Sunday, January 27, 2013

Emerson Custom Guitars Em-Drive

This is a really simple circuit looking at the board, but we didn't have a pic of the back and on the breadboard my suggestions didn't sound right, so I shelved it for a while until I could get a look at the unit myself or at least a decent pic of the rear of the board.

peavey_xxl on the forum posted a link to a schematic that he said someone who built a clone referred him to and so here's the layout based on that scheme. I have done the layout with the same mojo paper in oil caps in mind that were used in the original.

Updates 30th Jan 2013 - Pot value established and corrected, thanks peavey_xxl

Info about the original:

EM-Drive Transparent Overdrive:
Handwired, Handbuilt in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma USA using some of the finest quality & reliable parts available. This pedal does everything from a slight boost/sparkle to a nice, warm light OD sound. Good for use as a first stage OD or a nice boost pedal.... you may find yourself leaving this on the entire gig!

Specs:
-NOS PIO (New Old Stock Paper In Oil) capacitors
-Handwired Construction
-Quality High Tolerance CTS Pots (Hand Metered & Matched)
-Durable Turquoise powdercoated finish
-Davies knobs
-USA Switchcraft jacks
-3PDT True Bypass Footswitch
-Hand picked and matched parts for tone and durability
-Power: Standard 9 volt DC power supply with a negative center 2.1mm barrel, NO internal battery option.








and a compact version for those without mojo tastes :o)



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