Distortion Booster

[PieterGuitar]

Hi you guys
i'm planning on building a distortion booster
ive got a schematic
and TRIED to make a layout of it now my question is if
my layout is correct
don't laugh with it if its wrong you know its my first ever :d
ive placed everything in the attachements

greetz PIETER

[Mark Hammer]

It needs a number of other things to make it work in a desirable manner. For instance, there is no means to control the volume level or to prevent pops when switching. I salute your sense of adventure, but there are better things to build that are no more complex.

[PieterGuitar]

"there are better things to build that are no more complex"

tell me more :d
greetz Pieter

[Mark Hammer]

Well, what is it you want to do to your sound? Tell ME more, and I will point the way.

[PieterGuitar]

well just want to give it a boost
such as a "seymour duncan pick-up booster" kinda way :d
thx man
greetz Pieter

[Mark Hammer]

Look here: http://www.generalguitargadgets.com/...d=15&Itemid=26

Among these projects, the MosFET booster, the Mini-Booster, and the Rangemaster might be what you are looking for. The Rangemaster has/adds more coloration than the Mini-Booster, which in turn has just a little more coloration than the MosFET Booster.

If you look here: http://www.generalguitargadgets.com/...d=17&Itemid=26

...you will see some more candidates to build. The Distortion+ and the DOD250 are just a little bit more complicated than the two-transistor circuit you showed, but still pretty easy. They can also be customized in a great many ways to provide lots of different tones and especially opportunities to learn how to change the tone. Stock, these two circuits produce a slightly raspy overdrive, but they can be made "rounder" sounding. The Red Llama can produce some nice Tom Petty-style rhythm sounds.

It seems to me that the circuit you are trying to build is very close to this one: http://www.generalguitargadgets.com/diagrams/muffsc.gif

It is really more of a mild fuzz than an overdrive or "booster". I had an original, and built a clone. I'm not that impressed with it. It is nice to have for "historical/archival" reasons, but not the sort of thing one would be very attached to. My vote would go to any of the others mentioned first.

[PieterGuitar]

thx verry much man
greetz Pieter

[PieterGuitar]

hi
I found the effect i'm gonna build
MXR M133 MicroAmp
allready made a layout of it
plz let me know if its correct
greetz Pieter!

There are some mistakes on the big image on the board
but the board layout allone is good (i hope )

[Mark Hammer]

Go here - http://www.tonepad.com/project.asp?id=6

That layout is a proven layout.

[PieterGuitar]

lolz
ive got it from there
thanks though
greetz Pieter