Project overview
The Acapulco Tone is a dirt-simple distortion Device based on the power section of a cranked vintage Sunn Model T, bringing openness, clarity, and crunch.
Introduction
The big brother of the Acapulco family features a clean blend and a Baxandall tone stack, making this circuit more versatile for both guitar and bass players. Designed to use onboard potentiometers, keep it tidy without using cables!
Controls
- Clean
- Loud
- Bass
- High
For further analysis on Acapulco Gold¨s circuit, take a look at this thread on Free Stomp Boxes Forum.
For any technical questions regarding this build, don’t forget to check out our Facebook Group and our forum at Free Stomp Boxes.
Acapulco Tone 1.2v – Building Docs
Acapulco Tone 1.1v – Building Docs
Acapulco Tone 1.0v – Building Docs
Acapulco Tone – Drilling template
Stefan Röhl (verified owner) –
Super easy to build! Would almost call it a beginner Pedal. To my ears the four Knob version from PCB guitar mania makes it so much more useful than the original pedal!
Nicolas Guillaume –
Really agree with Stefan Röhl:
Easy to build, useful with the 4 knobs, it has taken the place of the original in my board!
kroars (verified owner) –
After testing this for the first time, I gently set my guitar down and picked up my phone to order 4 more of these. It’s crazy that EQD has thought of this. It kills the original AG, even with the Blend knob alone. Very versatile pedal. So many wonderful tones to be had with this guy. Great layout and low parts count. Highly recommend building this one! Thanks for a phenomenal circuit!! Also, none of the mods (mentioned in the build docs) are needed -they must’ve worked out the kinks in the newer version.