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Darkglass Microtubes B3KVerified
Based on the Darkglass Microtubes B3K· 7 other boards clone it
From the post
"The Microtubes B3K is an unusual tool - a perfect combination of brutality and clarity. It delivers defined and powerful saturation in an intuitive format. There are no rules and no limits, so dig in and unleash your tone.
Controls Level: Sets the volume of the overdriven signal. Drive: Sets the amount of saturation in the overdriven signal. Blend: Mixes the clean input signal with the overdriven signal. The clean signal remains at unity gain while the volume of the overdriven signal is set by the Level knob, allowing for fine control of the blend ratio. Grunt Switch: Sets the amount of low frequency content to saturate by selecting between three different bass boost levels before the clipping stage. Attack Switch: Sets the amount of treble content to saturate: The œBoost setting emphasizes the treble content extra clarity and presence. The œFlat position leaves this register untouched while the œCut position will reduce the amount of high frequencies being saturated. This new addition helps to keep the treble portion of the signal under control, specially useful when playing with new strings and/or cabinets with tweeters."
You can find the original FSB thread and schematic here.
The layout (like the Friedman BE-OD) has been verified as "working" in the forum section but the original has been built using SMD components and there's been some "guessing" in some of the values.
I don't know how close it is to the B3K (it may be 100%) but this is the best schematic we can get at the moment.
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 37 rows
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| Ref | Value | Normalized | Type | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Resistors 14 | ||||
| ×1 | 100R | 100 | read from the layout by eye | |
| ×1 | 1K | 1k | read from the layout by eye | |
| ×2 | 3K3 | 3.3k | read from the layout by eye | |
| ×2 | 6K8 | 6.8k | read from the layout by eye | |
| ×5 | 10K | 10k | read from the layout by eye | |
| ×3 | 22K | 22k | read from the layout by eye | |
| ×1 | 33K | 33k | read from the layout by eye | |
| ×1 | 47K | 47k | read from the layout by eye | |
| ×3 | 100K | 100k | read from the layout by eye | |
| ×1 | 200K | 200k | read from the layout by eye | |
| ×1 | 330K | 330k | read from the layout by eye | |
| ×3 | 470K | 470k | read from the layout by eye | |
| ×7 | 1M | 1M | read from the layout by eye | |
| ×1 | ? | ? | LED resistor, value not given; read from the layout by eye | |
| Capacitors 12 | ||||
| ×2 | 22p | 22p | read from the layout by eye | |
| ×1 | 220p | 220p | read from the layout by eye | |
| ×1 | 680p | 680p | read from the layout by eye | |
| ×2 | 1n | 1n | read from the layout by eye | |
| ×3 | 2n2 | 2.2n | read from the layout by eye | |
| ×1 | 4n7 | 4.7n | read from the layout by eye | |
| ×6 | 22n | 22n | read from the layout by eye | |
| ×2 | 100n | 100n | read from the layout by eye | |
| ×2 | 220n | 220n | read from the layout by eye | |
| ×1 | 330n | 330n | read from the layout by eye | |
| ×2 | 1u | 1u | read from the layout by eye | |
| ×2 | 100u | 100u | electrolytic; read from the layout by eye | |
| Diodes 2 | ||||
| ×2 | 1N4148 | 1N4148 | D1, D2; read from the layout by eye | |
| D3 | 1N5817 | 1N5817 | read from the layout by eye | |
| Transistors 1 | ||||
| ×2 | J201 | J201 | JFET; read from the layout by eye | |
| ICs 3 | ||||
| ×1 | TL074 | TL074 | read from the layout by eye | |
| ×1 | TL072 | TL072 | read from the layout by eye | |
| ×1 | 4049 | 4049 | read from the layout by eye | |
| Potentiometers 3 | ||||
| Level | A100K | A100k | Potentiometer | read from the layout by eye |
| Blend | B100K | B100k | Potentiometer | read from the layout by eye |
| Drive | C100K | C100k | Potentiometer | read from the layout by eye |
| Switches 2 | ||||
| Attack | SPDT on/off/on | SPDT ON/OFF/ON | toggle, Switch 1; read from the layout by eye | |
| Grunt | SPDT on/off/on | SPDT ON/OFF/ON | toggle, Switch 2; read from the layout by eye | |
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