Satch

How about a pedal designed to emulate the saturation from pushing an Akair GX210D reel to reel? Here you go.

Let's cut the nonsense. What we have here is a straight-up clone of a Super Hard-on with a master volume and some clipping options. That said, if you forget the whole reel to reel schpiel it's a really nice grit maker. Marketing eh?

So, you have all the oomph of the SHO on tap, tamed by a master volume. Good job. Check.

You then have three switches, each offering more extreme clipping as you go down the stack (ON is switch to the left). Use one, two or all of them in whatever combination floats your particular boat.

The kit is supplied with vertical-mount pots which have round shafts, so you'll need set-screw fitting knobs.

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 not take a battery. Knobs are not included.

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

Inspired by: Jive Reel Saturator

Difficulty: Easy

PCB size: 30 x 47mm

Knobs required: 2

Enclosure: 1590B

Direct Connect compatible (4-way)

Download the INSTRUCTION PDF