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1590B · 2 knobs

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Radian (Legacy)

Based on the Dallas Rangemaster· 3 other boards clone it

Category
Boost· Treble Booster
Controls
Boost · Bias
Difficulty
Easy
Price
see vendor

From the vendor

The Radian Treble Booster is a modified version of the Dallas Rangemaster, a classic 1960s effect unit that is often referred to as a “treble booster”. In contrast to modern clean boosts, the Rangemaster is pretty gritty, putting it more in the category of overdrives or even fuzzes. Originally designed to add treble content to somewhat dark British amplifiers such as the Vox AC30, it took a life of its own in the hands of Brian May, Tony Iommi, Rory Gallagher, and several other highly-regarded guitarists of that era.

The Radian includes a modification to get additional tones out of the circuit. The original Rangemaster emphasized treble frequencies, but the Radian puts the frequency-setting capacitor on a switch, allowing you to change between the stock treble boost, a midrange boost, or a full-range boost.

There is also an on-board voltage inverter to allow you to use the vintage PNP germanium transistor, yet still power the unit with modern pedal power supplies. This charge pump is optional but highly recommended.

Schematic

The schematic is in the vendor's build document, page 3. Open the build document. No KiCad fragment has been drawn for this circuit yet.

Parts list 19 rows

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Resistors 3
R1470k470k
R268k68k
R31k1k
Capacitors 10
C14n74.7n
C222n22n
C3100n100n
C410n10n
C547uF47uelec
C6100uF100uelec
C7100n100n
C847uF47uelec
C947uF47uelec
C10100n100n
Diodes 1
D11N4742A1N4742A
Transistors 1
Q1OC44OC44
ICs 1
IC1LT1054CPLT1054CP
Potentiometers 2
BOOST10KAA10kPotentiometer
BIAS5K5kPotentiometer
LEDs 1
LED1intoINTO

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