Project overview
The Valvedriver is especially for those who want to experiment for the first time with tubes without exposing themselves to voltages up to 400v.
Based on the BoobTube circuit with an internal voltage multiplier.
Introduction
Tube Overdrive
Especially to give the tube flavor to your set.
- Ready to be wired as True Bypass.
- Pedalboard-friendly runs on 9v.
- Internal Voltage Multiplier
- Tight design to fit in a 125B Enclosure.
Difficulty level: Intermediate.
Amount of parts: Moderate
Availability of components: Average. All the components are pretty easy to get.
Featuring:
- Designed to use onboard potentiometers. Keep it tidy without using cables!
- Compact format fits perfectly in a 125B enclosure
- Versatile Project, allows you to build a clean tube version, as well as the overdrive one.
- Internal voltage multiplier
- Pedalboard-friendly runs on 9v.
Controls
- Tone: high-cut filter.
- Volume: controls the output volume.
- Gain: set the Gain at your preference.
For any technical questions regarding this build don’t forget to check out our Facebook Group and our forum at Free Stomp Boxes.
Jürgen Vogel –
I’ve been building stompboxes for quite a time already, but this was my first Tube project, and damm this thing is LOUD! I build the overdrive version and I love it, pure tube sound!
peter-4380 (verified owner) –
Tremendous little PCB with loads of saturated overdrive. Sounds superb at all settings.