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Emerson Custom Guitars Em-DriveVerified

Based on the Emerson Customs EM-Drive· 3 other boards clone it

Category
Boost
Controls
Volume · Gain
Build
Vero· 17×7· 2 cuts, 1 links
Layout
Verified · Tagboard Effects marks it as built and working
Tags
Booster, Overdrive

From the post

This is a really simple circuit looking at the board, but we didn't have a pic of the back and on the breadboard my suggestions didn't sound right, so I shelved it for a while until I could get a look at the unit myself or at least a decent pic of the rear of the board.

peavey_xxl on the forum posted a link to a schematic that he said someone who built a clone referred him to and so here's the layout based on that scheme. I have done the layout with the same mojo paper in oil caps in mind that were used in the original.

Updates 30th Jan 2013 - Pot value established and corrected, thanks peavey_xxl

Info about the original:

EM-Drive Transparent Overdrive: Handwired, Handbuilt in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma USA using some of the finest quality & reliable parts available. This pedal does everything from a slight boost/sparkle to a nice, warm light OD sound. Good for use as a first stage OD or a nice boost pedal.... you may find yourself leaving this on the entire gig!

Specs: -NOS PIO (New Old Stock Paper In Oil) capacitors -Handwired Construction -Quality High Tolerance CTS Pots (Hand Metered & Matched) -Durable Turquoise powdercoated finish -Davies knobs -USA Switchcraft jacks -3PDT True Bypass Footswitch -Hand picked and matched parts for tone and durability -Power: Standard 9 volt DC power supply with a negative center 2.1mm barrel, NO internal battery option.

and a compact version for those without mojo tastes :o)

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.

Parts list 6 rows

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RefValueNormalizedTypeNotes
Resistors 2
×12M2Mread from the layout by eye
×14K74.7kread from the layout by eye
Capacitors 1
×2100n100nlarge box film; read from the layout by eye
Transistors 1
Q12N50882N5088Q1 is 2N5088 or similar; read from the layout by eye
Potentiometers 2
VolumeA250KA250kPotentiometerread from the layout by eye
GainB250KB250kPotentiometerread from the layout by eye

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