Sunday, 28 September 2014
Blade VSC Preamp, modified
Ran into a schematic of a preamp on-board circuit found in Blade brand guitars. The original called for LM4580 dual opamp, other channel unused. So i drew this layout for a single channel chip and added volume control, power filtering etc. You could try on a number of single opamps to see which sounds best to you. I'd also suggest trying linear taper for volume control. Should make a nice mids booster or a simple box that'll fatten your tone.
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gotta try this!
ReplyDeleteThanks miro!
Verified. Used a LM741.
ReplyDeleteCheers! I'll tag it.
DeleteHow does it sound?
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It sounds like a mid boost, which becomes more of an overdrive when the Mids are turned up. This can be compensated by turning down the Volume. I am going to use this one as a pre-gain stage for a sixties type of fuzz.
Deletei like the time vero got posted :P
Delete2nd that, Egon.
DeleteHeehee :) I recently noticed that the time i've created my FSB account was 18:15. And one guy i sent a parcel to today had his phone number ending in ..2907. 21:12 looks cool, but once you start seeing semiconductor type numbers everywhere... :)
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I'm planning to build this as onboard preamp, without that extra volume pot and with a trim pot for mids. But how should I connect it to the guitar (stratocaster) circuit? Before or after the stock volume pot? Best would be a three position switch: "up" position - bosst actice; "middle position" - true bypass for midboost; "down" position - true bypass and battery switched off
ReplyDeleteWhy did you increase the input resistor? It's a much smaller value in a Blade Guitar, as the VSC input resistance is in parallel with the volume pot.
ReplyDeleteYou should ask user Induction at FSB:
Deletehttp://www.freestompboxes.org/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=18827&p=201441#p220902
The layout is per the available schematic. Granted, it should be called "Zorro mid boost by Induction".
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Does this work as an on-board version if I solder the Volume 2 output lug straight into guitar output jack? Basically just replacing the standard guitar volume pot with the 100K described here.
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