1590BB · 6 knobs
AMT Legend Series S1
Based on the AMT S1 Legend· 1 other board clones it
- Category
- Preamp / Amp-in-a-box
- Build
- Perfboard
- Layout
- Unverified · no build reported at Effects Layouts (blog) yet
- Tags
- Amp Emulator, AMT, Distortion, Overdrive, Preamp
From the post
Got a request for the S2, but have been unable to track down a schematic for it, so here's the S1 in the meantime. It's an emulator/preamp of a Soldano tube amp, and like most amp emulators it uses JFET transistors. The original uses mostly SMD components with the exception of some capacitors, which is how they cram it into such a small box. As soon as I saw the schematic I figured this would be a good 1590BB project. Since it has 6 pots, I wanted to keep the offboard wiring at a minimum, so I made a daughter board to hard mount the pots using 16mm right angle PCB pots. This daughter board can then be attached to the mother board using sockets and pin headers, basically stacking the 2 boards. I would mount the sockets to the solder-side of the mother board, and the pin headers to the component-side of the daughter board (as the pots would be mounted on the solder-side of the daughter board). This might be a crazy idea, and if you opt to just use hook-up wire to connect the 2 boards, you won't need to wire the DB3 or DB6 connections, as they were added mostly for extra stability if you are using the socket and pin header approach.
Not included is the cab sim part of this pedal. If anyone is interested in a 2nd daughter board for this section, let me know and I'll draw it up and add it. Since the original mostly uses SMD parts, some of the members over on the FSB forum modified the circuit a bit to use more common through-hole parts. J201s are substituted for the original SMD 2SK208, and 1N4148 in place of BAT54 diodes. There are 2 caps that they weren't able to determine the value of. Based on the rest of the circuit, a good place to start would be 3.3µ for the first cap below Q1 (which I assume is an electrolytic based on the rest of the circuit), and 47nF for the cap between Q3 and Q4. Socket and experiment. Good luck!
Schematic
This is a board layout, a drawing of where each part goes, and the post may link the schematic it was drawn from. Open the layout at Effects Layouts (blog). No KiCad fragment has been drawn for this circuit yet.
Parts list 41 rows
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| Ref | Value | Normalized | Type | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Resistors 17 | ||||
| ×1 | 330K | 330k | read from the layout by eye | |
| ×1 | 4.3K | 4.3k | read from the layout by eye | |
| ×1 | 47K | 47k | read from the layout by eye | |
| ×1 | 1M | 1M | read from the layout by eye | |
| ×1 | 1.5K | 1.5k | read from the layout by eye | |
| ×1 | 620Ω | 620 | read from the layout by eye | |
| ×2 | 390K | 390k | read from the layout by eye | |
| ×3 | 220K | 220k | read from the layout by eye | |
| ×1 | 1K | 1k | read from the layout by eye | |
| ×1 | 680Ω | 680 | read from the layout by eye | |
| ×1 | 16K | 16k | read from the layout by eye | |
| ×3 | 33K | 33k | two on the main board, one on the tone board; read from the layout by eye | |
| ×1 | 470Ω | 470 | read from the layout by eye | |
| ×1 | 10K | 10k | read from the layout by eye | |
| ×1 | 220Ω | 220 | read from the layout by eye | |
| ×2 | 100K | 100k | one on each board; read from the layout by eye | |
| ×1 | 2.2K | 2.2k | tone board; read from the layout by eye | |
| Capacitors 14 | ||||
| ×4 | 100uF | 100u | electrolytic; read from the layout by eye | |
| ×1 | 470uF | 470u | electrolytic; read from the layout by eye | |
| ×2 | 3.3uF | 3.3u | electrolytic; read from the layout by eye | |
| ×1 | ? | ? | electrolytic, printed '?', value not given; read from the layout by eye | |
| ×2 | 1uF | 1u | drawn as orange drops; read from the layout by eye | |
| ×1 | 470nF | 470n | read from the layout by eye | |
| ×1 | 220nF | 220n | read from the layout by eye | |
| ×1 | 100nF | 100n | read from the layout by eye | |
| ×1 | 47nF | 47n | read from the layout by eye | |
| ×4 | 22nF | 22n | tone board; read from the layout by eye | |
| ×1 | 10nF | 10n | tone board; read from the layout by eye | |
| ×1 | 3.3nF | 3.3n | read from the layout by eye | |
| ×1 | ? | ? | film, printed '?', value not given; read from the layout by eye | |
| ×1 | 510pF | 510p | tone board; read from the layout by eye | |
| Diodes 2 | ||||
| ×4 | 1N4148 | 1N4148 | D1-4; read from the layout by eye | |
| ×1 | 1N4001 | 1N4001 | printed 4001; read from the layout by eye | |
| Transistors 1 | ||||
| ×6 | J201 | J201 | JFET, Q1-6; read from the layout by eye | |
| Potentiometers 6 | ||||
| Bass | B500K | B500k | Potentiometer | read from the layout by eye |
| Mids | B10K | B10k | Potentiometer | read from the layout by eye |
| Treble | B100K | B100k | Potentiometer | read from the layout by eye |
| Gain | A50K | A50k | Potentiometer | read from the layout by eye |
| Presence | B10K | B10k | Potentiometer | read from the layout by eye |
| Volume | A500K | A500k | Potentiometer | read from the layout by eye |
| Trimmers 1 | ||||
| ×3 | 20K | 20k | read from the layout by eye | |
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