DISTORTION 2

The Distortion 2 PCB is a "Swiss Army Knife" of one-stage IC distortions: one improved board that builds four classic replicas, or your own mix of them.

About this PCB

The MXR™ Distortion Plus™, DOD™ 250 Overdrive, Ross™ Distortion and Red Fuzz all share the same basic idea: a single op-amp gain stage followed by clipping diodes, which gives that raw, classic 1970s distortion. This improved PCB allows lots of options and modifications for these circuits. You can build the stock versions or mix and match to suit your needs. For example, just adding the tone control to a stock Distortion Plus™ opens up a whole new world for this stompbox, yet still keeps the essence of the original.

Specs

• PCB size: 5.5cm x 4.1cm
• Optional tone control, similar to the ProCo™ Rat™ tone control
• Various clipper positioning options
• Volume and Gain/Overdrive controls

Also builds

• MXR™ Distortion Plus™ replica
• DOD™ 250 Overdrive replica (including the '77 Gray version)
• Ross™ Distortion replica
• Red Fuzz (with its Rat™-style tone control and LED or silicon diode clipping)

Build resources

• MXR™ Distortion Plus™ project page
• DOD™ 250 Overdrive project page
• Ross™ Distortion project page
• Red Fuzz project page

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