1590B · 2 knobs
From the vendor
The Corona Overdrive project is a clone of the BOSS OD-1 OverDrive, originally released in 1977, which is known for being the first overdrive effect to utilize diodes in a negative-feedback arrangement for clipping purposes. Like the Distortion+, it lacks a tone control, but most who play through it say it doesn’t need one.
There have been a couple of different versions of the OD-1, with a major circuit revision in 1981 that dropped the quad op-amp for cost-savings reasons, but most players who have A/B’d the versions say the original is better. This project is for the original quad op-amp circuit.
There are two switches available: one for clipping diodes (with enough pads available for any diode combination you can dream of, as well as “comp cut” or diode lift in the middle), and a second one that changes the EQ of the circuit to have more low-end and fullness.
Schematic
The schematic is in the vendor's build document, page 4. Open the build document. No KiCad fragment has been drawn for this circuit yet.
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| Ref | Value | Normalized | Type | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Resistors 14 | ||||
| R1 | 1k | 1k | ||
| R2 | 220k | 220k | ||
| R3 | 10k | 10k | ||
| R4 | 33k | 33k | ||
| R5 | 4k7 | 4.7k | ||
| R6 | 10k | 10k | ||
| R7 | 10k | 10k | ||
| R8 | 10k | 10k | ||
| R9 | 4k7 | 4.7k | ||
| R10 | 470k | 470k | ||
| R11 | 470R | 470 | ||
| R12 | 100k | 100k | ||
| R13 | 33k | 33k | ||
| R14 | 33k | 33k | ||
| Capacitors 9 | ||||
| C1 | 100n | 100n | ||
| C2 | 47n | 47n | ||
| C3 | 47n | 47n | ||
| C4 | 18n | 18n | ||
| C5 | 1uF | 1u | ||
| C6 | 100n | 100n | ||
| C7 | 1uF | 1u | ||
| C9 | 100uF | 100u | ||
| C10 | 47uF | 47u | ||
| Diodes 4 | ||||
| D2 | 1N914 | 1N914 | ||
| D3 | 1N914 | 1N914 | ||
| D4 | 1N914 | 1N914 | ||
| D1 | 1N4002 | 1N4002 | ||
| ICs 1 | ||||
| IC1 | RC3403 | RC3403 | ||
| Potentiometers 2 | ||||
| DRIVE | 1MA | A1M | Potentiometer | |
| VOLUME | 10KB | B10k | Potentiometer | |
| LEDs 1 | ||||
| LED1 | into | INTO | ||
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