HipKitty Cream Distortion

[iggy]

Thought I would try to add some new vero's here. Not much information available this one. Nice overdrive/distortion. Lots of gain, lots of sustain and leaves the guitar sound pretty much intact. Nice small circuit. My trace and layout. Should be good, but not verified. Let me know if you have any questions.

[iggy]

Sorry found an error in the layout. So I'm posting a fixed version. Kind of an unknown pedal not very little info available for it. I really do like what it does. Tons of volume, medium gain. Almost a dirty boost. But it adds something different than my other pedals. Since there is only one demo on-line and it's not good. I'm linking some reviews. They are much better at describing the pedal that I can. It's worth a build. I didn't have the non polarized electros, so I used films instead. I like it even better now.

http://www.premierguitar.com/articles/hipkitty-cream-distortion-pedal-1

http://www.thegearpage.net/board/index.php?threads/hipkitty-cream-distortion-whats-in-a-name-a-review.872095/

clip: doesn't do it justice

http://hipkittyproducts.com/CREAMR01%20Doug.mp3

[gabiru]

Thanks for the layout Iggy.

Built it with minor value changes and also tried different diode combinations. Although the regular 2x1n4148 sounds good, there are many interesting possibilities, even with no diodes at all.

My favourite combination was one 1N4148 and one Germanium (don't know exactly which one, I guess it's a 1N60). With this combination, the stompbox sounds a little more dynamic without losing much of the volume. I also really liked the sounding of the pedal with no diode, a light overdriven sound with great interaction with the picking strength. I'll probably box it with a toggle switch to have both possibilities at hand.

Oh, and Iggy, do you have the schematic available?

Thank you once again.

[iggy]

Hey great to hear that you built it and it worked properly. I just bread-boarded it. and it worked. But glad the layout is confirmed. I will be building one when I get time. And I'll play with the diodes. Thanks for the feedback. It's my first trace and layout.

I tried to post the schematic, but seems I did it in a program that the site doesn't allow. If you want drop me your email and I'll send it to you.

Mark

[iggy]

Ok, here is the schematic file. I believe it to be correct. Not sure if I laid it out according to standard conventions.

[rocket88]

I'll take a look at this when I get home in about an hour. I'll check the layout and make my own if there's a major issue.