1590A · 1 knob
EarthQuaker Devices Acapulco GoldVerified
Based on the EarthQuaker Devices Acapulco Gold· 13 other boards clone it
- Category
- Distortion
- Controls
- Volume
- Build
- Perfboard
- Layout
- Verified · Effects Layouts (blog) marks it as built and working
- Tags
- Distortion, Earthquaker Devices
From the post
Here's a fun distortion from EarthQuaker. Tonally, it's based on a cranked Sunn Model T amp and uses 2, 386 chips. It cleans up nicely with the guitar's volume, so a good mod would be adding a pot before the input. John K did this and used a reverse log 1M pot.
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 9 rows
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| Ref | Value | Normalized | Type | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Resistors 2 | ||||
| ×1 | 1M | 1M | read from the layout by eye | |
| ×1 | 68K | 68k | read from the layout by eye | |
| Capacitors 4 | ||||
| ×1 | 4.7nF | 4.7n | read from the layout by eye | |
| ×2 | 1uF | 1u | electrolytic; read from the layout by eye | |
| ×2 | 10uF | 10u | electrolytic; read from the layout by eye | |
| ×1 | 100uF | 100u | electrolytic; read from the layout by eye | |
| Diodes 1 | ||||
| ×1 | 1N4001 | 1N4001 | read from the layout by eye | |
| ICs 1 | ||||
| ×2 | LM386 | LM386 | read from the layout by eye | |
| Potentiometers 1 | ||||
| Volume | A100K | A100k | Potentiometer | read from the layout by eye |
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