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, May 11, 2021

Hudson Electronics Sidecar

 Here's a really great sounding overdrive from Hudson Electronics. The Sidecar is loosely based on the Tube Screamer with a 2-band Baxendall EQ and some interesting soft clipping. It uses a PNP germanium as a diode along side an LED and a 1N4148 in an asymmetrical configuration. I've got a fabricated version available in the store as well if you prefer and the schematic is over there in the build doc. 







15 comments:

  1. really nice over, built it 5 month ago & often use...Thanks, David!

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  2. Effect&Layout is Back!!
    I've been waiting for you for months.

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  3. I have a stupid question. Doesn’t LED for clipping diode have polarity?

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  4. What are the specs for the Ge transistor? Hfe and so on...

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    1. really it doesn't matter, there is use it like diode, pnp.

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    2. I went with a generic PNP Ge that was originally purchased for a Rangemaster. The circuit works without it but it seemed like the Rangemaster Ge added a very slight tonal coloration.

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  5. I just finished building it. It works perfect-VERIFIED!!!

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  6. please check/fix your Sound Saw layout.

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