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Dimehead

Based on the Randall x2 Warhead

Category
Distortion· Overdrive
Controls
Bass · Density · Gain · Master · Mid · Mid-Freq · Presence · Treble · Freq · Preamp
Difficulty
Advanced
Price
€11.90out of stock

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From the vendor

Project overview

Dimehead preamp features the famous and hard-to-find Randall Warhead x2 Amp in a box. This awesome-sounding high-gain head makes Dimebag Darrell’s those guitar tones iconic in Pantera.

Introduction

Dimehead is a face melter. This beast of a preamp is all about delivering bone-crushing tones that’ll shake the earth beneath your feet.

Designed to meet the demands of metal legends by replicating the Warhead X2 that combines the legendary Randall sounding but with modern-day features, including an extra hi-gain stage.

With its straightforward controls, this pedal keeps things intuitively simple to use while still offering a ton of flexibility for shaping your sound. Whether you’re after classic rock vibes or mind-blowing extremes, the mix of active and passive EQ controls has got you covered. If you’re a serious hi-gain guitarist on the hunt for the ultimate tone, don’t waste another second – grab this bad boy and brace yourself for an epic ride!

Controls

Potentiometers

• Bass

• Density

• Gain

• Master

• Mif

• Mif-freq

• Presence

• Treble

Switches

• Diode

For any technical questions regarding this build don’t forget to check out our Facebook Group and our forum at Free Stomp Boxes.

Dimehead – Building Docs

Dimehead – Drilling template

Schematic

The schematic is in the vendor's build document, page 6. Open the build document. No KiCad fragment has been drawn for this circuit yet.

Parts list 99 rows

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Resistors 37
R37150k150k
R3810k10k
R14m70.0047
R3910k10k
R21m1M
R404k74.7k
R32k22.2k
R41k1k
R515k15k
R610k10k
R7150k150k
R8220k220k
R92k22.2k
R102k22.2k
R112k22.2k
R122k22.2k
R134k74.7k
R1410k10k
R1510k10k
R16220k220k
R194k74.7k
R202k22.2k
R2147k47k
R2247k47k
R2410k10k
R2522k22k
R264k74.7k
R2710k10k
R2810r10
R292k22.2k
R3010k10k
R311k1k
R325k65.6k
R332k22.2k
R3410k10k
R3510k10k
R361k1k
Capacitors 33
C110n10n
C247p47p
C32n22.2n
C54n74.7n
C61n1n
C710n10n
C851p51p
C101u1u
C1151p51p
C131u1u
C14220n220n
C15220n220n
C16470p470p
C17470pf470p
C2033n33n
C2147p47p
C22100n100n
C2310n10n
C2447p47p
C2610n10n
C2747p47p
C2822n22n
C4100u100u
C91u1u
C121u1u
C181u1u
C191u1u
C2510u10u
C2922u22u
C3010u10u
C3110u10u
C3210u10u
C3347u47u
Diodes 10
D11n41481N4148
D21n41481N4148
D31n58171N5817
D43mm3MM
D51n58171N5817
D61n58171N5817
D71n58171N5817
D81n58171N5817
D9ZENERZENER
D10ZENERZENER
Transistors 4
Q1J201J201
Q2J201J201
Q3J201J201
Q4J201J201
ICs 3
IC1TL074TL074
IC2TL074TL074
IC3MAX1044MAX1044
Crystals 1
X2thatTHAT
Potentiometers 10
BASS50KBB50kPotentiometer
DENSITY50KBB50kPotentiometer
GAIN100KAA100kPotentiometer
MASTER1MAA1MPotentiometer
MID50KBB50kPotentiometer
MID-FREQ100KBB100kPotentiometer
PRESENCE50KBB50kPotentiometer
TREBLE50KBB50kPotentiometer
FREQ100K100kPotentiometer
PREAMP50K50kPotentiometer
Jacks & sockets 1
J201Q1Q1