for the hobbyist (so commercial use of any of these layout is not allowed without permission) and as a way to give back to the online DIY community.

Tuesday, December 19, 2017

SoulSonic FX Chalice

Here's an other heavy one. This one was designed by Martin (aka soulsonic) and is basically 3 transistor stages and a tone stack into a JFET gain recovery stage. The toggle switch selects between distortion and fuzz.

The tone in Distortion mode is a big heavy, "Doom-y" sort of thing with alot of sustain. In Fuzz mode, it's a fart-y ripping sawtooth fuzz that's good for single-note lines and possibly bass, but it can do chords without totally falling apart.

The Contour control adjusts from a dark, low-mid-heavy tone when counterclockwise, to a scooped tone when clockwise. Around 12 o'clock it has a bit of a mid-peak.

 Schematic and demo can be found here. I added a trimmer to bias Q4 (J201 or 2N5457 would be good subs). Should fit nicely in a 1590B.

5 comments:

  1. What are good substitutes for the MPF102 and the 4111 diode?

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    1. sorry, nevermind about the mpf102. still looking for the 4118 sub, though....Unless maybe it was a typo and its a 4148?

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  2. Yeah that's a typo. Should be a 4148.

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  3. thank goodness. I'm not an electronics guy, but a 25v zener didn't seem "right"...and those 4118's are $5+ each.

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