Hao Rust Driver build -- sexy plexi with clips

[Axe_34]

Just finished hooking this up to my test wiring harness this morning. I want to futz with it a bit to boost the low-end a bit but so far I'm a happy camper.



Here's the schematic:



LM353 opamp into a couple of silicon diodes and a single 500K output pot. Nothing fancy but it sure brings teh rawk.

Shitty playing clip -- LP>Rust Driver>18-watt clone I built.

Noodling>Back in Black>Song X>Working Man

http://www.soundclick.com/bands/page_songInfo.cfm?bandID=777436&songID=7195536

Next up on the build table:

• 18-watt in a box(for a friend)
  
• Marshall 100-watt Super Lead in a box
  
• Tweed Princeton in a box
  
• Matchless DC30 in a box
  

(All of these are from runoffgroove.com)

• MXR Phase 45
  
• Rat clone
  
• Ross Compressor
  

(With PCBs from tonepad.com)

[Joe Hart]

Sounds great. And what an easy build! I will have to add that to the list of "builds to get to"! Thanks.
-Joe Hart

[Axe_34]

Thanks!

Almost forgot the vero layout for those who aren't schematically-inclined. 

[Joe Hart]

Nice! And welcome to DIYStompboxes (it looks like you're new here!)!
-Joe Hart

[Axe_34]

Thanks Joe. I've got about 7,000 posts under my belt in the guitar forums at HC, but nobody wants to talk about effects building in the effects forum there. 

[jimma]

Sounds great! Timely thread fro me- last night I ordered the parts for my build.

[jacobyjd]

Just finished this circuit on vero with a few subs--it's pretty nice

I dig simple circuits like this.

[Xavier]

Just added a compact 7x13 holes perf layout in my gallery.

Obvious mods for this circuit are both gain and tone controls, R6 1MA pot for gain

R8 100KB + cap for tone?

Suggestions?

[Der Groovemeister]

Sounds great man! Maybe indeed a bit more low.
I'm building this one next!

[Renegadrian]

Gotta build one - Will the 1n4148 r 1n914 be a good substitute for the 1ss119?! The schem calls for Si diodes, so i guess it should take not many differences...

[jacobyjd]

Gotta build one - Will the 1n4148 r 1n914 be a good substitute for the 1ss119?! The schem calls for Si diodes, so i guess it should take not many differences...

I built mine with 1n914 diodes fixed gain resistor (somewhere around 1/3 the pot value), with just the volume control, and it makes a perfect dirty booster for my amp.

I'm in the middle of boxing this circuit up with the modified Trotsky I built--they play nicely together. This gets a nice, fat response from my amp, while the Trotsky (fixed gain as well, asymmetrical clipping setup) gives a more trebly sound.

I dig it