BYOC Classic Overdrive Kit Instructions Manual Download

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Operating Overview

LEVEL, DRIVE, & TONE: Do you really need an explaination of what these knobs do?

DC power supply - Use a 2.5mm negative tip 9VDC adaptor (this is your standard guitar

fx style adaptor). If using battery power, only use a single 9V battery.

Current Draw - 2.5mA

Input Impedance - 511k ohms

Output Impedance - 10k ohms

Summary of Contents for Classic Overdrive Kit

Page 1: ...warranty any of the individual parts once they have been used If you have a component that is used but feel it was defective prior to you using it we reserve the right to determine whether or not the...

Page 2: ...r the people who are helping you to keep track of your progress A very brief discription of your specific problem will do It will also make it easier to see if someone else is having or has had the sa...

Page 3: ...INSTRUCTION INDEX Parts Checklist page 4 5 Populating the Circuit Board page 6 16 Main PCB Assembly page 17 19 Wiring page 20 23 Installing the IC s and Finishing Up page 24 Operation Overview page 25...

Page 4: ...red brown 3 511k green brown brown orange brown Capacitors 1 51pf ceramic disc small round orange 1 22n or 022 film 223 1 47n or 047 film 473 1 100n or 0 1 film 104or 1 2 0 22 tantalum mustard yellow...

Page 5: ...h panel mounted pot 1 B100k linear LEVEL 1 B25k linear TONE 1 A500k audio DRIVE Hardware 1 drilled enclosure w 4 screws 1 byoc classic over drive PCB 1 3PDT footswitch 3 knobs 1 AC adaptor jack 1 mono...

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Page 7: ...Populating the Circuit Board STEP 1 Add the diodes Be sure to matched the end of the diode with the stripe to the layout on the PCB The stripped end should go in the square solder pad...

Page 8: ...hich end goes in which solder pad Take your time and be sure not to confuse similarly banded resistors such as the 511k with the 51k or the 100ohm with the 1k Also note that the PCB says 510k but your...

Page 9: ...C This is a socket The sockets get soldered to the PCB The ICs get inserted into the sockets The actual IC chip itself never gets soldered You will insert the IC into the socket after the entire pedal...

Page 10: ...Step 4 Add the Transistors Be sure to orient the transistosr so that the flat side of the tansistor body matches up with the flat side on the PCB layout...

Page 11: ...Step 5 Add the ceramic disc capacitor Ceramic disc caps are not polarized and can be inserted into the pcb in either direction...

Page 12: ...Add the tantalum capacitors Tantalum caps are polarized The positive lead goes in the square solder pad hole The positve side will have a stripe running down one side and the symbol above the positiv...

Page 13: ...Step 5 Add the film capacitors These are not polarized and can be inserted into the PCB either way...

Page 14: ...rolytic capacitors These are polarized The positive end will have a longer lead and should go in the square solder pad The negative end will have a shorter lead with a black or white stripe running do...

Page 15: ...relief holes from the bottom solderside of the PCB and out through the top Insert the solder ends of the battery snap wires into the topside of their respective solder pads Solder on the bottom side...

Page 16: ...n the ends Tinning means to apply some solder to the stripped ends of the wires This keeps the strands from fraying and primes the wire for soldering Solder a 2 5 piece of wire to each of the IN OUT a...

Page 17: ...B with 2 inches of hook up wire Connect the SLEEVE of the DC adaptor jack to the eyelet on the far right side of the PCB with 2 inches of hook up wire Connect the battery disconnect terminal of the DC...

Page 18: ...e is up Insert the B100k LEVEL A500k DRIVE B25K TONEl potentiometers and the LED into the bottom side of the PCB DO NOT SOLDER ANYTHING YET The LED will have one lead that is longer than the other The...

Page 19: ...em with your fingers You do not want them very tight yet Be sure to keep your hand on the PCB so that it does not fall off the PC mounting posts of the pots and toggle switch Step 5 Turn the entire pe...

Page 20: ...lder terminal for the tip does not short out against the enclosure Step 2 Install the footswitch Orient the footswitch so that the flat sides of the solder lugs are like the diagram below NOTE There a...

Page 21: ...degrees of each other Either way is fine It does not matter as long as the flat sides of the solder lugs are running horizontal not vertical...

Page 22: ...end These will be used to connect lugs eyelets 1 2 7 8 Cut 1 x 1 piece of wire Strip 1 8 off each end This will be used to connect lug eyelet 5 Cut 1 x 1 5 peice of wire Strip 1 8 of one end Strip 1 2...

Page 23: ...otswitch Step 6 Insert the other remaining ends of the pre cut and pre stripped wires into the topside of the PCB and solder You can can solder these on the topside as well It is easier this way but y...

Page 24: ...Installing the IC s and Finishing Up Don t forget to put the cover on the enclosure and apply the bumpers to the cover if you like to use them...

Page 25: ...explaination of what these knobs do DC power supply Use a 2 5mm negative tip 9VDC adaptor this is your standard guitar fx style adaptor If using battery power only use a single 9V battery Current Draw...

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