This will be slightly #geeky, and probably only of interest to #electronics hobbyists and #guitar players. I happen to sit in the intersection of that particular #Venn diagram.

When I was a teenager, having only been playing guitar for a few years, I owned a guitar #effects pedal that went on to become legendary - the Boss HM-2 "Heavy Metal" #pedal. Its sound is still ubiquitous in metal.

I don't have it any more. I think I traded it for an analog chorus, which was a seriously expensive pedal back then. Although I have other #distortion effects, I've missed it a lot over the years.

Well, lots of hobbyists build their own effects. And the circuit schematics for many effects, particularly the classics, are available online. So like many others, I decided to build my own HM-2.

This image is the schematic for the #HM2. It's not the most complicated pedal, but it's a league above something like an Ibanez Tube Screamer. As far as active devices go, it's got 6 #opamps and 10 #transistors of various types, along with a bunch of diodes for multiple types and stages of clipping, and the usual jumble of capacitors and resistors. Oh, and four potentiometers.

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#EffectPedal #HeavyMetal #pedals #metal #DIY #schematic #circuit #hobby #OperationalAmplifier #TubeScreamer

🤔 J'ai une pédale d'effet Mini Tube Screamer de marque Ibanez. Lorsque je l'enclenche sur mon #pedalboard, aucun son n'en sort. Quand je la mets en off, le son passe sans souci (parce que c'est du truebypass, j'imagine).

Donc je l'ai démontée... et j'ai constaté qu'un composant semblait être complètement grillé, juste au dessus de la prise d'alimentation. Est-ce que ça peut se réparer ? Sachant que cette pédale neuve coûte dans les 75€.

#guitar #guitargear #Ibanez #TubeScreamer

New video! Trying to fix a Digitech Bad Monkey guitar effect pedal that suffered some nasty battery leakage.

YouTube: https://youtu.be/Z5k7ZhunRX4
PeerTube: https://makertube.net/w/dUfDiVnNvJtEf7xtDshyDm

#BadMonkey #Stompbox #GuitarFX #Digitech #Pedal #Repair #BatteryLeakage #Corrosion #Overdrive #TubeScreamer

God tier #guitar nerdery

#gearsquad just in case but I'm sure all 8 of us follow him

#TubeScreamer #EffectPedals #music

From: @thebishopgame
https://wandering.shop/@thebishopgame/112276586358599675

My birthday gift!

#Tubescreamer #TS9 reissue
#guitar

Guitar pedals for synthesizers. A discussion. (Also an overdraft issue).

🤖 #synth #synthesizer #rat #ibanez #tubescreamer #guitar #guitarpedal #guitarpedals #fx #fxpedals #overdrive #distortion #recording #mixing #mastering #recordingstudio #studiolife #studiogear #composer #gameaudio #gamemusic #indiegame #soundtrack #originalmusic #musician #strymon #volante #strymonvolante #twinpeaks

A very interesting article about an AI (ChatGPT) creating the source code for a VST plugin (Tube Screamer, a guitar overdrive pedal effect). I think we are heading for disruption in more industries than we realize at the moment. People will keep finding out new ways of using this AI in very interesting settings. Watch the video to get a good impression what is happening here.

https://www.guitarworld.com/news/ai-tube-screamer-plugin

#vst #chatgpt #disruption #automation #tubescreamer