Need advice for high quality crunch sound

[alfafalfa]

I am verrrryyyy picky about my "grit" and Light O/D's and Boosters in particular so, I tend to be a tougher customer
when it comes to this type of circuit.
All around it performs quite well and despite what some have said here, I recommend the build with the tone control as
I found the tone of this unit to be on the harsh side, even with the treble rolled down some on the guitar.

Just like Mark , I'm very picky about this kind of sound.
So far the best thing I built is the Peppermill ; I like it a lot but the grit is still a bit harsh.
I want the tone to sound like Mike Campbell ,Tom Petty  the crunched sound must die out very smoothly. Maybe I want too much from a transistor circuit but don´t want to give up hope yet.

Who can point me to a circuit which will deliver this sound .

Alf 

[alfafalfa]

Oh yes I forgot , I also want the crunch to start smoothly. It has too much of a creaking character from the start.

In the meantime I finished my Dr boogey .


http://www.esnips.com/doc/1a586afb-6b7f-4b0c-9410-62474b371665/dr-boogey-falons


Alf

[Dragonfly]

You could check in my gallery "schematics" for the Golden Dragon Overdrive...its essentially a adapted minibooster (which is an adapted mu amp) that makes nice crunchy overdrive. Worth breadboarding. I believe theres also a sound sample there....

[gez]

'Crunch' is such a subjective thing, so I'm not sure if following circuit is what you're after as it's a high-gainer:

http://www.geocities.com/diygescorp/nutcruncher.gif

http://www.diystompboxes.com/smfforum/index.php?topic=20833.0

http://www.diystompboxes.com/smfforum/index.php?topic=25127.0

The schematic is hosted by Marcos, so if you don't see it try again later (IIR bandwidth is sometimes an issue with his site).

[alfafalfa]

Dragonfly ,

The Golden Dragon sounds rather good , what guitar and amp were used , do you know ?
I will build it  because I want to know what it sounds like with even less overdrive.
Maybe I should try this one in a blender pedal. Must still try that, the blender I mean.

and Gerry ,

It's not the high but the low gain overdrive I'm after.
That's in my opinion the most difficult area to achieve a really good crunchy sound.
I'll have a look at the nutcruncher.

Thanks , Alf