DAN ARMSTRONG™ ORANGE SQUEEZER™ REPLICA RTS PCB

The ready-to-solder PCB for a Dan Armstrong™ Orange Squeezer™ replica, an excellent little compressor that's easy to build too.

About the effect

The Orange Squeezer™ is a simple, musical compressor from the 1970s. The original plugged directly into the guitar; our version uses the standard stompbox format. Stompbox folklore says Mark Knopfler and Jeff "Skunk" Baxter used one, so listen to the compressed guitar on Dire Straits' "Sultans of Swing" or Baxter's solos on the Doobie Brothers' Takin' It to the Streets. You can build it with an external volume control or with a trimmer for volume.

See a YouTube video demo from Paul Crook. It is the second demo in the video, with harmonics played first dry and then with the Orange Squeezer™.

Want all the parts too? The Orange Squeezer™ replica complete kit includes this PCB.

Specs

• PCB size: 5.5 cm x 3.5 cm
• Solder mask, plated-through holes and silkscreen for component placement

Build resources

• Complete instructions for this PCB
• Build instructions (PDF)
• Schematic (PDF)
• Parts layout, external volume control (PDF)
• Parts layout, trimmer volume (PDF)

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