1590BB · 5 knobs
Carl Martin Plexi-ToneVerified
Based on the Carl Martin PlexiTone· 6 other boards clone it
- Category
- Preamp / Amp-in-a-box
- Build
- Perfboard
- Layout
- Verified · Effects Layouts (blog) marks it as built and working
- Tags
- Amp Emulator, Carl Martin, Distortion, Overdrive
From the post
This is probably the biggest Marshall-in-a-box pedal out there (footprint-wise anyway). Originals use a +/- 12v supply with a transformer internally. I modified the power section with a +/-18v charge pump and will run off a normal +9v power supply. This saves room so you can use a smaller enclosure and gives more headroom to the effect. It is a buffered effect, so the In/Out pads go directly to the jacks. All switches marked in the layout are the footswitches. It should fit fine in a 1590BB with top mounted jacks.
Edit March 9:
Had some question about how to wire the footswitches. Here's how I'd wire them:
The LED for the channel switch doesn't have to be bi-color, but in my mind it seems like a good thing utilize instead of have a normal LED being on for one channel and off for the other.
Edit Nov. 28, 2018:
Had 2 pads for the Drive footswitch mislabeled. Fixed now and good to go. Schematic for reference (note the pot lug numbering in the schematic does not follow the normal numbering convention used on this site).
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 32 rows
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Check before you build · 2 values the reader of this layout was not sure of
- 2.2uF electrolytic lower left next to the 47Ω: the first digit is hidden under a trace on the board, read as 2.2uF from the wiring diagram
- Drive footswitch: may be the effect on/off (bypass) switch rather than a control; the drawing does not say
| Ref | Value | Normalized | Type | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Resistors 8 | ||||
| ×4 | 4.7K | 4.7k | read from the layout by eye | |
| ×3 | 22K | 22k | read from the layout by eye | |
| ×2 | 1K | 1k | read from the layout by eye | |
| ×1 | 2K | 2k | 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 | 100Ω | 100 | read from the layout by eye | |
| ×1 | 47Ω | 47 | read from the layout by eye | |
| Capacitors 9 | ||||
| ×2 | 470nF | 470n | read from the layout by eye | |
| ×1 | 220nF | 220n | read from the layout by eye | |
| ×1 | 68nF | 68n | read from the layout by eye | |
| ×1 | 33nF | 33n | read from the layout by eye | |
| ×2 | 330pF | 330p | read from the layout by eye | |
| ×1 | 22pF | 22p | read from the layout by eye | |
| ×1 | 2.2uF | 2.2u | electrolytic; read from the layout by eye | |
| ×3 | 10uF | 10u | electrolytic; read from the layout by eye | |
| ×3 | 100uF | 100u | electrolytic; read from the layout by eye | |
| Diodes 2 | ||||
| ×6 | 1N5817 | 1N5817 | read from the layout by eye | |
| ×1 | 1N4742 | 1N4742 / 12V | Zener, printed 4742; read from the layout by eye | |
| ICs 2 | ||||
| ×1 | LF347 | LF347 | read from the layout by eye | |
| ×1 | LT1054 | LT1054 | read from the layout by eye | |
| Potentiometers 5 | ||||
| Crunch | B100K | B100k | Potentiometer | read from the layout by eye |
| Hi Gain | A1M | A1M | Potentiometer | read from the layout by eye |
| Tone | B5K | B5k | Potentiometer | read from the layout by eye |
| Level | A5K | A5k | Potentiometer | read from the layout by eye |
| Boost | B50K | B50k | Potentiometer | read from the layout by eye |
| Switches 3 | ||||
| Channel | DPDT | DPDT | footswitch; read from the layout by eye | |
| Drive | DPDT | DPDT | footswitch; read from the layout by eye | |
| Boost | DPDT | DPDT | footswitch; read from the layout by eye | |
| LEDs 3 | ||||
| D1 | ? | ? | value not given; drawn as a red LED; read from the layout by eye | |
| D2 | ? | ? | value not given; drawn as a red LED; read from the layout by eye | |
| D3 | ? | ? | value not given; drawn as a red LED; read from the layout by eye | |
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