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1590B · 4 knobs

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Boss HM-2 Heavy MetalVerified

Based on the Boss HM-2 Heavy Metal· 3 other boards clone it

Category
Distortion
Controls
Distortion · Low · High · Volume
Build
Vero· 20×26· 37 cuts, 17 links
Layout
Verified · Tagboard Effects marks it as built and working
Tags
Boss, Distortion

From the post

And for those who DO want the chugga chugga crushing lows! :o)

And I didn't expect it but this will fit in a 1590B too (doh!) so the Lite version may not get built quite as often now. But still a good exercise in adapting these things and I'm glad there is a more compact version available if someone wants to use it.

This one has also been verified by our resident Finnish metal head who sent me a comparison clip against an original and it sounds identical to me, so you're good to go on the build! Thanks again to Miro, the building machine! :o)

Here's the clip, so you can guess which is which

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Info about the original:

The HM-2 is a distortion effect specially designed for Heavy Metal music. In spite of its compact body, it features an extremely wide dynamic range, therefore allowing rich, dynamic distortion sounds. Also, the HM-2 can be effectively used even with a single coil pickup guitar lo low output level, because of its high gain. Wide variety of tone color creation is made possible with two Color Mix Controls.

Why aye bonnie lad, blondegraemey's demo:

And after the discussion below, a modded version with additional mids pot.

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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Check before you build · 2 values the reader of this layout was not sure of
  • 1u5 electrolytic at the bottom centre: printed clearly, unusual value
  • 10K count (8): the board is dense, two of them sit half under neighbouring parts
RefValueNormalizedTypeNotes
Resistors 15
×810K10kread from the layout by eye
×4100K100kread from the layout by eye
×3330R330read from the layout by eye
×222K22kread from the layout by eye
×21M1Mread from the layout by eye
×268K68kread from the layout by eye
×23K33.3kread from the layout by eye
×2470K470kread from the layout by eye
×11K1kread from the layout by eye
×1150R150read from the layout by eye
×147K47kread from the layout by eye
×122R22read from the layout by eye
×1120R120read from the layout by eye
×1220K220kread from the layout by eye
×182K82kread from the layout by eye
Capacitors 14
×3100p100pread from the layout by eye
×1470p470pread from the layout by eye
×11n1nread from the layout by eye
×14n74.7nread from the layout by eye
×16n86.8nread from the layout by eye
×447n47nread from the layout by eye
×168n68nread from the layout by eye
×1100n100nread from the layout by eye
×1150n150nread from the layout by eye
×21u1uread from the layout by eye
×11u51.5uelectrolytic; read from the layout by eye
×210u10uelectrolytic; read from the layout by eye
×247u47uelectrolytic; read from the layout by eye
×1220u220uelectrolytic; read from the layout by eye
Diodes 3
×51N41481N4148D1 to D5; read from the layout by eye
×21N34A1N34AD6, D7; read from the layout by eye
D81N58171N5817read from the layout by eye
Transistors 3
Q1BF245BF245JFET; read from the layout by eye
Q22SC22402SC2240read from the layout by eye
Q32SA9702SA970read from the layout by eye
ICs 1
×3M5216LM5216Llegend: try TL072 or similar; read from the layout by eye
Potentiometers 4
DistortionA250KA250kPotentiometerread from the layout by eye
LowB10KB10kPotentiometerread from the layout by eye
HighB10KB10kPotentiometerread from the layout by eye
VolumeA10KA10kPotentiometerwires labelled Level; read from the layout by eye

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