1590BB · 4 knobs
Rock Box
Based on the Zvex’s Box of Rock
- Category
- Distortion· Overdrive
- Controls
- Gain · Tone · Vol · Boost
- Difficulty
- Intermediate
- Price
- €7.90out of stock
- Tags
- beginner
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From the vendor
Project overview
The Rock Box has been specially designed to simulate the “British setting” sound of a classic Marshall JTM 45 non-master-volume amplifier.
Introduction
Featuring:
• Designed to use on-board potentiometers. Keep it tidy without using cables!
• Compact format.
• Booster on-board could be wired independently.
Controls
• Volume
• Gain
• Tone
• Boost
For further analysis on this circuit take a look at this thread on Free Stomp Boxes Forum.
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Rock Box 1v1 – Building Docs
Rock Box – Building Docs
Rock Box – Drilling Template 1590bb
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 46 rows
Report a wrong parse| Ref | Value | Normalized | Type | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Resistors 23 | ||||
| R1 | 1m | 1M | ||
| R2 | 1m | 1M | ||
| R3 | 5k1 | 5.1k | ||
| R4 | 1m | 1M | ||
| R5 | 470k | 470k | ||
| R6 | 1m | 1M | ||
| R7 | 1m | 1M | ||
| R8 | 5k1 | 5.1k | ||
| R9 | 180r | 180 | ||
| R10 | 1m | 1M | ||
| R11 | 1m | 1M | ||
| R12 | 5k1 | 5.1k | ||
| R13 | 330r | 330 | ||
| R14 | 47k | 47k | ||
| R15 | 82k | 82k | ||
| R16 | 10k | 10k | ||
| R17 | 10k | 10k | ||
| R18 | 1m | 1M | ||
| R19 | 1m | 1M | ||
| R20 | 5k1 | 5.1k | ||
| R21 | 47k | 47k | ||
| R22 | 82r | 82 | ||
| R23 | 1m | 1M | ||
| Capacitors 12 | ||||
| C8 | 2n | 2n | ||
| C9 | 2n | 2n | ||
| C10 | 100n | 100n | ||
| C5 | 1uf | 1u | ||
| C11 | 10uf | 10u | ||
| C12 | 47uf | 47u | ||
| C1 | 100n | 100n | ||
| C2 | 22n | 22n | ||
| C3 | 470pf | 470p | ||
| C4 | 22n | 22n | ||
| C6 | 22n | 22n | ||
| C7 | 100n | 100n | ||
| Diodes 3 | ||||
| D1 | 9v1 Zener | 9V1 ZENER | ||
| D2 | 9v1 Zener | 9V1 ZENER | ||
| D3 | 1N4001 | 1N4001 | ||
| Transistors 4 | ||||
| Q1 | BS170 | BS170 | ||
| Q2 | BS170 | BS170 | ||
| Q3 | BS170 | BS170 | ||
| Q4 | BS170 | BS170 | ||
| Potentiometers 4 | ||||
| GAIN | 5KC | C5k | Potentiometer | |
| TONE | 100KB | B100k | Potentiometer | |
| VOL | 100KB | B100k | Potentiometer | |
| BOOST | 5KC | C5k | Potentiometer | |