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Elk Muff SustainerVerified
Based on the Elk Muff Sustainer
From the post
Description from the Big Muff Page
Among the many Japanese Big Muff clones, one of the first on the market was the Super Fuzz Sustainar, a nearly exact clone of a 1972 era Big Muff made by the Hoshino Gakki company (early units possibly made by Miyuki Ind. Co.) sometime around 1973. It was housed in an identical enclosure to the V1 Big Muff with very similar graphics. These were sold throughout the 1970s, and not long after its introduction, Gakki shamelessly changed the name from Super Fuzz to Big Muff. The pedals marked Electro Sound are the earliest, and those marked Elk Incorporated or Elk/Gakki are the later made production.
The circuit is identical to a PNP triangle circuit from 1972, almost identical to the PNP circuit shown above. The only change made was the high pass cap in the tone section at C9. Typically .004µF, it was changed to 330pF in the Sustainar. This had the effect of retaining treble when the tone pot was turned to the bass side, making the bass range more useful. When fully in the bass position the overall volume level is significantly higher than other tone settings as well.
Note: this effect is PNP, positive ground, and you will NOT be able to daisy chain this with normal NPN, negative ground, effects unless you add a negative voltage inverter board.
With requested Mids Switch
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 29 rows
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- 50nF film cap at column 12, rows F-H: printed clearly, unusual value
| Ref | Value | Normalized | Type | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Resistors 12 | ||||
| ×2 | 100r | 100 | read from the layout by eye | |
| ×1 | 150r | 150 | read from the layout by eye | |
| ×1 | 1k | 1k | read from the layout by eye | |
| ×1 | 2.7k | 2.7k | read from the layout by eye | |
| ×2 | 8.2k | 8.2k | read from the layout by eye | |
| ×2 | 12k | 12k | read from the layout by eye | |
| ×2 | 18k | 18k | read from the layout by eye | |
| ×1 | 33k | 33k | read from the layout by eye | |
| ×2 | 39k | 39k | read from the layout by eye | |
| ×3 | 82k | 82k | read from the layout by eye | |
| ×1 | 100k | 100k | read from the layout by eye | |
| ×4 | 390k | 390k | read from the layout by eye | |
| Capacitors 6 | ||||
| ×1 | 390pF | 390p | ceramic; read from the layout by eye | |
| ×3 | 560pF | 560p | ceramic; read from the layout by eye | |
| ×1 | 10nF | 10n | read from the layout by eye | |
| ×1 | 50nF | 50n | read from the layout by eye | |
| ×7 | 100nF | 100n | read from the layout by eye | |
| ×1 | 100uF | 100u | electrolytic; read from the layout by eye | |
| Diodes 4 | ||||
| D1 | 1N914 | 1N914 | read from the layout by eye | |
| D2 | 1N914 | 1N914 | read from the layout by eye | |
| D3 | 1N914 | 1N914 | read from the layout by eye | |
| D4 | 1N914 | 1N914 | read from the layout by eye | |
| Transistors 4 | ||||
| Q1 | A733 | 2SA733 | NEC A733 (PNP Si hfe 200-600); read from the layout by eye | |
| Q2 | A733 | 2SA733 | NEC A733 (PNP Si hfe 200-600); read from the layout by eye | |
| Q3 | A733 | 2SA733 | NEC A733 (PNP Si hfe 200-600); read from the layout by eye | |
| Q4 | A733 | 2SA733 | NEC A733 (PNP Si hfe 200-600); read from the layout by eye | |
| Potentiometers 3 | ||||
| Volume | B100K | B100k | Potentiometer | read from the layout by eye |
| Tone | B100K | B100k | Potentiometer | read from the layout by eye |
| Sustain | B100K | B100k | Potentiometer | read from the layout by eye |