wow, so simple , impressively so
dr overdrive is a perfect name
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wow, so simple , impressively so
dr overdrive is a perfect name
Okay, here are some build-progress pics I took last night as I was building the Doctor Overdrive pedal:
As usual with all my pedal builds, I started off by marking out the centres for all the mounting holes in the diecast aluminium case:
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After drilling all the mounting holes to size, I did a quick test-fit to make sure everything was okay, and also to stick the four nylon circuit-board standoffs in place:
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These next two pics should give you a bit of an idea what the pedal is going to look like:
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Next thing to do was to start doing all the initial wiring-up of all the controls and etc, prior to installing the circuit board:
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Then I started wiring up all the controls, etc to the circuit board:
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And then comes the final wiring-up of the input socket to the footswitch and circuit-board, I also wired-up the 9V battery clip too:
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And here's a pic of the finished, and working Doctor Overdrive pedal:
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so cool, love it Doc
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Originally Posted by stan
Cheers mate, I thought you guys would like it.
You are going to have to go into business Doc
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Originally Posted by Dedman
Hahaha...I reckon, actually that wouldn't be a bad idea, would bring in some extra money for me.
Building guitar fx pedals to earn money to buy more PBG kits, that sounds cool.
I'm in a pretty vibed-up mood today, probably cause a good mate of mine is going to be popping by for a visit, with some new parts for his Peavey Triumph amp that I'm modding for him.
Last night I couldn't turn my Marshall up very loud while I was trying-out my new Doctor Overdrive pedal, so I decided to give it another test-run a few minutes ago, my initial impressions from last night were pretty spot-on, now that I was able to turn my Marshall up a bit, I'm pretty surprised just how good the pedal sounds through the clean channel of my Marshall, it seems to work pretty well, and I am really liking how dynamic the pedal is, pick softly and there's very little overdrive, as you start picking harder the overdrive gets more intense, just like a good valve amp, which is surprising cause the overdrive effect is created by what's called a back-to-back clipper-diode configuration, there's one difference between the Dr Overdrive circuit and the Tube Screamer circuit in that the Dr Overdrive circuit uses three silicon diodes in the back-to-back clipper-diode configuration whereas the Tube Screamer uses two.
I guess it's time for me to do a little demo clip of the Dr Overdrive pedal for you guys, I'll see if I can record one for you to check out, so stay tuned.
Here you go, here's a link to the demo clip I recorded for you, I recorded the pedal straight into FL Studio with no fx plugins just so you can hear the raw sound it creates:
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/...20Demo%202.mp3
nice work Doc, that has some nice bite