suggestions for a Fat, Mild, overdrive pedal build?

[GuyB]

Any suggestions for a Fat, Mild overdrive pedal build?

Using my 2N5457 Jfets would be nice.

Enjoying the pedal building.

Thanks
Guy

[GuyB]

There must be at least one?

[dexxyy]

you could build a dls mk111, or try a wampler pinnacle subbing 5457`s for the j201`s. however if you want a really nice mild overdrive I`d go with the G2D cream tone, a beautiful warm bluesy OD.

[inefficiency]

I dunno about fat, but there's plenty of nice mild overdrives on here.

I built a regular Ibanez TS808 recently, but added a toggle to swap out the 47n cap for a 220n one and that fattens it up nicely. I quite like it. You could sub different caps there until you find one you like.

The Timmy is always a favorite and you know how people feel about the Klon. Wampler are always awesome and I quite like the Fulltone stuff as well.

Hit the Overdrive tag on the right of the front page and have a look through. Maybe listen to some demos.

[IvIark]

Try the Barbershop with 2n5457s instead of the J201s

[Vince]

Catalinbread RAH... huge bottom end and nice and mild....

[rocket88]

i second the babershop. also, the RAH, and the WIIO are very fat and ballsy, the green citrus is nice and fat, orange citrus, and maybe the wampler ecstasy

[Frank_NH]

Let me suggest the Clark Gainster:

Vero Layout for Clark Gainster

One of the nicest "low-verdrives" I've built so far.  Runners up:  Zendrive, Barbershop, Liquid Sunshine.

I also like the Gainster because it fired up for me the first time with no tweaking...

[IvIark]

Frank_NH wrote

I also like the Gainster because it fired up for me the first time with no tweaking...

Always a bonus

[Jopn]

I just built myself yet another Clipper Ship, I love that pedal.

[GuyB]

Many thanks for all the suggestions, I'll check out the circuits and listen to some clips of the pedals. Hopefully I'll build one next week.

Thanks again
Guy

[GuyB]

After careful consideration, I do like the sound of soft clipping using mosfets in series and jfet, so I'm proposing a Rat type circuit, but with just soft clipping in the feedback loop between pins 6 and 2 of a TL071 opamp. The jfet would be a 2N5457.

Do any existing circuits have a similar design?

Thanks
Guy

[GuyB]

It seems simple, just a Rat design schematic, remove the hard clipping and add Mosfet soft clipping in the Opamp's feedback loop.

What could go wrong?

[GuyB]

 I've just breadboarded the design, it works fine. A few more tweaks and I'll play my guitar through it for a few hours and see what I think.