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BASSMIDSTREBLEGAINPRESENCEVOLUME

1590BB · 6 knobs

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AMT Legend Series S1

Based on the AMT S1 Legend· 1 other board clones it

Controls
Bass · Mids · Treble · Gain · Presence · Volume
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.

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RefValueNormalizedTypeNotes
Resistors 17
×1330K330kread from the layout by eye
×14.3K4.3kread from the layout by eye
×147K47kread from the layout by eye
×11M1Mread from the layout by eye
×11.5K1.5kread from the layout by eye
×1620Ω620read from the layout by eye
×2390K390kread from the layout by eye
×3220K220kread from the layout by eye
×11K1kread from the layout by eye
×1680Ω680read from the layout by eye
×116K16kread from the layout by eye
×333K33ktwo on the main board, one on the tone board; read from the layout by eye
×1470Ω470read from the layout by eye
×110K10kread from the layout by eye
×1220Ω220read from the layout by eye
×2100K100kone on each board; read from the layout by eye
×12.2K2.2ktone board; read from the layout by eye
Capacitors 14
×4100uF100uelectrolytic; read from the layout by eye
×1470uF470uelectrolytic; read from the layout by eye
×23.3uF3.3uelectrolytic; read from the layout by eye
×1??electrolytic, printed '?', value not given; read from the layout by eye
×21uF1udrawn as orange drops; read from the layout by eye
×1470nF470nread from the layout by eye
×1220nF220nread from the layout by eye
×1100nF100nread from the layout by eye
×147nF47nread from the layout by eye
×422nF22ntone board; read from the layout by eye
×110nF10ntone board; read from the layout by eye
×13.3nF3.3nread from the layout by eye
×1??film, printed '?', value not given; read from the layout by eye
×1510pF510ptone board; read from the layout by eye
Diodes 2
×41N41481N4148D1-4; read from the layout by eye
×11N40011N4001printed 4001; read from the layout by eye
Transistors 1
×6J201J201JFET, Q1-6; read from the layout by eye
Potentiometers 6
BassB500KB500kPotentiometerread from the layout by eye
MidsB10KB10kPotentiometerread from the layout by eye
TrebleB100KB100kPotentiometerread from the layout by eye
GainA50KA50kPotentiometerread from the layout by eye
PresenceB10KB10kPotentiometerread from the layout by eye
VolumeA500KA500kPotentiometerread from the layout by eye
Trimmers 1
×320K20kread from the layout by eye

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