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Solid Metal Pro

Based on the Tight Metal Pro - Tight Metal Pro

Category
Distortion· Versatile High Gain Distortion
Controls
Gain · Master · High · Low · Mid · Tight · Volume · Gate
Difficulty
Advanced
Price
€19.90out of stock

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From the vendor

Project overview

Our take on the Amptweaker Tight Metal Pro is a super adaptable build that includes dip switches to select between the Tight Metal and the Tight Rock version – or to make your own custom version.

This is by far one of the most versatile Drives we have ever made – If you liked the original Solid Metal, you are gonna love the new Solid Metal Pro!

Introduction

The latest high gain machine from Amptweaker-the Tight Metal Pro, redefines rock/metal tone and the very definition of total sonic brutality.

The design made by the iconic high-gain amp guru James Brown not only comes with a full assortment of high-gain tones and switching capabilities but includes Depth Finder and DeFizzerator processing built in for even more tone sculpting abilities.

We took the concept to the extreme by adding even more features to achieve the ultimate “Right in the face” moddable high gain distortion build. We kept this model under development for quite a while to ensure that it would include most of the features in the original unit + some extra ones. And boy, it paid off!

This final version incorporates the following:

• Noise gate

• 3 band active eq

• Boost

• Individual fat toggles for Drive and Boost

• Mid Boost

• Plexi Eq toggle

• Edge toggle for smooth mode

• High gain toggle

• Order switch for the drive and boost

• Sidetrack loop jacks

• Universal loop jacks

• Boost Loop jacks

• Universal loop pre/ post Toggle

The parts required for this build are quite common and easy to get – no fancy parts besides the four 4PDT Switches (Two toggles, two footswitches).

Are you ready to build this fantastic piece of gear?

Controls

Potentiometers

• Boost_Gain

• Boost_Master

• High

• Low

• Mid

• Tight

• Volume

• Gate

• Gain

Switches

• BOOST-

• BOOST-2

• BOOST-FAT

• BYPASS-

• BYPASS-2

• DRIVE-FAT

• EDGE

• HIGH-GAIN

• LOOP-PRE/POST

• MID-BOOST

• NOISE-GATE

• PLEXI-EQ

• DIP1 to DIP12

For further analysis on this circuit take a look at this thread on Free Stomp Boxes Forum.

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

Solid Metal Pro – Building Docs

Solid Metal Pro – Drilling template

Schematic

The schematic is in the vendor's build document, page 10. Open the build document. No KiCad fragment has been drawn for this circuit yet.

Parts list 127 rows

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Resistors 65
R3947k47k
R4015k15k
R11M1M
R413k33.3k
R21M1M
R43220k220k
R36k86.8k
R44470k470k
R4100k100k
R4522k22k
R547k47k
R4610k10k
R61M1M
R491M1M
R7330k330k
R50470k470k
R810k10k
R5110k10k
R947ohms47
R52470k470k
R106k86.8k
R531k51.5k
R116k86.8k
R544k74.7k
R126k86.8k
R554k74.7k
R136k86.8k
R5647k47k
R146k86.8k
R571k51.5k
R156k86.8k
R676k86.8k
R166k86.8k
R68100k100k
R176k86.8k
R718k28.2k
R186k86.8k
R7210k10k
R196k86.8k
R73470k470k
R201k51.5k
R74100k100k
R21470k470k
R751M1M
R22100k100k
R7718k18k
R231k1k
R78220R220
R2468k68k
R794k74.7k
R2527k27k
R813k33.3k
R2647k47k
R823k33.3k
R27100k100k
R846k86.8k
R2847k47k
R2947k47k
R3022k22k
R313k33.3k
R3247k47k
R33100k100k
R34470k470k
R37100k100k
R38470k470k
Capacitors 44
C147p47p
C233n33n
C3100p100p
C44n74.7n
C5100n100n
C6470n470n
C822n22n
C13220n220n
C1422n22n
C15100n100n
C174n74.7n
C18100n100n
C1947n47n
C201n1n
C2147n47n
C22100p100p
C2322n22n
C2433n33n
C2547n47n
C2647n47n
C27220n220n
C29100n100n
C31560p560p
C3247n47n
C3333n33n
C3447n47n
C35100n100n
C3647n47n
C3722n22n
C38100n100n
C4222n22n
C43100n100n
C4533n33n
C4810n10n
C4947n47n
C5147n47n
C5310n10n
C55220n220n
C722u22u
C922u22u
C1022u22u
C1122u22u
C1222u22u
C3022u22u
Diodes 2
D9diodes.DIODES.
D10diodes.DIODES.
Transistors 5
Q12N38202N3820
Q22N38202N3820
Q32N38202N3820
Q42SD1616A2SD1616A
Q52N38202N3820
ICs 3
IC1TL072TL072
IC2TL072TL072
IC3TL072TL072
Potentiometers 8
GAINB100KB100kPotentiometer
MASTERB100KB100kPotentiometer
HIGHB10KB10kPotentiometer
LOWC100KC100kPotentiometer
MIDA100KA100kPotentiometer
TIGHTC100KC100kPotentiometer
VOLUMEB10KB10kPotentiometer
GATEB1MB1MPotentiometer