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Keeley Katana Boost Layout Rev 2Verified

Based on the Keeley Katana· 11 other boards clone it

Category
Boost
Controls
Volume
Build
Vero· 14×13· 12 cuts, 3 links
Layout
Verified · Tagboard Effects marks it as built and working
Tags
Booster, Charge pump, Keeley

From the post

alphadog808 was having problems with his Katana Boost build and I noticed one of the cap values was incorrect. I also noticed that I had no motivation to fix it because it was an old pig ugly layout so thought I'd do an updated version and add it as a new thread to keep the versions separated.

A bit smaller than my last layout and I've also included trimmers to replace the JFETs drain resistors to make it easy to bias and fine tune to your own liking.

Info about the original:

As far as guitar clean boosts go, the Katana is KING TONE. It's the pedal to have for the finishing touch on your tone.

Want a mirror image of your tone, only louder? This is it. The Katana is also a fat, harmonically rich boost, just pull out on the volume knob and stretch your imagination with overdriven tone! You can keep it on all the time to push your amp harder, or as an occasional boost to cut through the mix.

Obsessed or Compelled with the Fattest, Fullest Drive? Well, Before other people started using Blue LED's and non-diode clipping stages, there was the TMB and Katana.... Cascading FET stages do the tube-amp-thing like nothing else!

The Katana circuit is Robert Keeley's first guitar effect design for Keeley Electronics. It was originally designed for Legendary Tones for the Time Machine Boost but then became an independent product under the Keeley name after the Compressor came out. Robert's very first effect pedal design (1999) was a digitally controlled Analog Delay complete with built in digital tuner. It worked perfectly and can even be seen at the shop from time to time. Delay times could be input via a keypad to enter the amount of delay in milliseconds or by potentiometers. The Katana is no less stunning in its beautiful simplicity and stunning sound quality.

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 3
×31M1Mread from the layout by eye
×2680R680read from the layout by eye
×14K74.7kread from the layout by eye
Capacitors 5
×3220n220nread from the layout by eye
×115n15nread from the layout by eye
×11n1nread from the layout by eye
×1100p100pread from the layout by eye
×410u10uelectrolytic; read from the layout by eye
Diodes 2
D11N58171N5817read from the layout by eye
D21N58171N5817read from the layout by eye
Transistors 2
Q12N54842N5484JFET; read from the layout by eye
Q22N54842N5484JFET; read from the layout by eye
ICs 1
ICICL7660SICL7660Sread from the layout by eye
Potentiometers 1
VolumeB250KB250kPotentiometerread from the layout by eye
Trimmers 1
×210K10kread from the layout by eye
Switches 1
SwitchDPDT on/onDPDT ON/ONSw1-Sw5 wiring; read from the layout by eye

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