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Tuesday, March 6, 2018

zVex '59 Sound

zVex's new '59 Sound looks to emulate an overdrive '59 Fender Bassman amp and is essentially a tweaked Box of Rock. I've left out the boost section (which is essentially a SHO after this circuit), but can be easily added with the old SHO layout here on the blog.




Also, there's another installment of the DIYLC tutorial up on YouTube today. I actually am not using DIYLC all that much in it... 


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16 comments:

  1. bluesanderlMarch 7, 2018 at 7:12 PM

    congratulation!!!!!!
    another great layout.
    build it, played it - loved it!!!
    sounds great with my homemade bedroom amp, very dynamic with the typical fender "twang". cant wait to test it with a live Equipment.

    many thanks from austria

    one question: anybody heard something about a pedel named "claptone" iḿ looking for a schematic or a pcb layout!

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    1. kramerianMarch 9, 2018 at 7:37 PM

      you mean Clapton mid boost right?
      if you want soo fast
      here alternative :
      - traced this http://tagboardeffects.blogspot.com/2014/02/fender-eric-clapton-25db-mid-boost.html?m=1
      - search in FSB + DIYSB
      - wait David make layout

      have fun ;)

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    2. Effects LayoutsMarch 12, 2018 at 12:20 PM

      Yeah, it'll be on the blog in a couple weeks. lol

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  2. sinaiMarch 8, 2018 at 12:34 AM

    Really love the sound of pedal in demo, too good, is this verified?
    and this circuit has no boost?

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  3. bluesanderlMarch 8, 2018 at 5:41 AM

    i,m new in this forum, but i think you can mark this one as verified!
    i did the pcb version with the part-values as shown in the layout and it works perfect!
    thanks again for this great work.

    ps: please continue with your diylc tutorials, i love them!!!

    greetings from austria
    bluesanderl

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  4. xlrevo80March 12, 2018 at 12:17 PM

    Hi, I would like to try to build this project, but I would have some questions.
    the resistor how many watts are?
    are the potentiometers logarithmic or linear? I do not know the A / B / C codes
    Thank you very much for the availability and sorry for my english

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    1. Effects LayoutsMarch 12, 2018 at 12:21 PM

      Resistors are 1/4 watt. A = logarithmic, B = linear, C = reverse logarithmic

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  5. xlrevo80March 12, 2018 at 12:43 PM

    Thank you very much

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  6. PeteMarch 13, 2018 at 9:26 AM

    Thanks for this one, David! This is the first one I ever built on perf. Was a different experience, for sure!

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  7. UnknownApril 3, 2018 at 1:08 PM

    I verified it also, quite geat sounding. I used a fixed 4,7k Resistor instead of the Drive pot, and it works beautiful. Also i used 519,4kOhm(510+2*4,7) instead of 521kOhm and not a problem at all.

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  8. UnknownMarch 1, 2019 at 1:18 PM

    Hello there!
    Juste mounted this circuit and have some problems : no sound at all.
    There's curent everywehre it need, no short.
    The signal is ok until Q1 (G) and After, nothing.
    Can somebody please help me?
    Is the BS170 broken? (I checked the direction and swaped Q1-2-3)
    Thanks a lot!

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    1. IagoOctober 16, 2020 at 1:22 PM

      I believe there' s a short right before that Q1. Either that or they don't work.

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  9. blackmassMarch 6, 2021 at 7:08 AM

    Hi ! I only have a 10k pot for the drive pot ? Will it work as expected ? Maybe should I use a 10k resistor in parallel (i've read that it's messing with the curve... but don't know how bad it can mess with it...)

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  10. rakusito yeites de la hostiaJuly 9, 2022 at 10:46 PM

    Hi, I've built a BOR without SHO from your layout and I love it, it works perfectly at 18v. Circuitry-wise what's the difference between '59 and BOR? Is it just the voicing?

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