Help indetifying circuit

Started by unclebubba1, June 01, 2024, 09:11:31 PM

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unclebubba1

I have this pedal that I purchased with a bunch of other stuff and want to see if anyone can please identify what it is. It is a dual distortion pedal but I do not see any markings on the pcb that would indicate the circuit it is a clone of. Thanks for the help!






MikeA

The side with two switches is an Aion Stratus PCB, 1590B version, which is their TubeScreamer:  https://aionfx.com/project/stratus-legacy/
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tootsMcgee

Quote from: MikeA on June 01, 2024, 09:29:39 PMThe side with two switches is an Aion Stratus PCB, 1590B version, which is their TubeScreamer:  https://aionfx.com/project/stratus-legacy/

Man, great eye! I saw the squareish blue board and immediately thought Aion, but I didn't recognize it.

The one on the right...two transistors and a trimpot...some kind of fuzz? Clean boost/buffer? It's hard to see but I think I spy a diode in there. If it's two then it could be some kind of clipping pair.

ElectricDruid

Quote from: tootsMcgee on June 02, 2024, 11:18:39 AMThe one on the right...two transistors and a trimpot...some kind of fuzz? Clean boost/buffer? It's hard to see but I think I spy a diode in there. If it's two then it could be some kind of clipping pair.

Yeah, I thought two-transistor fuzz too. It's got three controls though, so that rules out some likely suspects (fuzzface, for example). The trouble with fuzzes is there's about a million variations (and about 80% of those were developed by Pink Jimi, I think...;) ) so it's hard to know exactly what you're looking at. Everyone has had a go at tweaking something at some point.