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Boss DS-1 DistortionVerified
Based on the Boss DS-1· 13 other boards clone it
- Category
- Distortion
- Build
- Perfboard
- Layout
- Verified · Effects Layouts (blog) marks it as built and working
- Tags
- Boss, Distortion
From the post
Here's the classic Boss DS-1 Distortion, used by many greats like Kurt Cobain, Joe Satriani, and Steve Vai, just to name a few. This one has been modified to eliminate the typical Boss flip-flop switching so it can be wired for true bypass, but it retains the input and output buffers.
Schematic can be found here.
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 28 rows
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| Ref | Value | Normalized | Type | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Resistors 11 | ||||
| ×6 | 10K | 10k | read from the layout by eye | |
| ×3 | 100K | 100k | read from the layout by eye | |
| ×2 | 470K | 470k | read from the layout by eye | |
| ×2 | 2.2K | 2.2k | read from the layout by eye | |
| ×2 | 6.8K | 6.8k | read from the layout by eye | |
| ×2 | 1K | 1k | read from the layout by eye | |
| ×1 | 22K | 22k | read from the layout by eye | |
| ×1 | 1M | 1M | read from the layout by eye | |
| ×1 | 22Ω | 22 | read from the layout by eye | |
| ×1 | 4.7K | 4.7k | read from the layout by eye | |
| ×1 | 2.2M | 2.2M | read from the layout by eye | |
| Capacitors 7 | ||||
| ×6 | 47nF | 47n | read from the layout by eye | |
| ×2 | 220pF | 220p | read from the layout by eye | |
| ×1 | 22nF | 22n | read from the layout by eye | |
| ×1 | 100nF | 100n | read from the layout by eye | |
| ×1 | 1uF | 1u | film box; read from the layout by eye | |
| ×1 | 47uF | 47u | electrolytic; read from the layout by eye | |
| ×1 | 100uF | 100u | electrolytic; read from the layout by eye | |
| Diodes 3 | ||||
| ×1 | 1N4001 | 1N4001 | read from the layout by eye | |
| D1 | 1N4148 | 1N4148 | read from the layout by eye | |
| D2 | 1N4148 | 1N4148 | read from the layout by eye | |
| Transistors 3 | ||||
| Q1 | 2N3904 | 2N3904 | or similar; read from the layout by eye | |
| Q2 | 2N3904 | 2N3904 | or similar; read from the layout by eye | |
| Q3 | 2N3904 | 2N3904 | or similar; read from the layout by eye | |
| ICs 1 | ||||
| ×1 | TL061 | TL061 | read from the layout by eye | |
| Potentiometers 3 | ||||
| Gain | B100K | B100k | Potentiometer | wires labelled Dist; read from the layout by eye |
| Tone | B20K | B20k | Potentiometer | read from the layout by eye |
| Volume | B100K | B100k | Potentiometer | read from the layout by eye |
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