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Catalinbread Formula No 5Verified

Based on the Catalinbread Formula No. 5· 4 other boards clone it

Category
Distortion
Controls
Gain · Tone · Volume
Build
Vero· 16×12· 11 cuts, 3 links
Layout
Verified · Tagboard Effects marks it as built and working
Tags
Catalinbread, Distortion, Overdrive

From the post

Manufacturers info:

The Formula № 5 was inspired by old tweed amps, most notably the 5E3 circuit. The character of the 5E3 is very unique. It has very minimal power filtering, low plate voltages, elemental tone stack, and does next to nothing to control the low end between gain stages, not to mention the under-rated output transformer and speaker. The entire system runs inefficiently resulting in a loose bass, greasy mids, cutting treble, and incredible grit – none of these qualities were ideal or intentional back in the day. In spite of this, over the past five decades the amp inspired some of the coolest, most sought after guitar tones ever recorded.

We’ve captured the unique qualities of these amps in the Formula № 5. For this circuit we felt cascaded JFET gainstages yielded the best result. They have a softer sound than MOSFETs. JFETs also have much more natural attack/decay than diode clipped rigs which are pingy on the attack and fizzy on the decay. We chose capacitor types that enhanced the midrange and burnished the treble.

This versions has been modified slightly to make one of the stock resistors switchable. With the 2M2 in circuit you have "Formula No 5 mode", with it removed you have higher gain "More mode".

Schematic

This is a board layout, a drawing of where each part goes, and the post may link the schematic it was drawn from. Open the layout at Tagboard Effects. No KiCad fragment has been drawn for this circuit yet.

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RefValueNormalizedTypeNotes
Resistors 5
×310K10kread from the layout by eye
×247K47kread from the layout by eye
×162K62kread from the layout by eye
×61M1Mread from the layout by eye
×12M22.2Mon the More switch, off board; read from the layout by eye
Capacitors 8
×1470p470pread from the layout by eye
×31n1nread from the layout by eye
×14n74.7nread from the layout by eye
×147n47nread from the layout by eye
×3100n100nread from the layout by eye
×12u22.2uelectrolytic; read from the layout by eye
×14u74.7uelectrolytic; read from the layout by eye
×147u47uelectrolytic; read from the layout by eye
Transistors 4
Q12N54572N5457JFET; read from the layout by eye
Q22N54572N5457JFET; read from the layout by eye
Q32N54572N5457JFET; read from the layout by eye
Q42N54572N5457JFET; read from the layout by eye
Potentiometers 3
GainA1MA1MPotentiometerread from the layout by eye
ToneB1MB1MPotentiometerread from the layout by eye
VolumeA500KA500kPotentiometerread from the layout by eye
Switches 1
MoreDPDT on/onDPDT ON/ONtoggle, 2 position; Formula No5 mode / More mode; read from the layout by eye

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