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MARSHALL™ GUV'NOR™ REPLICA COMPLETE KIT
MARSHALL™ GUV'NOR™ REPLICA COMPLETE KIT
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A complete kit for the MGV, our Marshall™ Guv'nor™ replica: a very versatile distortion with one of the best tone stacks found in any distortion pedal.
About the effect
The MGV follows the original black Guv'nor™ from the 1980s, not any of the later versions. The Danelectro Daddy-O is nearly the same circuit, essentially the Guv'nor™ with input and output buffers added. Its tone controls cover a wide range of sounds.
For a second set of sounds, our build uses the open space in the lower right of the PCB for an extra clipper section wired to a toggle switch. The project page has a schematic with modern improvements and the original Guv'nor™ schematic for reference.
What you get
- All the parts and materials you need to build one, including the PCB
- Kit-wide standards: true bypass switching, RoHS parts, a double-sided PCB with plated-through pads, Switchcraft jacks and a solid plastic battery snap
- General information about our kits
Enclosure options:
- 125B: 125B enclosure spec sheet
- 1590BB: the larger enclosure; 1590BB enclosure spec sheet
- No Enclosure: the kit without an enclosure, for builders supplying their own
Build resources
- Complete instructions for this kit
- MGV build instructions, bill of materials and parts layout and wiring diagram
- MGV demo video and another MGV demo video
Trademarks mentioned here belong to their owners, not General Guitar Gadgets.
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MARSHALL™ GUV'NOR™ REPLICA COMPLETE KIT
Free build documents
Every project comes with free instructions online, so you can read through the build before you order.
Instructions
Step-by-step build guide
Schematic
The full circuit, part by part
Parts layout
Where every part goes on the PCB
Wiring diagram
Jacks, switch, pots and power
Open the project page →
Instructions, schematic, parts layout, wiring diagram and mod ideas on generalguitargadgets.com
Trademarks mentioned belong to their owners and not to General Guitar Gadgets.
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Great kit. High quality components. Sounds like a wall of British amps cranked to 11!
Great easy to read direction and very high quality components. I'm halfway through this build and although the directions are easy to read and complete, still allow you to be challenged and learn while assembling the kit.
Package delivered fast! Great seller! Can't wait to build this! Thanks!
Awesome DIY kit. Shipped quickly and seller is very responsive. Would definitely purchase here again. Thanks JD and General Guitar Gadgets!
Great deal. Cheers!
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Great kit. High quality components. Sounds like a wall of British amps cranked to 11!
Great easy to read direction and very high quality components. I'm halfway through this build and although the directions are easy to read and complete, still allow you to be challenged and learn while assembling the kit.
Package delivered fast! Great seller! Can't wait to build this! Thanks!
Awesome DIY kit. Shipped quickly and seller is very responsive. Would definitely purchase here again. Thanks JD and General Guitar Gadgets!
Great deal. Cheers!
First Class Seller! Awesome kits and pedals - most actually with better quality components than the originals. Been buying from GGG for more than a decade and JD and crew are always very professional and responsive! Highly recommended!
Just a great pedal! Great Seller!
Great kit! Sounds awesome!
Quick Shipping - Great Kit - A+ Deal - A+ Seller
I purchased my first kit from JD on his website directly and this is my second. Quality kits, great instructions and JD is quick to respond to questions. Looking forward to ordering more kits in the future. If you a DIY'r, then there is great feeling to building your own pedals and the components and pre-etched circuit boards are high quality. Great Seller.
Quality parts and good customer service
great seller. thanks!!!