Posted by Mike Bingham on December 23, 2011 at 9:58pm
Here's the homemade distortion I had on the video "Homemade Distortion vs. Boss DS-1". I made a prototype on a piece of perf board and mounted it in an old Treet can. The controls are labeled Better, and More Better. Better is the drive pot and more better is the volume pot. I REALLY like the sound of this thing. Plans are available at: http://www.runoffgroove.com/grace.htmlRead more…
You can get everything at Radio Shack but you might have to get creative. For the transistor I used the MPF 102 from Radio Shack. I used a 0.0047 uf capacitor in place of the 0,0068. I had to use (4) 1 meg resistors in series for the 4 meg resistor, and for the 15k resistor I used a 10 k and a 4.7k resistor in series. Your Radio Shack may have more stock but there are workarounds if not. The circuit board is plain perforated circuit board and I'd say a 2" by 2" square would be big enough. Enjoy the build!
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LOL Bug! Wouldn't it be nice if a guitar had a more knob and a better knob that really worked?
yup thats more better!
Hey c storz,
You can get everything at Radio Shack but you might have to get creative. For the transistor I used the MPF 102 from Radio Shack. I used a 0.0047 uf capacitor in place of the 0,0068. I had to use (4) 1 meg resistors in series for the 4 meg resistor, and for the 15k resistor I used a 10 k and a 4.7k resistor in series. Your Radio Shack may have more stock but there are workarounds if not. The circuit board is plain perforated circuit board and I'd say a 2" by 2" square would be big enough. Enjoy the build!
i printed out the plans can i get it all at radio shack
what size or shape style circut board do i need .electronic for dummies
Thanks James!
better and more better . lol thats awesome
Well thank you Kalmario! This was a sweet project.
more better = genius