Pedal Mods

Ancient1

I've had my Boss SD-1 OD for aeons but i've been using it sparingly. It does sound a bit harsh and thins out my tone, but i love my guitar's level of responsiveness when i run it through the SD-1.

Anyways, I contacted the guys in bredhead.com and asked them if they can "beef" it up for me (i actually really want a Fulltone OCD), but then i saw this on Chrisguitars:

"Boss SD-1 w/"Brown" Mod, called the "SD-808", it changes the somewhat harsh SD-1 to a more vintage sound, basically a TS-808 clone."

And here's the schematic:


What do you guys think.....yay or nay.

Would the experiment be worth the trouble? Perhaps it would be, coz the SD-1 isn't worth sh1t these days anyways...

jcoote

hell yeah that pedal would be just left lying there otherwise man..mod away cos if it comes out like an 808 its gonna be savage!!!

that OCD pedal is the coolest named pedal ever

feylya

Trouble? It's 5 components man. Do it! I'd do it tbh.

Ancient1

It's 5 components man. Do it!

Well, that is encouraging, but you have no idea how talented i am when it comes to fuking things up.
I'd like to give it a shot though.

jcoote

DO it...whats the worst that could happen???

you might have to get a keeley tubescreamer thats the absolute worst that can happen

Eoin Madsen

If you're doing it yourself just be really careful with the soldering and unsoldering. It's surprisingly easy to damage the trace on the PCB. Ditto for any capacitors you're soldering.

dabhoys

I just ordered my TS9 mod kit from here

http://www.crossbreedguitars.com/

I love the TS9. Really makes the Recto sing. I'll let ya's know who I get on with the mod...

Ancient1

Cheers Eoin, i might pick up an empty PCB for a couple of test runs first....it's the detail and "cramped-ness" of the small Boss PCBs that worries me, and my hands are more suited to driving a tractor than doing fine precision work

dabhoys, that looks pretty good man - but it doesnt say much about the guy/company. UK based, i imagine?

feylya

Ancient1, I'll probably be in Dublin fairly soon or you can drop the pedal and components to me and I'll sort it out for you if you'd like.

Ancient1

Good stuff man, we'll talk over some Hersbruckers, yum yum.

feylya

Good stuff. Not too many though. I don't get paid for another 5 weeks PM some details about Wednesday if you could.

dabhoys

Just got my mod kit for the TS-9. I'll post some samples of the difference when I get the mod done. See if it really will make much difference...

jcoote

SAVAGE...dying to hear that i might get a ts-9 and mod it if its good...i loved my ts-9 when i had it

dabhoys

Indeed they are a lovely pedal

jcoote

how much was the kit if u don't mind me askin dabhoys

Ancient1

£17 ?

So what was included in the kit, dabhoys?

dabhoys

The Ibanez TS9 Modification Kit comes with:

JRC4558D Chip
IC Socket, (so you can just clip in and out different chips)
three box metal film capacitors
two tantalum capacitors
two metal film capacitors
two resistors
solder
de-soldering braid
32 page instruction manual

It's a very easy kit to understand. If this goes well I'll probaly get the DS-1 mod kit too. There is a few mods in this kit. The main 3 are replacing the chip and two capacitors for what they call the brown mod. Then there is a few more mods to do. To enhnace the pedal more. But I'll probaly just do the chip swap and the two brown mods...

Ancient1

Nice, that's pretty good value man....and definitely handier than having to hunt down all the components individualy.

dabhoys

I'll post some sound clips to a/b the difference when I'm done...

Rustar

feylya wrote:

I don't get paid for another 5 weeks

You on some sort of "soccer stipend" like David St. Hubbins of Spinal Tap?

feylya

Nope, just work for a ****e company