Hamlet

It is the most devastating moment in a young man's life, when he quite reasonably says to himself, "I shall never play The Dane!" (Uncle Monty, 1969/1987)

One of the most requested kits ever.

One side is light/medium gain overdrive (though we'd say it goes beyond medium), that is super clean-up-able from your guitar volume. Useful tone control and a separate Low control to tidy up or let loose your bottom end. A toggle switch gives you two different clipping options too, making this a versatile beast.

All this oomph is preceded by a clean, high-headroom boost to push the drive section into more-mode.

The two circuits are independent, so you have three flavours at your feet at any one time.

Sorry it's a little pricey - those wonderful OPA2134 ICs are megabucks.

Note: With both sides engaged and cranked you *may* get some unwanted squeal in some setups as this becomes very high gain. Putting this after a buffer will solve it, as will winding back a little on your gain.

Supplied with Lumberg jacks so they'll fit nicely above the pots.

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

Partial kit: PCBs, all board-mounted components (not footswitches), 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 not take a battery. Knobs are not included.

Builds are only available with full kits including enclosures. Please choose appropriate knobs.

Inspired by: The Dane Mk II

Difficulty: Medium

PCB size: 80 x 53mm

Knobs required: 5

Enclosure: 1590BB

Download the INSTRUCTION PDF