125B · 4 knobs
Acapulco Tone
Based on the Earthquaker Devices Acapulco
- Category
- Distortion
- Controls
- Bass · High · Loud · Clean
- Difficulty
- Easy
- Price
- €8.90out of stock
- Tags
- diy-originals
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From the vendor
Project overview
The Acapulco Tone is a dirt-simple distortion Device based on the power section of a cranked vintage Sunn Model T, bringing openness, clarity, and crunch.
Introduction
The big brother of the Acapulco family features a clean blend and a Baxandall tone stack, making this circuit more versatile for both guitar and bass players. Designed to use onboard potentiometers, keep it tidy without using cables!
Controls
• Clean
• Loud
• Bass
• High
For further analysis on Acapulco Gold¨s circuit, take a look at this thread on Free Stomp Boxes Forum.
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Acapulco Tone 1.2v – Building Docs
Acapulco Tone 1.1v – Building Docs
Acapulco Tone 1.0v – Building Docs
Acapulco Tone – Drilling template
Schematic
The schematic is in the vendor's build document, page 5. Open the build document. No KiCad fragment has been drawn for this circuit yet.
Parts list 33 rows
Report a wrong parse| Ref | Value | Normalized | Type | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Resistors 9 | ||||
| R1 | 2m2 | 0.0022 | ||
| R2 | 4k7 | 4.7k | ||
| R3 | 100k | 100k | ||
| R4 | 4k7 | 4.7k | ||
| R5 | 47k | 47k | ||
| R6 | 68k | 68k | ||
| R7 | 100k | 100k | ||
| R8 | 4k7 | 4.7k | ||
| R9 | 1m | 1M | ||
| Capacitors 13 | ||||
| C3 | 10uf | 10u | ||
| C4 | 10uf | 10u | ||
| C5 | 1uf | 1u | ||
| C11 | 1uf | 1u | ||
| C13 | 100uf | 100u | ||
| C1 | 100n | 100n | ||
| C2 | 100n | 100n | ||
| C6 | 1n | 1n | ||
| C7 | 1n | 1n | ||
| C8 | 4n7 | 4.7n | ||
| C9 | 10n | 10n | ||
| C10 | 4n7 | 4.7n | ||
| C12 | 100n | 100n | ||
| Diodes 1 | ||||
| D1 | 1N4001 | 1N4001 | ||
| Transistors 2 | ||||
| Q1 | 2N5457 | 2N5457 | ||
| Q2 | 2N5457 | 2N5457 | ||
| ICs 2 | ||||
| IC1 | LM386 | LM386 | ||
| IC2 | LM386 | LM386 | ||
| Potentiometers 4 | ||||
| BASS | 1MA | A1M | Potentiometer | |
| HIGH | 1MA | A1M | Potentiometer | |
| LOUD | 100KB | B100k | Potentiometer | |
| CLEAN | 100KA | A100k | Potentiometer | |
| LEDs 2 | ||||
| R10 | LED | LED | ||
| D2 | LED3MM | LED3MM | ||