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Fulltone RTO Robin Trower OverdriveVerified
Based on the Fulltone RTO Robin Trower Overdrive· 4 other boards clone it
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Info about the original:
Robin Trower is known for TONE. While working with Robin during his 2008 tour, I developed an overdrive truly worthy of the Trower namesake.
Touch responsive, huge sounding, sustain for days... and crystal clear when the guitar's volume knob is reduced for great live dynamics. Being that Robin uses Fenders as well as Marshalls, it had to work well with both types... and it does. And Robin hits so hard that the front end of the pedal had to be tuned for those .012-.048 tuned-down strings. The RTO holds tight and smooth for Strat and Les Paul players alike.
Robin's quite happy with the way it turned out, and I think you will be too.
Here's Geiri's build, with AMZ mini-booster in front of it:
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 24 rows
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- 51p next to D2: printed clearly, unusual value
| Ref | Value | Normalized | Type | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Resistors 10 | ||||
| ×4 | 1K | 1k | read from the layout by eye | |
| ×4 | 10K | 10k | read from the layout by eye | |
| ×1 | 18K | 18k | read from the layout by eye | |
| ×1 | 1M | 1M | read from the layout by eye | |
| ×1 | 470K | 470k | read from the layout by eye | |
| ×1 | 510K | 510k | read from the layout by eye | |
| ×1 | 4K7 | 4.7k | read from the layout by eye | |
| ×1 | 220R | 220 | read from the layout by eye | |
| ×1 | 100R | 100 | read from the layout by eye | |
| ×1 | 100K | 100k | read from the layout by eye | |
| Capacitors 7 | ||||
| ×1 | 51p | 51p | read from the layout by eye | |
| ×1 | 22n | 22n | read from the layout by eye | |
| ×1 | 47n | 47n | read from the layout by eye | |
| ×1 | 100n | 100n | read from the layout by eye | |
| ×2 | 220n | 220n | read from the layout by eye | |
| ×1 | 1u | 1u | read from the layout by eye | |
| ×3 | 10u | 10u | electrolytic; read from the layout by eye | |
| Diodes 2 | ||||
| D1 | 1N914 | 1N914 | read from the layout by eye | |
| D2 | 1N4005 | 1N4005 | read from the layout by eye | |
| Transistors 1 | ||||
| Q1 | 2N5088 | 2N5088 | 2N5088 or similar; read from the layout by eye | |
| ICs 1 | ||||
| IC | LF353N | LF353N | read from the layout by eye | |
| Potentiometers 3 | ||||
| Drive | B1M | B1M | Potentiometer | read from the layout by eye |
| Tone | B25K | B25k | Potentiometer | read from the layout by eye |
| Vol | B100K | B100k | Potentiometer | read from the layout by eye |
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