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Title: STRIKER POWER DRIVE SCHEMATICS
Post by: Striker Amplification on July 09, 2013, 06:14:26 AM
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Title: Re: STRIKER POWER DRIVE SCHEMATICS
Post by: tca on July 09, 2013, 06:25:00 AM
What is that?

Cheers.
Title: Re: STRIKER POWER DRIVE SCHEMATICS
Post by: Striker Amplification on July 09, 2013, 06:28:39 AM
Its an overdrive schematic.
Title: Re: Re: STRIKER POWER DRIVE SCHEMATICS
Post by: slacker on July 09, 2013, 06:49:16 AM
Cool, I take it where you show -9 volts you really mean ground/0 volts?
Title: Re: STRIKER POWER DRIVE SCHEMATICS
Post by: tca on July 09, 2013, 07:29:55 AM
Quote from: STRIKER AMPLIFICATION on July 09, 2013, 06:28:39 AM
Its an overdrive schematic.
Really, never thought of that? ;)

Can you describe it in more detail? It would be simple, for discussion sake,  if you put down the schematic instead of the PCB.

Cheers.
Title: Re: Re: STRIKER POWER DRIVE SCHEMATICS
Post by: midwayfair on July 09, 2013, 08:43:04 AM
Quote from: slacker on July 09, 2013, 06:49:16 AM
Cool, I take it where you show -9 volts you really mean ground/0 volts?

I certainly hope so, otherwise this is like a burst box with one wire missing.
Title: Re: STRIKER POWER DRIVE SCHEMATICS
Post by: mistahead on July 09, 2013, 07:40:18 PM
I'm glad someone else used the same dodgy shorthand and was called on it before me lol, I would have drawn that with the same incorrect 9v- instead of GND.

I can see multiple gain stage Q's, one of which is driving a second clipping section in the saturation... am I seeing the first asymmetrical section cascade into a tighter symetrical section there with the saturation stage basically being a drive control onto the second gain/clip stage?

Correct me if I'm wrong - I'm just guessing a little.
Title: Re: STRIKER POWER DRIVE SCHEMATICS
Post by: Striker Amplification on July 09, 2013, 08:07:32 PM
Yes thats right, the more MV drive stage Q1 produces the more compressed Q2 becomes, then carried on so forth to Q3 where it gets its final texture makeup. ;)
Title: Re: STRIKER POWER DRIVE SCHEMATICS
Post by: mistahead on July 09, 2013, 08:14:35 PM
Hahah - love the idea mate  ; :icon_wink:

Scary that I'm starting to understand this from schem/layout.
Title: Re: STRIKER POWER DRIVE SCHEMATICS
Post by: Striker Amplification on July 09, 2013, 09:34:18 PM
T :icon_cool:hat can only be good though!
Title: Re: STRIKER POWER DRIVE SCHEMATICS
Post by: Rock_on on July 10, 2013, 05:34:22 PM
I wish this would sound good. Better than 5th Gear Overdrive


And this is a little more challenge to me.. Hahaha time to level up my skills.

P.S this is on my next on my list
Title: Re: STRIKER POWER DRIVE SCHEMATICS
Post by: Striker Amplification on July 10, 2013, 05:40:59 PM
Nice man! give it a shot ........ya just might like what you get ;)
Title: Re: STRIKER POWER DRIVE SCHEMATICS
Post by: pinkjimiphoton on July 11, 2013, 12:51:56 PM
man, you must have great luck with them nte47's, all the ones i'd bought were way over priced and so low gain as to be unusable... when not so leaky they were unusable!!

;)
Title: Re: STRIKER POWER DRIVE SCHEMATICS
Post by: kurtlives on July 11, 2013, 01:36:23 PM
lol I am really enjoying reading your threads TS!