Overdrive pedal pics

[ejbasses]

Hi,

Here are some pics of my finished OD pedal







Its based on a DOD OD250 schematic. I used 1n4001 as clipping diodes and a 10uf input cap.

I use it on my bass but it sounds better with a guitar. the clipping diodes did the trick

[gaussmarkov]

sweet!  maybe you wanna try mixing the od with some clean signal for your bass?  you could try one of the blenders.

[soggybag]

I dig your your naked dremel tool.

[jimbob]

Yea- dig the dremmel - lite..Almost time for that yearly " post your bench pics.  :lol:

[puretube]

I dig your your naked dremel tool.

me 2  

[Paul Marossy]

I like the mysterious black box look.  :wink:

[ejbasses]

paul, I like the look too. Like it came from the world of Mad Max  :wink: I plan on finishing my next pedals that way.

gauss, the low end is fine for bass. What i dont like is that its more fuzzlike. I would like a natural distorion sound for my bass. Any suggestions?

The dremel - like tool is a small drill based on a 540 size motor used to drill holes on PCBs. That one came from the drill i was using and it broke so i was checking out what the hell was wrong with it

[Banjotaz]

10 uf seems a bit large for an in cap which can lead to mush sound. Do you have a cap around the diodes? A bigger value will warm up the unit by rolling off more treb.  Also a 100 or 200 pico in the negative feedback loop will cut shrill fuzz also.  Try these things.... :lol:

[barret77]

I don't know if the pedal is good, but the dremel is surely awesome  

[ejbasses]

haha that dremel sure is getting some attention!

Banjo, ill try those mods. I used a 10uf cap because i didnt have anything else at the time

[Banjotaz]

Go to Radioshack. They sell .01 mylar caps{the dark green ones}  this is the stock value for the incap of the 250.     With humbuckers I like to go even smaller for a tighter bass response. switching beetween ceramics and mylar gives you different tones too. You can add a toggle to switch between two different ones.  Have fun.