Brown Source

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Pedal description (by Lovetone)

The BROWN SOURCE™ is an instant flash-back to that dynamic, singing, BIG late 60's / early 70's brown sound that is associated with countless classic records spanning the whole musical spectrum. It offers unparalleled purity and touch sensitivity and an uncannily warm "valvey" grunt with the absence of the unnatural fizz associated with most overdrive pedals. There is also a very tangible sense of electricity (remember that!?) as it piles on the pylon factor. It responds extremely well to filter changes (producing a throaty "voice box" type distortion) and consequently works an absolute treat with a wah in front - and will make any new guitar sound 30 years older! Because of its large image size irrespective of volume, and natural communicative response it makes an ideal recording tool or "desert island" companion. Three classic ways to use the Brown Source with a guitar are for snap crackle and "pop" into a clean amp, dripping fat into a cooking amp and controlled feedback with singing harmonics into a driven amp. In the studio it can perform amazing transformations on the most unlikely time travellers, or blended in with the straight signal it can be used to add a touch of dirt to those unfashionable clean cut sounds!

© Lovetone 2000

Project Files

• [url=http://www.generalguitargadgets.com/diagrams/geo_great_cheddar_v6.pdf Project file from the Geofex site.] - This project has been verified and the PCB for it is comercially available.
• Ready-to-solder PCB at the GGG site.

Links

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(add images) (add samples) (add schems) (add go back) [b]- Brown source (overdrive):[/b] [url=] schematic here[/url] [url=] and here.[/url] [url=http://www.esnips.com/doc/94528c01-c4d1-47a0-a093-8740996b081c/Loveclone-Brown-source]A small project, with layout, is here. [/url][color=red] The project and layout is now available, and according to the guy who posted it, the effect has been reverse engineered and verified.[/color] At first sight, it seems very close in the design to the Big Cheese. Perhaps you can even build both with the same board - please don't throw to many stones at me for saying this, I just have taken a quick look at the schems!