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CRUNCHHI GAINTONELEVELBOOST

1590BB · 5 knobs

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Carl Martin Plexi-ToneVerified

Based on the Carl Martin PlexiTone· 6 other boards clone it

Controls
Crunch · Hi Gain · Tone · Level · Boost
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.

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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
RefValueNormalizedTypeNotes
Resistors 8
×44.7K4.7kread from the layout by eye
×322K22kread from the layout by eye
×21K1kread from the layout by eye
×12K2kread from the layout by eye
×147K47kread from the layout by eye
×11M1Mread from the layout by eye
×1100Ω100read from the layout by eye
×147Ω47read from the layout by eye
Capacitors 9
×2470nF470nread from the layout by eye
×1220nF220nread from the layout by eye
×168nF68nread from the layout by eye
×133nF33nread from the layout by eye
×2330pF330pread from the layout by eye
×122pF22pread from the layout by eye
×12.2uF2.2uelectrolytic; read from the layout by eye
×310uF10uelectrolytic; read from the layout by eye
×3100uF100uelectrolytic; read from the layout by eye
Diodes 2
×61N58171N5817read from the layout by eye
×11N47421N4742 / 12VZener, printed 4742; read from the layout by eye
ICs 2
×1LF347LF347read from the layout by eye
×1LT1054LT1054read from the layout by eye
Potentiometers 5
CrunchB100KB100kPotentiometerread from the layout by eye
Hi GainA1MA1MPotentiometerread from the layout by eye
ToneB5KB5kPotentiometerread from the layout by eye
LevelA5KA5kPotentiometerread from the layout by eye
BoostB50KB50kPotentiometerread from the layout by eye
Switches 3
ChannelDPDTDPDTfootswitch; read from the layout by eye
DriveDPDTDPDTfootswitch; read from the layout by eye
BoostDPDTDPDTfootswitch; 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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