Friday 9 January 2009

Fred Briggs Overdrive

Here it is, a mix of Zvex Super Hard On, Lovepedal COT50 and my very own Fred Briggs magic.

My favourite circuit to date :-) Build it, it doesn't disappoint!

5 comments:

  1. I will build this the next week-end. If it sounds good, remember I will offer You a very good italian dinner (if You will go in Italy, I stay near Venice).
    Bye
    Guido

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  2. Breadboarded this today without the nature control. It's nice and fat... the low gain cleans are smooth and rich.

    However! I used MOSFET clippers instead of germanium diodes (didn't have any extras lying around at the moment) and I must say that it made the transition from clean to dirty pretty noticeable. Is the clipping much smoother with germanium, or is it still edgy?

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  3. The beauty of this design is that changing the diode type can radically alter the response of the pedal. I actually toyed with having mine using mosfet body diode clippers (like the OCD). It has a more modern crunchy tone to it with them. I went back to BAT46 diodes as I liked the extra compression that they provided, a little extra fizz. If you add in a bit rotary switch you could switch between all sorts of different diode type and each one would sound different, but still great! Experiment and have fun with it!

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  4. Hi Briggs, il me semble que tu es français aussi, je suis passionné d'électroniques pour grattes et je monte aussi mon blog. Que penses-tu de ce post?

    http://ihfx.wordpress.com/2011/08/24/getting-john-petrucci-mark-v-tone-with-jfet-and-opamps/

    A++

    --
    Giorgio

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