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EarthQuaker Devices Dirt TransmitterVerified

Based on the EarthQuaker Devices Dirt Transmitter· 8 other boards clone it

Category
Fuzz
Controls
Tone · Level · Dirt · Bias
Layout
Verified · Effects Layouts (blog) marks it as built and working
Tags
Earthquaker Devices, Fuzz

From the post

To close out EarthQuaker week, here's the Dirt Transmitter. I traced this one myself and below is a video showing the process. It's similar to a Fuzz Face, but a little different. I found this description from (I'm assuming) Jamie over on TGP:

I guess it's kinda like a fuzz face but it started as two gain stages running into each other with an input gain control and a sag on the second stage (bias). Voltage feedback was added and it became similar to a fuzz face in topology but it sounds nothing like one IMO. In this case the sound is totally dependent on the transistors, replace them and it's a whole different beast.

Here's my video on tracing the circuit as well as a demo:

Here's the schematic:

And the layout:

You can also order a fabricated version in the store here.

Update:

Added a perf layout for this based off the Eagle board above.

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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RefValueNormalizedTypeNotes
Resistors 7
×168k68kread from the layout by eye
×222k22kread from the layout by eye
×13.3k3.3kread from the layout by eye
×11M1Mread from the layout by eye
×14.7k4.7kread from the layout by eye
×21k1kread from the layout by eye
×1100k100kread from the layout by eye
Capacitors 7
×26.8n6.8nread from the layout by eye
×2100p100pread from the layout by eye
×1470p470pread from the layout by eye
×1100u100uelectrolytic; read from the layout by eye
×222u22uelectrolytic; read from the layout by eye
×14.7u4.7uelectrolytic; read from the layout by eye
×147u47uelectrolytic; read from the layout by eye
Diodes 1
×11N40011N4001printed 4001; read from the layout by eye
Transistors 2
Q12N17112N1711read from the layout by eye
Q22N17112N1711read from the layout by eye
Potentiometers 4
ToneB50KB50kPotentiometerread from the layout by eye
LevelA100KA100kPotentiometerread from the layout by eye
DirtA100KA100kPotentiometerread from the layout by eye
BiasB5KB5kPotentiometerread from the layout by eye

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