1590B · 2 knobs
Maxon OD880 Soft Distortion OverdriveVerified
Based on the Maxon OD-880· 5 other boards clone it
- Category
- Overdrive
- Controls
- Sensitivity · Level
- Build
- Perfboard
- Layout
- Verified · Effects Layouts (blog) marks it as built and working
- Tags
- Maxon, Overdrive
From the post
The Maxon Company is probably most famous for manufacturing the legendary Ibanez Tube Screamer pedals (among many other Ibanez offerings). Because of this (and especially in non-Asian markets) Maxon pedals were often overshadowed by their Ibanez-branded brothers. But throughout the company's history, they have produced a great offering of effects.
The Maxon OD880 Soft Distortion Overdrive was first produced in the mid 70s, and originals are very rare, especially in the West. It used 3 ICs (741 types) to produce a great transparent overdrive effect. The pedal was reissued in the 90s exclusively in Japan with an updated circuit that used 2 opamps. The layout below is for the original 3 IC version. I've added power filtering and polarity protection. It should fit just fine in a 1590B.
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 18 rows
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Check before you build · 1 value the reader of this layout was not sure of
- 9.1K horizontal resistor between the two left LM741s: printed clearly, unusual value
| Ref | Value | Normalized | Type | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Resistors 8 | ||||
| ×7 | 10K | 10k | read from the layout by eye | |
| ×2 | 100K | 100k | read from the layout by eye | |
| ×2 | 470K | 470k | read from the layout by eye | |
| ×1 | 1M | 1M | read from the layout by eye | |
| ×1 | 4.7K | 4.7k | read from the layout by eye | |
| ×1 | 68K | 68k | read from the layout by eye | |
| ×1 | 9.1K | 9.1k | read from the layout by eye | |
| ×1 | 100Ω | 100 | read from the layout by eye | |
| Capacitors 5 | ||||
| ×3 | 47nF | 47n | read from the layout by eye | |
| ×3 | 100nF | 100n | read from the layout by eye | |
| ×1 | 4.7nF | 4.7n | read from the layout by eye | |
| ×1 | 47uF | 47u | electrolytic; read from the layout by eye | |
| ×1 | 10uF | 10u | electrolytic; read from the layout by eye | |
| Diodes 2 | ||||
| ×1 | 1N4001 | 1N4001 | read from the layout by eye | |
| ×2 | 1N4148 | 1N4148 | read from the layout by eye | |
| ICs 1 | ||||
| ×3 | LM741 | LM741 | read from the layout by eye | |
| Potentiometers 2 | ||||
| Sensitivity | B500K | B500k | Potentiometer | read from the layout by eye |
| Level | B10K | B10k | Potentiometer | read from the layout by eye |
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