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1590B · 2 knobs

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Rothwell Love SqueezeVerified

Based on the Rothwell Love Squeeze· 3 other boards clone it

Category
Compressor
Controls
Comp · Volume
Build
Vero· 22×12· 18 cuts, 7 links
Layout
Verified · Tagboard Effects marks it as built and working
Tags
Compressor, Rothwell

From the post

You don't come across this very often, but this is a fairly original compressor! At 22 columns wide it will fit in a 1590B, but file the sides down as much as possible for extra space, and maybe use some electricians tape on either side of the box for insulation as a precaution. I tried to get it down a bit more but that's the price I pay for wanting flat resistors. Oh and watch for the shared hole at pin 8 of the IC.

Manufacturers info:

The Love Squeeze is a compressor designed simply to sound right with guitars, without any bizarre “pumping” effects and without any noise. This has been achieved by designing a circuit from scratch instead of adopting the more common approach of using an operational transconductance amplifier (for tech heads, it’s usually the CA3080 chip) or simply copying an existing design (like some American boutique makers have done) and gives the Love Squeeze a sound of its own. Low level signals can be raised by as much as 20dB without boosting high level signals, so when used in front of distortion - either in a pedal or an amp - leads lines can be fattened up without chords sending the distortion into mush. When used with a clean sound the Love Squeeze can be set to just take off the ice-pick attack of single coil pickups for a tone a little easier on the ear. Like reverb (when used sensibly), this is a subtle effect which can go almost unnoticed until it is switched off - then you wonder how you could live without it.

Schematic

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RefValueNormalizedTypeNotes
Resistors 7
×51M1Mread from the layout by eye
×322R22read from the layout by eye
×2200R200read from the layout by eye
×210K10kread from the layout by eye
×239K39kread from the layout by eye
×15K15.1kread from the layout by eye
×147K47kread from the layout by eye
Capacitors 7
×1100p100pread from the layout by eye
×11n51.5nread from the layout by eye
×115n15nread from the layout by eye
×133n33nread from the layout by eye
×1220n220nread from the layout by eye
×310u10uelectrolytic; read from the layout by eye
×3100u100uelectrolytic; read from the layout by eye
Diodes 3
D11N40011N4001read from the layout by eye
D21N58171N5817read from the layout by eye
D31N58171N5817read from the layout by eye
Transistors 1
Q12N54572N5457JFET; read from the layout by eye
ICs 1
ICTL072TL072read from the layout by eye
Potentiometers 2
CompB10KB10kPotentiometerread from the layout by eye
VolumeB10KB10kPotentiometerread from the layout by eye
LEDs 2
D43mm Red LED3MM RED LEDread from the layout by eye
D53mm Red LED3MM RED LEDread from the layout by eye

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