Billowing Smoke Drive

From the vendor

NEW FOR 2024 - switch out a few components for a Bellowing Smoke - bass friendly grit. Nicey time.

Yet Another Tube Screamer? Yes, there's a lot of them about.

This has an on board charge pump gives you 18V (or thereabouts) from your 9V supply, giving you a lot more headroom to play with than you'd normally get, and is described with that often-used adjective 'transparent'.

Three clipping modes here. LEDs give you full-on rock raunch. No clipping gives you a nice fat boost, with all the hair coming from the op-amp being pushed into submission. Another flick of the switch and you're into traditional Tube Screamer territory, and there's nothing wrong with that.

We're offering the choice of a log pot for the volume rather than the linear found on the original. It's a notoriously loud pedal, and it's unlikely you'll get beyond 10 o'clock with linear. Log gives a much more useable sweep.

The kit is supplied with vertical-mount pots which have round shafts, so you'll need set-screw fitting knobs.

If you want the PCB without parts there's a link for that at the bottom of the page.

Partial kit: PCB, all board-mounted components, pots.

Full kit: As above, plus footswitch and appropriate daughterboard/components for your selected bypass type (see Downloads section for details of those), jack sockets, DC socket, battery snap, hook-up wire, LED.

Enclosure (pre-drilled) is available as an option with full kits, and will not take a battery. Knobs are not included.

Builds are only available with full kits including enclosure and vertical-mount pots. Please choose appropriate knobs.

Inspired by: Plumes / Blumes

Difficulty: Medium

PCB size: 50 x 45mm

Knobs required: 3

Enclosure: 1590B

Direct-Connect compatible (4-way)

Download the INSTRUCTION PDF