The Screamer - Overdrive kit

Item number: 202

Category: Overdrive

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Description

The Screamer is a project to build 2 famous overdrive pedals, the TS-9 and TS-808. Both versions are nearly identical, there are just 2 resistors different.

The new version 2 uses pcb mount pots and an adaptor board for the footswitch. This makes wiring and assembly much faster and safer!

This kit contains all parts you need to build a fully functional effect pedal. Also very useful:

Not included in the kit, but also good to have:

  • Aluminium enclosure: select one on the top
  • DC power supply
  • 3 nice knobs for the pots, for 6.3mm shaft
  • Decal, transfer or transparent sheets for labeling


Instrument: Guitar
Effect-Type: Overdrive
Complexity: Beginner
Controls: 3

Videos

Here are 2 great Videos made by Götz Müller-Dürholt:

Sounds

Here are 3 Clips of how the Screamer sounds:

Build documents

Installation guide: Installation guide

Schematic and pcb: Schematic

Parts list (BOM): Parts list

Enclosure layout: Drill layout pdf

Modifications: TS9/TS808 und Sym./Asym Clipping Mod

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3 from 3 Customers found the following product review helpful
5 from 5 Tube screamer...

Very good kit! The sound is good and the kit is rather easy to mount. If you add another switch you can easily switch between the TS-9 and the TS-808 circuit,

., 15.09.2013
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5 from 5 1A

1A kit working perfectly.

., 18.07.2022
5 from 5 Excellent first kit

This was my first build and I have enjoyed it thoroughly.
I already had some primary basic knowledge of electronics and that made it a little bit easier, but for the absolute beginner I think they will succeed. You dont have to read schematics.

The pedal was working in one go, all the components were complete and marked, except for the capacitors.
That would be my only critique.

I will buy another kit soon!

., 23.07.2022
5 from 5 Very nice kit!

This pedal sounds great! Easy to build with a base experience in electronics, it brings to your home the true sound of a well-known pedal, also easy to modify according to your preferences (in fact, there is also a pdf with some possible modifications).

., 15.09.2022
5 from 5 Good kit with a really nice sound

This is based on the original circuit of the Tube Screamer. Has that typical TS sound that it is famous for.

., 08.11.2022
5 from 5 The ultimate all-in-one TS

If you bother adding the mods, you will get the ultimate all-in-one TS.
TS-808 and TS9 configurations are SO close to the originals !
The clipping mod may be a bit difficult to achieve if youre a beginner (you have to solder the switch to an already soldered diode).

., 24.01.2023
5 from 5 Overdrive eccellente

Ottimo overdrive,ho messo solo lo switch per ts9/t808 ed è silenziosissimo. Cè un minimo di differenza con lo switch ma proprio minima. Poche pippe: suona come loriginale. Esperienza totalmente positiva!!

., 15.02.2023
5 from 5 Just another review

To say how perfect is this project. I made many of them, with and without mods and they sound the same as the original. For me the best project from Musikding.

., 04.03.2023
5 from 5 Tube screamer

Nice kit ... all components labeled properly...all went well ...build time around 2 hours :) Sound is good to my taste (dont have original to compare) with no additional noise.
PS: did the 808 option

., 07.04.2023
5 from 5 Easy to build, great sound.

I build my own pedals usually without kits, but this one was bought for me as a present.

Its not too hard to build and even though the resistors are hand labelled it really helps if you have basic knowledge so can read a schematic, understand capacitor codes, and understand iC and Transistor orientation.

Mine built without a problem and sounded great. Ive never owned a TS-808 but its good to my ears.

One note of caution be careful what knobs you pick if you get the pre-drilled case. I decorated mine in a steam punk decal and got some classic bakelite style chicken head knobs separately only to discover the holes for the pots are so near the top the knobs are too big and swing outside the footprint of the box and so I had to settle for more modern knobs

., 06.06.2023
5 from 5 Great sound - Easy to build

This was my first kit from Musikding and I am very pleased with the product. I chose to put two extra switches on the outside, one for each mod. That gives me both ts808 och ts9 sound to pick from. I also added the sym/asym mod which is a great extra. The asymetric mod gives a more distortion like sound, which is nice choice to have. Over all a great kit!

., 14.06.2023
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