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Tuesday, 15 January 2013

Punk Panther

From Masaru Kubota: Konnichi-Wa! I-kaga-desu-ka? Here is The Punk Panther. Behold the beauty of the circuit.  Revel in the simplicity. Bask in the warmth of the glow of the tubes of your amplifier because this circuit is just plain annoying.  You know, battlefield type o' stuff.  Anyway, this circuit is my personal tribute to Kurt Cobain.  I don't even know his middle name, but I respect him anyway.  Oh, wait, I just looked up his middle name on the internet.  Donald.  I can personally say that he glared at me at his first home-coming concert (I think it was his first home-coming concert) back in Seattle, WA, when I was living in Edmonds, WA, in 1991 & 1992.  Hey, I knew!  Uh, somewhat.
Built it. Not a bad sounding overdrive at all. Presence control (the pot didn't have a name on the schematic, but it works like most amplifier's presence setting ) is quite subtle, but still - in my opinion this is recommended alternative for most open, semi-transparent, medium gain overdrives. Mr. Kubota has done examplary work back in the day... By the way. I tried on OP07 for the opamp - didn't even try anything else once i heard it. This one'll get nice spot on the to-be-boxed list. Here's a little clip i recorded with the circuit:




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19 comments:

  1. Jishnu Dasgupta15 January 2013 at 08:05

    Nice overdrive, mirosol :)

    Could you guys put up some amp/ cab sims in the near future?

    Eg -
    http://diy-fever.com/effects/marshall-cab-sim/

    Also, there's some amazing stuff on this Russian site -

    http://milas.spb.ru/~kmg/index_en.html

    http://www.diystompboxes.com/smfforum/index.php?topic=93930.0

    Thanks and regards,
    J.

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  2. rudeez15 January 2013 at 11:48

    that V30 simulator looks really interesting!

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  3. Olav15 January 2013 at 20:57

    How far did you have the dials on the overdrive for that clip Miro?

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    1. mirosol15 January 2013 at 21:08

      Nearly maxed. So it is mainly a low-med gain OD.

      But the transparency and the subtle saturation. Ah. Me likes.
      +m

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    2. Dave15 January 2013 at 21:20

      Really nice sounding circuit and playing, love the driving part near the end, i thought you might break out into a bit of Swervedriver's 'duel' any second haha
      Cheers
      Dave

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    3. Olav15 January 2013 at 21:26

      I was hoping you'd say maxed or nearly. I'm looking for low gain ODs with a bit of character. Have you tried it set to half way and lower? This was with single coils am I right?

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    4. mirosol15 January 2013 at 21:51

      It cleans pretty neatly when gain is lowered - plus the presence control is nice too. It is loud enough too. If i was to rebuild it, i would go with 1N60Ps for more glassy clipping.

      Yup. Single coils, neck and middle of strat set on Tanglewood supersix. Duncan custom shops :)

      For mild, good OD, i'd recommend this, Wampler black '65 or MP/BJF Sweet Honey.
      +m

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    5. Olav15 January 2013 at 22:05

      Thanks miro!

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    6. Olav15 January 2013 at 22:07

      Too quick for my own good. The 72 degrees by Machinehead sounds real nice too. hint hint nudge nudge say no more...

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    7. mirosol15 January 2013 at 22:31

      :) Could be holiday photos.

      There doesn't seem to be schematic available..
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    8. Olav16 January 2013 at 10:26

      been looking all over and sadly I can't find anything either... :(

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  4. Dave20 January 2013 at 22:39

    Would an lm386 work in this?
    Thanks
    Dave

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    1. mirosol21 January 2013 at 07:07

      No. That's a power amplifier IC with different pinout. You could try on any single opamp like TL071, NE5534 or LM301.
      +m

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    2. Dave21 January 2013 at 12:55

      Ah right, cheers Miro, im certainly a lot less familiar with Ic/opamp based builds and thus tend to ask dumb questions.
      Thanks
      Dave

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    3. mirosol21 January 2013 at 13:20

      There are no dumb questions, so don't worry 'bout it. :D
      +m

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    4. Dave21 January 2013 at 14:14

      Aha just you wait.....lol
      Dave

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    5. mirosol21 January 2013 at 16:24

      Believe me Dave - I started from scratch by building General Guitar Gadgets kit. That was less than 18 months ago. I'm still learning new stuff almost daily. And more you're in contact with different parts, more you will remember about them.

      So really. Don't worry and keep them questions coming. I'll try to answer all i can :)
      +m

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  5. Ross19 March 2013 at 18:54

    With a bit of work, think I've found the perfect low-gain bass overdrive. This pedal is absolutely mindblowing, and astonishingly simple. Think Geddy Lee, Chris Squire, any of those awesome prog bassists, with that bright snarling tone. This pedal has the most incredible top end. The Presence control isn't too useful for me, I'm going to hardwire a resistor in that matches my favorite setting (390R). I'm going to build another one of these, but this time socket most of the components to try and get some low end back. A clean blend circuit may be worth it here as well, but I'll cross that bridge after trying a few mods to the circuit. The op-amp is an OPA277.

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    1. Ross23 March 2013 at 20:26

      Log taper for the gain pot is far better than lin IMO.

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