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Barcus Berry 3000A Buffer Preamp EQVerified

Based on the Barcus-Berry 3000A· 1 other board clones it

Category
Utility
Controls
Volume · Bass · Treble
Build
Vero· 17×9· 10 cuts, 3 links
Layout
Verified · Tagboard Effects marks it as built and working
Tags
Acoustic, Barcus Berry, Buffer, EQ, Pre-amp

From the post

I know, I know. Another day another layout from me. I mean Jez, can't I let one of the other guys post a new layout for once this month? You guys must be sick of seeing my name pop up with a new layout... Anyways, this time I decided to do something different the the massive amounts of fuzzes I've been doing.

I've seen a few posts in the requests over the years for people looking for a preamp for Piezo pickups. The Barcus Berry 3000A is designed to work for acoustic piezo pickups but is also a buffer, preamp, and EQ. This is the only info that I could find on it:

The Barcus Berry 3000AE Piezo Buffer Preamp with EQ is specifically designed to work with all Barcus-Berry electret microphone systems. Features external bass, treble and volume frequency controls to allow a wide range of adjustment. Includes a belt clip for unrestricted movement.

Barcus Berry 3000AE Piezo Buffer Preamp Features:

• Designed to work with all Barcus-Berry electret condenser mic systems.

• Features external bass, treble and volume frequency controls for a wide range of adjustment.

Barcus Berry 3000A Product Specifications:

Input (EQ) Flat

Input Interface: RCA unbalanced

Input Impedance: 2.2 Meg Ohms

Maximum Input Level: 2.0 vrms

Output (EQ Flat, Volume Max)

Interface: 1/4" unbalanced

Impedance: 2K Ohms

THD: .008% @ 1kHz

Noise: -92dBu

S/N: 100dB

Bass: +/- 12dB @ 50Hz

Treble: +/- 12dB @ 10kHz

Frequency Response: 5 Hz - 30kHz (+/- 1 dB) Power Supply

From what I see from the schematic I have no question that it will work with any Piezo pickup, as there doesn't seem to be anything really special to tell me it can only work with theirs. Mostly it's just marketing to get you to buy their pickup.

Schematic

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  • 27.4k (two, columns 4 and 14), 121k (column 7), 21.5k (column 13), 2.15k (column 15): printed clearly, unusual values (E96)
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Resistors 7
×210k10kread from the layout by eye
×227.4k27.4kread from the layout by eye
×1100k100kread from the layout by eye
×12.2M2.2Mread from the layout by eye
×1121k121kread from the layout by eye
×121.5k21.5kread from the layout by eye
×12.15k2.15kread from the layout by eye
Capacitors 6
×2100pF100pread from the layout by eye
×222nF22nread from the layout by eye
×11.5nF1.5nread from the layout by eye
×147nF47nread from the layout by eye
×1100nF100nread from the layout by eye
×110uF10uelectrolytic; read from the layout by eye
ICs 1
IC1TL062CNTL062CNread from the layout by eye
Potentiometers 3
VolumeB100KB100kPotentiometerread from the layout by eye
BassB100KB100kPotentiometerread from the layout by eye
TrebleB100KB100kPotentiometerread from the layout by eye

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