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Post by sbgodofmetal on Mar 8, 2011 1:50:36 GMT -5
has anyone here ever modded the ibanez tube screamer if so what did you do and how please show easy to follow diagrams as i cannot read schematics
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Post by newey on Mar 8, 2011 19:36:11 GMT -5
Gee, that's 2 TS questions in one day!
Must be a Hair Metal convention going on somewheres! ;D ;D ;D
(Just kidding, I've actually had my eye on one of these for a while now)
Our resident pedal guru is flateric, who not only has modded Tube Screamers but builds his own as well. I think he's posted some of these below. He hasn't been around much lately, but still checks in from time to time.
As far as diagrams, there are many diagrams for various TS mods out on the web. What exactly is it that you want it to do?
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Post by sbgodofmetal on Mar 8, 2011 22:35:33 GMT -5
nothing inparticular i've got one in storage that quit working and i've been planning to build a copy of it and was thinking about toying around with it some
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Post by sbgodofmetal on Mar 8, 2011 23:16:02 GMT -5
googled until the 20th something page and all i found was pix of the different variety of tube screamers and some schematics which i cant read and a woman bent over showing her less than bandaid sized panties (which i'm not gonna complain about ;D ;D ;D ) but seriously i need a standard idanez tude screamer ''diagram'' can anyone send me a link, so i can spare the fine employee's at radio shack from my inexperience
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Post by newey on Mar 8, 2011 23:33:30 GMT -5
OK, let me see what I can find.
Since a schematic is out, what you'll need is a veroboard, aka "stripboard", layout. If you look at JohnH's posting for the "Blue Juice Overdrive", in the "Effects Schematics" sub-board here, you'll see what I mean. You use the parts numbering, and the component values, off of the schematic, and correlate the components to the stripboard.
If you haven't done this sort of soldering before, there is a learning curve. You might want to start out on a simpler circuit than diving right in and cloning your TS. In any event, buy plenty of spare parts for the inevitable foul up or two.
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Post by newey on Mar 8, 2011 23:38:03 GMT -5
OK, here's one possibility: The "TubeReamer" from RunoffgrooveThis has both a schematic and a perfboard diagram. A PCB layout is also available. EDIT:And one from Tonepad. They will also sell you a ready to solder PCB for $14 USD. |
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Post by sbgodofmetal on Mar 8, 2011 23:49:09 GMT -5
yeah the perfboard image what i was looking for any chance at a parts list i'm on a psp and can't view the pdf
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Post by sbgodofmetal on Mar 8, 2011 23:59:58 GMT -5
it'd be nice if they included the input/output jacks and the potentiometers as i'll need to know how the're wired and no worries about spare parts i buy in bulk whenever possible cause you never know when you'll need it or when it'll come in handy on another project ya know and it saves quite abit of$$$ in the long run too which is always good
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Post by sbgodofmetal on Mar 9, 2011 0:02:51 GMT -5
and as always thanks newey you've brought me another step forward on yet another project
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Post by sbgodofmetal on Mar 9, 2011 0:06:22 GMT -5
one thing i know for sure is i'm gonna switch from the faulty push pedal to a stomp switch
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Post by flateric on Mar 10, 2011 19:07:24 GMT -5
As you are finding out, there's a few different TS models out there - most diy kits and mods tend to focus on the original maxxon 808 tubescreamer stolen by ibanez as the ts8, that tends to be the most popular one. Further variations of this used some swapped out components and different value caps but didn't add much to the original circuit.
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