Le Chat Noir Drive

Low parts count box of wonderful drive. Articulate and responsive, with clean up so nice you'd swear there was a tube amp in the box.

Sorry, not a cheap kit thanks to the price of the all-important op amp at the heart of the beast - the Analog Devices OP275. Your signal chain is worth it, surely?

If you want the PCB without parts there's a link for that at the bottom of the page.

Partial kit: PCB, all board-mounted components, pots.

Full kit: As above, plus footswitch and appropriate daughterboard/components for your selected bypass type (see Downloads section for details of those), jack sockets, DC socket, battery snap, hook-up wire, LED.

Enclosure (pre-drilled) is available as an option with full kits, and will take a battery if you really want it to. Note: footswitch will be 22mm further towards the knobs with the battery option. Knobs are not included.

Inspired by: Black Cat OD-1

Difficulty: Easy

PCB size: 50 x 25mm

Knobs required: 2

Enclosure: 1590B

Direct-Connect compatible (4-way)

Download the INSTRUCTION PDF