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sgmypod

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B.Y.O.C. screamer or similar
« on: July 07, 2008, 06:52:54 PM »
Anyone got one or similar and how do they compare to original screamers/maxons etc
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Re: B.Y.O.C. screamer or similar
« Reply #1 on: July 07, 2008, 07:12:20 PM »
No where near as good as...I don't know...say a Maxon 808 :lol:

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Re: B.Y.O.C. screamer or similar
« Reply #2 on: July 07, 2008, 07:34:39 PM »
Now there is a surprise....but have you tried the BYOC
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Re: B.Y.O.C. screamer or similar
« Reply #3 on: July 07, 2008, 07:39:14 PM »
No...sorry

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Re: B.Y.O.C. screamer or similar
« Reply #4 on: July 07, 2008, 07:56:50 PM »
I have one.. but it doesnt work because I'm too incompetent with a soldering iron to get all the joins on the pcb clean :lol: If I ever get it working I'll let you know :D

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Re: B.Y.O.C. screamer or similar
« Reply #5 on: July 07, 2008, 07:58:54 PM »
They aren't easy..did a mouse and was a pain
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Re: B.Y.O.C. screamer or similar
« Reply #6 on: July 07, 2008, 09:14:37 PM »
the byoc stuff is great- sound really good and true bypass ain't a bad thing.

If you want one and don't want to put it together i'll happily do it, just cost you postage and if you want it painted. Done a few now and i love putting them together, i dont think i'll buy another 'built' pedal. Gonna build up a soldano slo-100 distortion kit at some point.
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Re: B.Y.O.C. screamer or similar
« Reply #7 on: July 07, 2008, 09:16:14 PM »
soldano slo kit..where's that from
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Re: B.Y.O.C. screamer or similar
« Reply #8 on: July 07, 2008, 09:29:55 PM »
http://www.olcircuits.com/olckits.html

A bit more complicated than BYOC, more gubbins and trimpots inside, i'm totally up for it though. Might order the tiny amp kit too... Just for fun. I LOVE building these things.
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Re: B.Y.O.C. screamer or similar
« Reply #9 on: July 07, 2008, 09:44:31 PM »
these American kits
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Re: B.Y.O.C. screamer or similar
« Reply #10 on: July 07, 2008, 09:58:23 PM »
Yes you have to import. Done on a small scale by one guy i think. Shall be ordering one soon.

I can see the problem of the quick reply, your last message made very little sense, i presumed you meant to ad a ? at the end?
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Re: B.Y.O.C. screamer or similar
« Reply #11 on: July 07, 2008, 10:01:24 PM »
Yes you have to import. Done on a small scale by one guy i think. Shall be ordering one soon.

I can see the problem of the quick reply, your last message made very little sense, i presumed you meant to ad a ? at the end?
...ad a?
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Re: B.Y.O.C. screamer or similar
« Reply #12 on: July 07, 2008, 10:05:10 PM »
Yes you have to import. Done on a small scale by one guy i think. Shall be ordering one soon.

I can see the problem of the quick reply, your last message made very little sense, i presumed you meant to ad a ? at the end?
...ad a?

add a question mark- my typing is shocking at the best of times. anyway- the screamer sounds good, but there are millions of TS copies out there. The BYOC kit will be as accurate and more tweakable than the original.
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Re: B.Y.O.C. screamer or similar
« Reply #13 on: July 07, 2008, 10:09:51 PM »
cool..using horseheads maxon and am lovin it..so want one
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Re: B.Y.O.C. screamer or similar
« Reply #14 on: July 18, 2008, 08:02:30 PM »


I have built a couple of BYOC kits, the TS808 and Phaser 90 and the Small Stone. this was when you could get them direct from the States to the UK and was cheap option.

My tube screamer is built to TS808 spec, better suited to driving valve amps due to output impedance change from the TS9 spec. Its also spec'ed to do Symetrical (original TS) and Asymetrical Clipping (SD-1). I have also swapped out the 1uf electroylic for some metal film caps. The result is a great sounding boutique pedal that I use as a booster.

The Phase 90 is pretty good too, but sounded a bit bassy for my liking, but I fixed it by adding an input buffer. Also BYOC supplied  JRC741 op amps which give unity gain. Units that use the Texas 741 or others have slightly more gain and therefore the unit has a slight boost, which I don't like.

The Small Stone is a nice chorus to which I have added the Cap switch option.

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The other build site which is pretty good is Tonepad
http://www.tonepad.com/

They give the schematics and supply circuit boards to populate yourself. All the way from Chile, South America

I have built their CE-2 , Small Clone, Tremulus Lune,  MXR Micro amp and Ross Compressor. All these cicuits work fine. With component upgrades these units give the "real thing" a run for their money PLUS they are True bypass.

My pedal board is populated with home build pedals and they prove to be robust, reliable and tone worthy.

Pedal chain 

Budda Wah with Vocal mod (switchable by switch under treadle)
Phase 90 Script version (which is just minus a 22K feedback resistor)
TS808 with all the main mods
Small Stone chorus with cap switching mod
MXR Micro Amp

Boss DD-5
Boss TU-2

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