Pedal that emulates that glossy Brian May tone

[grolschie]

There's the ROG May Queen, but I'm looking for the tone in the guitar orchestrations that came from the Deacy amp being overdriven.  An pedal ideas?

I hate to state the obvious, but the Digitech Brian May Red Special Pedal does what you are after exactly. Reviews:
http://reviews.harmony-central.com/reviews/Effects/product/DigiTech/Brian+May+Red+Special/10/1

[rockgardenlove]

^Can't stand that thing.  Thanks anyways. 

[grolschie]

^Can't stand that thing.  Thanks anyways. 

I've never heard it. I have always wondered what it sounds like. I wonder why there are no sound demos of that pedal and the Jimi Hendrix pedal on the DigiTech website. There are for the bumble-bee-in-a-tin-can death metal pedals though, and the (buzzy tone) Clapton pedal.

[RLBJR65]

I had the same problems, and eventually just used the ones I mentioned :-

Driver Transformer
Eagle LT44 - Primary 20k Secondary 1k:1k (CT)
Output Transformer
Eagle LT700 - Primary 1.2k Secondary 3.2R:3.2R (CT)
Loads of places sell them, I was hesitant to use them at first but they work ok.

Thanks Spudulike, glad to hear those worked!
I have some similar value transformers I was going to try, they are sooo far off from the original specs though. I wonder what affect that has to the overall circuit opperation? I got to believe it would have some, but I know diddly about that stuff

The Driver T is phase splitting correct? 

[Ronsonic]

^Can't stand that thing.  Thanks anyways. 

Every demo I've heard sounds like Brian May trying to play through a pile of Digitech gear.

[col]

I know that this was a few weeks ago but I only just finished the build. As intended I built a -ve ground circuit with NPN Ge transistors. The circuit consisted of stock rangemaster values with a 10k trimpot feeding the amp circuit through a standard 1 meg pot as shown at the front of the Deacy amp circuit. All caps were left in and all values were as shown apart from the 3R3 resistor which was replaced by 3x 10R ones in parallel as they were all I had.
I noticed 2 errors on my stripboard layout after I'd built it but these were soon fixed and I had a working unit. First impressions wern't good. It had more than unity gain but the sound was weak. Only after changing to the neck pickup did I find what a smooth sounding circuit this is. It made my headphone amp sound like a stack! Unfortunately it introduced some distortion into the headphones when I played hard so I'm hoping to try it through my amp later in the week.
Feeding the signal directly into the amp and bypassing the rangemaster part was very disappointing. It really needs that driving it otherwise the sound is very dull and flat. The trim pot is set on full volume permenatly now.
I used a mix of AC141 and AC187 transistors and did a bit of experimentation with the positioning but it didn't seem to make much difference to the sound or the volume where the higher gain AC187 was. If anyone wants the layout I used please pm me but it has crossings out/amendments and would probably be better used as a guide. I also underestimated the size of the transformers which means that the leads are soldered into place and then the whole component is bent over slightly.

[col]

I have had some time so I've re-drawn the layout so it should be easier to get the transformers on. I think its OK but please check if you want to use it.

http://s159.photobucket.com/albums/t159/col07768/?action=view&current=BM.jpg

For a +ve earth as original you should be able to simply use PNP transistors, change the power supply round and rotate all the electrolytic caps 180 degrees. You would need to use the ultra minature caps as the standard sizes will be a tight squeeze.