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.
Showing posts with label 1981 Inventions. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 1981 Inventions. Show all posts

Tuesday, November 14, 2023

1981 Inventions LVL

Here's the new boost from Matt Hoopes. Cornish buffer up front, so like the DRV, not a true bypass effect unless you want to wire it that way. Signal is then amplified by half of a 1458 op amp, and then back to back inverting and tone shaping op amp stages with the LM833. Schematic below. If you're going to wire it for true bypass you can omit C4, and R7-8. Also note that D1-2 aren't acting as clipping diodes, but as (I think?) a limiter to prevent clipping or at least too much of it. 




Tuesday, June 25, 2019

1981 Inventions DRV

There's been a lot of hype about the DRV and it's a very cool pedal from a very cool builder too. At it's heart is a tweaked RAT surrounded by 2 opamp gain stages and buffered bypass, all running on 18 volts (schematic below). Originals have soft touch relay switching, which has been omitted here. It can be wired either for true bypass or buffered bypass like the original (see wiring diagram below). If you want to use a MAX1044 chip for the charge pump instead of the LT1054, I've added 2 additional pads on the PCB to connect pin 1 to 8. Should squeeze into a 1590B nicely.






Wire In Jack to In pad on the board.