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Ruby / Noisy Cricket

A couple of saucy

little amps

Contents of this document are ©2020 Pedal Parts Ltd.

No reproduction permitted without the express written

permission of Pedal Parts Ltd. All rights reserved.

Summary of Contents for Ruby/NoisyCricket

Page 1: ...Ruby NoisyCricket A couple of saucy little amps Contents of this document are 2020 Pedal Parts Ltd No reproduction permitted without the express written permission of Pedal Parts Ltd All rights reserved ...

Page 2: ...wise stated in this document this circuit is designed to be powered with 9V DC COMPONENT SPECS Unless otherwise stated in this document Resistors should be 0 25W You can use those with higher ratings but check the physical size of them Electrolytics caps should be at least 25V for 9V circuits 35V for 18V circuits Again check physical size if using higher ratings LAYOUT CONVENTIONS Unless otherwise...

Page 3: ...elec C8 220u elec Q1 2N5457 IC1 LM386 N1 VOL 10KB GAIN 1KB Other FETs will work such as J201 This section is working as a buffer and will have little bearing on the tone Pads are provided for through hole or SMT FETs We ve been building these for years will 100u at the output It s plenty bassy ...

Page 4: ...N 1KB TONE 100KB GRIT SPDT ON ON Other FETs will work such as J201 This section is working as a buffer and will have little bearing on the tone Pads are provided for through hole or SMT FETs We ve been building these for years will 100u at the output It s plenty bassy To build it without the tone control simply leave out these parts No jumpers required ...

Page 5: ...y with wire cutters You should solder all other board mounted components before you solder the pots Once they re in place you ll have no access to much of the board Make sure your pots all line up nicely The best way to do that is to solder a single pin of each pot in place then melt and adjust if necessary before soldering in the other two pins Don t push the pins all the way into the PCB give yo...

Page 6: ...Enclosure layout Of course you can lay it out however you like but it was designed for this configuration in a 1590B ...

Page 7: ...S input jack will disconnect the battery when the jack is unplugged However if you have a DC supply connected it will be on all the time You can add an on off switch inline with the ground wire between the DC socket and the PCB see bottom ...

Page 8: ...rcuit Jacks are normally 10mm DC socket is 12mm This layout will give you space between the DC and output jack to fit a PP3 battery This templates are rough guides only You should ensure correct marking of your enclosure before drilling You use this template at your own risk Pedal Parts Ltd can accept no responsibility for incorrect drilling of enclosures FuzzDog co uk ...

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