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Title: Boss OD-3 Subclone?
Post by: Arn C. on September 08, 2008, 10:23:38 AM
Has anyone built this with success?   I can't seem to find any problems with my circuit board, yet I get no sound.

http://img392.imageshack.us/img392/4491/od3subclonebl3.jpg


Arn C.
Title: Re: Boss OD-3 Subclone?
Post by: nordine on September 08, 2008, 01:42:39 PM
breadboarded that thing once

sounded cool, nice tubey overdrive... however lacking lots of lows, because it has no tone shaping stage, so i dropped it
Title: Re: Boss OD-3 Subclone?
Post by: Arn C. on September 08, 2008, 01:58:16 PM
Thanks Nordine!  I will look at it once again.

Arn C.
Title: Re: Boss OD-3 Subclone?
Post by: earthtonesaudio on September 08, 2008, 02:37:02 PM
Wow... gotta love that discrete op-amp front end.   :icon_eek:
Title: Re: Boss OD-3 Subclone?
Post by: WGTP on September 09, 2008, 10:00:57 AM
A lot of the circuitry in the OD-3, besides the distortion sections, seems to be EQ filtering.  I was just thinking of trying it again.  Also check out the Boss BD-2 for a dual discrete op amp pedal.   :icon_cool:

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Title: Re: Boss OD-3 Subclone?
Post by: Arn C. on September 09, 2008, 12:38:18 PM
WGTP  ,  did you build this yourself?  Did it work for you?

Arn C.
Title: Re: Boss OD-3 Subclone?
Post by: WGTP on September 09, 2008, 05:38:40 PM
I have built the second stage of the distortion for sure, but don't remember if I built the first stage or not.  Seems I had a shortage of good Jfets.  It could bias differently with different transistors.  Check out the ROD10.  It is full of discrete op amps and uses different bias values.  :icon_cool:

http://www.aronnelson.com/gallery/main.php/v/KHE/Boss_ROD10_Schematic.jpg.html?g2_imageViewsIndex=1

You might check out the original and see if I messed something up when I sliced the distortions sections out.

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Title: Re: Boss OD-3 Subclone?
Post by: sevenisthenumber on August 09, 2010, 01:39:50 AM
Quote from: Arn C. on September 08, 2008, 10:23:38 AM
Has anyone built this with success?   I can't seem to find any problems with my circuit board, yet I get no sound.

http://img392.imageshack.us/img392/4491/od3subclonebl3.jpg


Arn C.

Is this an exact clone of the OD3 without the buffer and bypass?
Title: Re: Boss OD-3 Subclone?
Post by: WGTP on August 09, 2010, 03:52:54 PM
IIRC it is.  As close and simple as I could get.  It may require some bias adjustments with the different transistors.  Notice the notch filter between stages.  Several things could be modified for more bass.  :icon_cool: