1590B · 4 knobs
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.
Parts list 40 rows
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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
| Ref | Value | Normalized | Type | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Resistors 15 | ||||
| ×8 | 10K | 10k | read from the layout by eye | |
| ×4 | 100K | 100k | read from the layout by eye | |
| ×3 | 330R | 330 | read from the layout by eye | |
| ×2 | 22K | 22k | read from the layout by eye | |
| ×2 | 1M | 1M | read from the layout by eye | |
| ×2 | 68K | 68k | read from the layout by eye | |
| ×2 | 3K3 | 3.3k | read from the layout by eye | |
| ×2 | 470K | 470k | read from the layout by eye | |
| ×1 | 1K | 1k | read from the layout by eye | |
| ×1 | 150R | 150 | read from the layout by eye | |
| ×1 | 47K | 47k | read from the layout by eye | |
| ×1 | 22R | 22 | read from the layout by eye | |
| ×1 | 120R | 120 | read from the layout by eye | |
| ×1 | 220K | 220k | read from the layout by eye | |
| ×1 | 82K | 82k | read from the layout by eye | |
| Capacitors 14 | ||||
| ×3 | 100p | 100p | read from the layout by eye | |
| ×1 | 470p | 470p | read from the layout by eye | |
| ×1 | 1n | 1n | read from the layout by eye | |
| ×1 | 4n7 | 4.7n | read from the layout by eye | |
| ×1 | 6n8 | 6.8n | read from the layout by eye | |
| ×4 | 47n | 47n | read from the layout by eye | |
| ×1 | 68n | 68n | read from the layout by eye | |
| ×1 | 100n | 100n | read from the layout by eye | |
| ×1 | 150n | 150n | read from the layout by eye | |
| ×2 | 1u | 1u | read from the layout by eye | |
| ×1 | 1u5 | 1.5u | electrolytic; read from the layout by eye | |
| ×2 | 10u | 10u | electrolytic; read from the layout by eye | |
| ×2 | 47u | 47u | electrolytic; read from the layout by eye | |
| ×1 | 220u | 220u | electrolytic; read from the layout by eye | |
| Diodes 3 | ||||
| ×5 | 1N4148 | 1N4148 | D1 to D5; read from the layout by eye | |
| ×2 | 1N34A | 1N34A | D6, D7; read from the layout by eye | |
| D8 | 1N5817 | 1N5817 | read from the layout by eye | |
| Transistors 3 | ||||
| Q1 | BF245 | BF245 | JFET; read from the layout by eye | |
| Q2 | 2SC2240 | 2SC2240 | read from the layout by eye | |
| Q3 | 2SA970 | 2SA970 | read from the layout by eye | |
| ICs 1 | ||||
| ×3 | M5216L | M5216L | legend: try TL072 or similar; read from the layout by eye | |
| Potentiometers 4 | ||||
| Distortion | A250K | A250k | Potentiometer | read from the layout by eye |
| Low | B10K | B10k | Potentiometer | read from the layout by eye |
| High | B10K | B10k | Potentiometer | read from the layout by eye |
| Volume | A10K | A10k | Potentiometer | wires labelled Level; read from the layout by eye |
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