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Tuesday, August 6, 2019

Benson Preamp

This one just traced over on FSB. It's essentially a modified Wampler Plexidrive with an added bass control. Unless you're really sure any through-hole J201s you have on hand are in spec/authentic, I'd suggest using MMBFJ201s, which are the SMD version which are still in production and much easier to get in spec than the discontinued through-hole version. SMD to through-hole conversion boards here.





Update August 19, 2019:
Corrected a few values that have now been confirmed by Benson. The traces haven't changed however.
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16 comments:

  1. AnonymousAugust 6, 2019 at 12:51 PM

    Cool post, David! I'll be watching the play-by-play in the FSB discussion.

    Man... there's always something new to learn from this community! Half the time I feel like it's a "more I learn the less I know" situation, but it sure beats how things were when I first tried to build pedals (back in the pre-internet days).

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  2. guitarAugust 6, 2019 at 7:51 PM

    EarthQuaker Devices Grand Orbiter plz !!! ty

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  3. IagoAugust 7, 2019 at 1:37 PM

    The resistor right before the master volume is 47K, according to the guy who traced the circuit on FSB.

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  4. Tim_WmuAugust 13, 2019 at 6:38 AM

    Where can I get a board mounted B2M pot?!I can't find them on mammoth or smallbear

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    1. Effects LayoutsAugust 13, 2019 at 3:22 PM

      I think you're going to be stuck with solder lug B2M pots. Even Benson had that pot wired up offboard. Mouser has 24mm pots in B2M. Otherwise eBay's probably your best bet.

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  5. SimonSeptember 12, 2019 at 5:01 AM

    I can verified it. I use russian non matched КП303А transistors and replace 12K resistor with 100k trimpot to get 5v drain volage. Its not fuzzy, but fat dark overdrive. I think will be great with treble booster in front of pedal.

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  6. QwertyuiopJanuary 24, 2020 at 2:35 PM

    the diagram shows the different capacitances of one of the capacitors, which is the correct 22N or 33n

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    1. QwertyuiopJanuary 24, 2020 at 2:35 PM

      ?

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    2. krjohnson29May 18, 2020 at 12:56 PM

      Depends on which schematic I look at online (found one that says 33, and one that says 22). I think 33 is probably the better bet?

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  7. ardyanlawrence6October 28, 2020 at 9:41 AM

    hello, pls teach me how to adjust bias with trimpots for this schematic. thanksss.

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  8. mertzbowMarch 14, 2021 at 3:31 PM

    It sounds awesome, thanks for posting this! As Simon suggested, it's amazing with a treble booster in front. I tried it with a Runoffgroove Omega. Both full range and treble boost in front works great with it! For people that wonder how to bias the jfets, bias them to 4V. I went with 4.5v, wasn't super satisfied, found out that it's supposed to be 4v on some forums, now I'm having a blast! Thinking of boxing it with Omega as a double pedal :)

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  9. DaveJune 17, 2021 at 8:30 AM

    Re-verified.

    FYI, compared to the PedalPCB Son of Ben, this is missing a 10uF cap to ground on leg 2 of Q3. I squeezed on in after building this and I like the extra oomph.

    Nonetheless, thanks for the layout. Sounds great and saved me some time. :)

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  10. Mr PinballJune 3, 2023 at 5:16 AM

    Hi folks,
    I don't have a 2m pot to hand, if I were to use a 1m in the mean time how would it affect the bass response?

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  11. FoxbatJuly 7, 2023 at 10:41 PM

    Are these fake as well? https://mou.sr/3PMalA0

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    1. Effects LayoutsJuly 7, 2023 at 11:03 PM

      Coming from Mouser I would think they're real.

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    2. FoxbatJuly 8, 2023 at 2:48 AM

      Thought so, but I guess these are new ones from a different manufacturer

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