The Prince

From the vendor

No longer supplied with any variation of the 'magic' diodes - sorry. The difference they make is negligible, and scouring the globe for overpriced obsolete parts is no fun. If you think they're important, move on. Otherwise embrace the 1N4148.

Some overdrive royalty for you. Essentially one half of an Emperor with some tweaks to keep things interesting.

Based around a Blues Breaker but with fairy dust sprinkled generously inside. The Prince has an external toggle switch to do your clipping switching without taking the back off, giving you Clean, Overdrive and Distortion modes.

Two internal DIP switches add a little more magic. Lo-Mid lift gives more emphasis to your fat strings, and Turbo mode adds a bit more oomph to your higher gain settings. Internal trimmer to adjust your treble.

We're making this available with two different enclosure layouts. We find the original centralised Tone control near the mode switch a bit cluttered, so you have the option to go for a square control layout instead. Don't worry, everything is still board mounted in either configuration.

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 enclosures and vertical-mount pots. Please choose appropriate knobs.

Inspired by: Prince of Tone

Difficulty: Medium

PCB size: 50 x 43mm

Knobs required: 3

Enclosure: 1590B

Direct-Connect compatible (4-way)

Download the INSTRUCTION PDF