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3)  Locate the battery clip.  Cut 1 ½” length off the ends of each 
lead and discard (or save for other projects).  Connect the black 
lead to the “ring” lug of the input jack.  Connect the red lead to 
terminal #2 of the terminal strip.  Solder these connections now.

SECTION 4 – Wire Remaining Connections 

1)  Strip and tin a 1 ½” piece of wire and connect footswitch lugs “3” and “9”.

2)  Strip and tin a 1" piece of wire and connect the input jack “tip” lug to the footswitch lug “2”.

3)  Strip and tin a 3 ½” piece of wire and connect footswitch lug “1” to distortion pot lug “1”.

4)  Strip and tin a 1 ¾” piece of wire and connect the output jack “ground” lug to 
output pot lug “3”.

GROUND LUG

TIP LUG

5)  Strip and tin a 1 ¼” piece of wire and connect the output jack “tip” lug to 
footswitch lug “8”.

6)  Strip and tin a 2 ½” piece of wire and connect the output pot lug “2” to footswitch lug “7”.

Finish it off by double-checking all of your connections, connect and insert a 9V battery, screw the lid on and 
fasten the knobs to both pot shafts.

RING LUG

SLEEVE LUG

TIP LUG

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7)  Strip and tin a 2 ½” piece of wire and connect the cathode lead of the LED to footswitch lug “4”.  
Solder both of these connections now.

8)  Strip and tin a 1 ½” piece of wire and connect the footswitch lug “5” to the ground lug of the input 
jack.  Solder these connections now.

SECTION 3 – Mount and Connect Remaining Components 

1)  Connect one of the 0.1

µ

F capacitors with one lead at terminal #5 of the terminal strip and the 

other lead to output pot lug “1”.

2)  Connect the other 0.1

µ

F capacitor to terminal #4 and to both lugs “2” and “3” of the distortion pot.  

Solder all connections at terminals #3, #4 and distortion pot lugs “2” and “3” now.

Please refer to DRAWING 4.

9)  Strip and tin a 1” piece of wire and connect the DPDT switch middle left lug to the output pot’s lug 
“1”.  Solder these connections now.

Summary of Contents for K-956

Page 1: ...layer of distortion at lower volume This version is equipped with a three position diode selector switch The switch offers three different settings and tones The top position is the classic silicon cl...

Page 2: ...ponents 7 Section 4 Wire Remaining Connections 8 ASSEMBLY DRAWINGS 4 Drawings 9 10 These are the last 2 pages They should be separated and used as a reference to help assemble the kit correctly 2 TOOL...

Page 3: ...W SC 12B 1 Stranded Wire 22 AWG Red K PUL1569 3 FT PARTS LIST 1 3 RING LUG SLEEVE LUG TIP LUG GROUND LUG TIP LUG 250k Potentiometer Audio Taper R VBM 250KA SS 2 Terminal Strip with 5 Terminals P 0501...

Page 4: ...d 2M R A2M 1 2M Resistor W P Q2N5088 1 NPN BJT 2N5088 2N 5088 E B C 1N4148 HIGH SPEED SOLID STATE DIODE P Q971 2 gray red brown gold 820 820 Resistor W R A820 1 Light Emitting Diode P L400 1 DPDT Togg...

Page 5: ...e a good solder joint Take your time with each connection and make sure that all components are connected and will remain connected if your project is bumped or shaken Bend the component lead or wire...

Page 6: ...under nut on outside of box Make sure the tip lug is on top towards the enclosure opening before tightening nut We will refer to terminal numbers from 1 to 5 as illustrated You might want to connect...

Page 7: ...them by bending and crimping the leads around each other Solder them once they are tightly connected to each other 5 Take the two 1N4148 diodes and place their bodies side by side with the reverse pol...

Page 8: ...output pot lug 2 to footswitch lug 7 Finish it off by double checking all of your connections connect and insert a 9V battery screw the lid on and fasten the knobs to both pot shafts RING LUG SLEEVE...

Page 9: ...1 2 1 8 3 8 3 8 3 8 1 4 1 4 3 8 DRAWING 1 TOP LEFT SIDE RIGHT SIDE DRAWING 2 INPUT JACK OUTPUT JACK 1 5 2N 5088 4 7K 2M B E C DISTORTION POT HOLE 9...

Page 10: ...NPUT JACK OUTPUT JACK 1 5 2N 5088 4 7K 2M B E C OUTPUT POT DISTORTION POT 1 2 3 1 2 3 DRAWING 4 INPUT JACK OUTPUT JACK 1 5 2N 5088 4 7K 2M B E C OUTPUT POT DISTORTION POT 1 0 4 J 104J 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8...

Page 11: ...ORTION 820 Foot Switch B 5 4 6 3PDT Foot Switch 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Switching function of the 3PDT switch The solid line illustrates an internal connection between terminals 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1N34A 1N34...

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