This project was originally posted over at FreeStompboxes,org. This is a great sounding Tone Bender. Easy to build, and parts are not hard to find. I haven’t tried it but it would probably work with a range of other transistors.
PCBs
I designed tis PCB and made it available through PCBWay.com on their shared service. You can order boards for yourself from their shared service here:
https://www.pcbway.com/project/shareproject/Tone_Bender_Si_f1f421a8.html
Schematic
Here is my drawing of the schematic for reference.
Parts List
Part Number | Value |
R1 | 1M |
R2 | 150K |
R3 | 22K |
R4 | 10K |
R5 | 1K |
R6 | 10K |
R7 | 100r |
R8 | 10K |
R9 | 10K |
R10 | 2K2 |
R11 | 10K |
R12 | 10K |
R13 | 47K |
R14 | 47K |
C1 | 10n |
C2 | 100n |
C3 | 100n |
C4 | 100n |
C5 | 8n2 |
C6 | 10µ |
C7 | 47µ |
C8 | 4µ7 |
D1 | 1n5817 |
D2 | LED |
Q1 | BC109 |
Q2 | BC109 |
Q3 | BC109 |
Q4 | BC109 |
GAIN | B1K |
TONE | B50K |
VOLUME | A100K |
Drilling Guide
Download the drilling guide here.
Print the guide at 100% and wrap it around your enclosure with a piece of tape. This guide is meant to fit a 1590B sized enclosure.