Boss Ds 1 Circuit

Because the ds 1 s tone circuit is big muff inspired you can use duncan s tone stack calculator to set values that tailor the tone to your liking.

Boss ds 1 circuit. Boss ds 1 distortion pedal perhaps the quintessential effects pedal for the guitar or any other instrument that needs to be heavied up the distortion pedal reigns supreme. The boss ds 1 together with the tubescreamer and the proco rat cover almost all the spectrum of tastes for vintage classic rock hard rock guitar distortion. Perhaps one of the most popular pedals to modify is the boss ds 1. Sales people at guitar center will say something like its a great beginner distortion pedal.

This kit will provide you with all of the components high quality panasonic and multicomp caps and metal film resistors you need to mod your ds 1 to keeley s specs. This over hyped pedal sounds really thin with no punch. 5 tips on the boss ds 1 distortion pedal. 50 videos play all mix nerdy circuit stuff.

Just a little dusty. Plus as you change values you see which frequencies they affect and how a little experimentation goes a long way and can save a lot of soldering. Referring to the electronic design the current boss ds 1 has a simple circuit. Theres never been much info on the net about the ds2 but since the ds1 2 are brother pedals im taking a semi educated guess that the circuit or chip changed for the first time around the same time the ds1 did.

The circuit has changed at least once and depending on how close it followed the ds 1 circuit it could have changed 3 times since 92. Comparing the boss sd 1 with the ds 1 youtube you re using it wrong. I m not going to take the pedal apart at this point as i d like to see what happens when i apply power and plug a lead into the input jack socket. Every guitarist at some point has at least tried boss s ds 1 distortion pedal.

The faulty boss ds 1 the pedal itself is on the first inspection in reasonable condition. Some transistor stages with an op amp core and hard clipping diodes. In 1978 boss engineers changed all that by developing a unique distortion circuit for the ds 1 that produces tight hard edged gain with rich harmonics while retaining the unique characteristics of different guitars and playing techniques. Robert keeley graciously shared his seeing eye and ultra mods with the public.