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Tuesday, October 2, 2018

Catalinbread WIIO

The Catalinbread WIIO is a Hiwatt amp emulator specifically going for the sound of Pete Townsend's Hiwatts on the Live at Leeds album. (Throwing this and a Univox SuperFuzz in the same box would be a must if you're a big fan of the Who...) The topology of the circuit (cascaded MOSFETs) is similar to the zVex Box of Rock and Catalinbread's other Hiwatt emulator, the Rah. Here's the schematic for reference. Should fit in a 1590B just fine.



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9 comments:

  1. Max PietriniOctober 2, 2018 at 10:14 AM

    Thank you very very much man.

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  2. WerewolfOctober 3, 2018 at 8:00 AM

    Any reason 2n7000s can’t replace the BS170s?

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    1. Effects LayoutsOctober 3, 2018 at 9:40 AM

      They don't quite have as much gain as the BS170, so they might work but it'd probably be a little quieter. You might need to rebias the transistors as well.

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  3. PeterOctober 6, 2018 at 2:41 AM

    Ive used 2n700s ,in the end went with BS170 socket ,reducing the 1k resistor to say 470R will give more gain,I built this and put it in with a super fuzz a few years ago also added a compressor for gilmore tone

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  4. johnkOctober 9, 2018 at 9:58 PM

    Verified.

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  5. Max PietriniNovember 27, 2018 at 12:24 PM

    It Work, but I have a problem with the potentiometer of the bass tones it does not work. The range of action is really ineffective, rotating the sound changes very little, almost nothing. Has anyone problem?

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  6. KyleMay 28, 2020 at 9:35 PM

    It works!

    I did find one possible error though: I think the "Bass" and "Treble" pots in this layout are swapped, at least according to all the schematics I've been able to find of this circuit (including the one linked, although it does not label them). I think "Bass" should be A500k, "Treble" should be B500k. It doesn't make a ton of difference, obviously, since they are both 500k but I figured I'd point that out since it does have an effect if you've got both set to noon and you're wondering why it sounds a little off. :)

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  7. CrispyFunkMarch 17, 2022 at 12:45 PM

    this one sounds awesome!!! thank you.

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