Effect type: overdrive
Pedal description
Rated as one of the best guitar overdrives, this DIY project is the ZeN and is based upon the famous Zendrive. The board of this project is designed to fit in a 1590A enclosure or similar, but if you haven't previous experience we recommend to build the project in a 1590B or 1590BB enclosure.
Controls
Gain
Tone
Volume
Voice
Kit contents
Capacitors
1x 100pF 50V Ceramic Disc Capacitor
1x 3.3nF 0.0033uF 100V 5% Polyester Film Box Type Capacitor
1x 100nF 0.1uF 100V 5% Polyester Film Box Type Capacitor
2x 470nF 0.47uF 100V 5% Polyester Film Box Type Capacitor
1x 47uF 16V 105C Radial Electrolytic Capacitor 5x11mm
1x 100uF 16V 105C Radial Electrolytic Capacitor 5x11mm
Transistor
2x 2N7000 MOSFET N-CHANNEL 60V 0.2A
Diodes
3x BAT41 Shottky Barrier Diode
Resistors
3x 1K OHM 1/4W 1% Metal Film Resistor
3x 10K OHM 1/4W 1% Metal Film Resistor
1x 470K OHM 1/4W 1% Metal Film Resistor
1x 2M OHM 1/4W 1% Metal Film Resistor
Potentiometer
1x 100K OHM Logarithmic Taper Potentiometer Round Shaft PCB 9mm
1x 10K OHM Linear Taper Potentiometer Round Shaft PCB 9mm
1x 500K OHM Linear Taper Potentiometer Round Shaft PCB 9mm
1x 50K OHM Linear Taper Potentiometer Round Shaft PCB 9mm
IC'S
1x NJM4558 4558 Dual Operational Amplifier General Purpose IC
NOTE: We recommend to use 9mm pots if you are going to build this project in a 1590A enclosure, but if you choose a bigger box, you can use full size pots.
Hardware
1x ZEN PCB BOARD
1x 1590A Style Aluminum Diecast Enclosure
1x 3MM BEZEL LED HOLDER CHROME METAL
1x DC Power Jack 2.1mm Enclosed Frame With Switch External
2x 6.35mm 1/4" Stereo Phone Jack
1x 3PDT STOMP FOOT / PEDAL SWITCH
4x Knob DAVIES 1900H CLONE Black
1x AWG 22 BLACK HOOK-UP WIRE 1FT (30CM) STRANDED
1x AWG 22 RED HOOK-UP WIRE 1FT (30CM) STRANDED
1x AWG 22 WHITE HOOK-UP WIRE 1FT (30CM) STRANDED
NOTE: This kit is for the 1590A version, if you're going to use a 1590B or 1590BB enclosure you can use other jacks and knobs and you could add a battery clip using one stereo jack and one mono jack.
Important:
We recommend to use low profile jacks in order to gain more space but the TAYDA enclosed jacks listed in this kit will work too.
The board has enough space to put the electrolitic caps in horizontal but if you can find 100uF and 47uF 5x7mm or 6x7mm, these will work perfect in the standard position.
PCB DESIGNATORS:
Capacitors
C1
470nF
C2
100pF
C3
100nF
C4
3,3nF
C5
470nF
C6
100uF
C7
47uF
Diodes
D1
BAT41
D2
BAT41
D3
BAT41
IC'S
IC1
NJM4558
Transistors
Q1
2n7000
Q2
2n7000
Resistors
R1
2M
R2
470K
R3
1K
R4
10K
R5
1K
R6
10K
R7
10K
R8
1K
Pots
GAIN
500kB
TONE
50kB
VOICE
10kB
VOL
100kA
SCHEMATIC: