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Thursday, January 18, 2018

AnalogMan Prince of Tone

Wanted to redo my old layout with board mounted pots. I've laid it out with the Presence control externally and the diodes on a DIP switch, though you could easily wire up an external toggle if you want. Should fit nicely in a 1590B. If you want the King of Tone, just but 2 in one box.


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26 comments:

  1. UnknownJanuary 25, 2018 at 3:22 AM

    Hi ! how are you ?

    you want to say that to make the famous King of tone with 6 potentiometers and 2 3pdt you have to make 2 prince of tone in 1 box?

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    1. Effects LayoutsJanuary 25, 2018 at 9:23 AM

      Yes. Though the King of Tone has the Presence pot as a trimmer internally.

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    2. UnknownJanuary 26, 2018 at 6:01 AM

      OK !!! My next projects !! :)

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    3. UnknownJanuary 27, 2018 at 7:23 AM

      check your donate box … :)

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    4. UnknownJanuary 27, 2018 at 7:24 AM

      Thx for very things ! your job is really great !!!!!

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  2. RadeFebruary 6, 2018 at 3:47 PM

    Consider verified!!!

    I made the "King Of Tone" version with "presence" trimmers on PCB insted externall pots. There is picture of PCB: http://uploadslika.eu/images/2018/02/06/n94Oe.jpg

    Working like a charm!!! :)

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  3. angelmahon88March 10, 2018 at 9:57 AM

    Hello, first of all congratulations for your great work.
    The question I have is that the prince of tone has a swicht dpdt for the OD, BOOST and DIST mode.
    Can this selector be added in some way?
    The other question is:
    Can the turbo and low-mid mods be added?
    Thanks in advance.
    regards

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    1. Effects LayoutsMarch 10, 2018 at 1:56 PM

      Haven't heard of the turbo and low-mid mids for this circuit. And as for the switch on newer versions of the Prince of Tone, I don't know for sure what it's doing other than altering the gain, which could be implemented a couple different ways. One way that comes to mind would be replacing the 10k resistor that goes from pin 2 of the IC to lug 1 of the Gain pot with with 3 different values on a switch (1k, 10k, 100k perhaps?). You could also try the same thing with the 220k resistor right above the IC that goes between pins 6 and 7 (try 100k, 220k, and 470k?). Hope that all makes sense.

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    2. nediamJuly 31, 2020 at 3:44 PM

      Dip switches does what should the dpdt 'cause you can turn on and off soft (OD) and hard (DIST) clipping with them. Switch 1 seems to be hard and 2 seems to be soft.

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  4. angelmahon88March 10, 2018 at 10:55 AM

    thanks man, thanks for everything, check your donation box

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  5. Ramon HerverMarch 13, 2018 at 8:01 PM

    Thanks Bro! Greetings from Mexico!

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  6. j.a.April 21, 2018 at 1:36 PM

    Can this be used on 18volts?

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    1. Effects LayoutsApril 22, 2018 at 1:14 AM

      Yep. Just use appropriately rated components so nothing blows up.

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  7. BlackwingJune 4, 2018 at 12:15 AM

    Hey there I am wanting to put a 6 pos diode board on this, with a 1 pole 6 pos rotary. Could you direct me in a way to do this? Thnx!

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    1. Effects LayoutsJune 4, 2018 at 9:28 AM

      This aught to do the trick:

      http://effectslayouts.blogspot.com/2015/05/rotary-clipping-switch.html

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  8. BlackwingJune 4, 2018 at 12:50 PM

    Awesome thnx!!!

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  9. FranckyOctober 15, 2018 at 4:57 AM

    Hi David … how are you ?
    just to know about the dpdt. The video show a prince of tone with dpdt "od/distboost" ...
    Any chance to have the layout with this dpdt implanted ??

    Please… :)

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  10. UnknownOctober 15, 2018 at 5:01 AM

    Hi David … how are you ?
    just to know about the dpdt. The video show a prince of tone with dpdt "od/distboost" ...
    Any chance to have the layout with this dpdt implanted ??

    Please… :)

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  11. lonetone83August 26, 2020 at 4:57 PM

    So is it possible to replace the dip switch with a dp3t toggle to choose between the different modes?

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    1. Effects LayoutsAugust 27, 2020 at 9:45 AM

      You can do it with a DPDT on/off/on switch. Wire the left pin of the first DIP switch to lug 1 of the DPDT, and the right pin to lug 2. Then wire the left pin of the second DIP switch to lug 5 and the right pin to lug 6.

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  12. UnknownAugust 30, 2021 at 2:29 PM

    can i insert a switch for more bass (phat mode) and how to do it?

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  13. UnknownSeptember 1, 2021 at 10:38 AM

    Replacing 10nf cap that goes to 33k res?

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  14. heartbenOctober 15, 2021 at 11:19 PM

    I built this about a month ago and it sounds great. I added a switchable charge pump - sounds better with more voltage for those who haven't tried it!

    I got a genuine PoT today and the DIY version actually sounds better to me. Something kind of interesting is the genuine one has dip switches AND an external switch. Not sure what's going on there but it would be cool to figure out eventually. For the clone I made I followed the comment about using a single DPDT switch instead of the dip switches.

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