The Screamer - Overdrive kit

Item number: 202

Category: Overdrive

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starting from 23,50 €

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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 Great pedal

I choose for Ts808 and the crunch sound that I looking for is simply perfect. Very helpful the 2 holes in the pcb that allows you to fix it in the enclosure.

., 03.11.2015
5 from 5 The Overdrive

Easy to build and great tones. Accurate packaging, including 3 pins sockets for transistors and 8 pin sockets for IC.

., 06.11.2015
5 from 5 Très bon kit pour une très bonne pédale

Rien à dire.
Le kit est bien conçu. Lensemble est facile à mettre en place et en plus ça sonne denfer.
Je pense investir dans un autre model car cest du sérieux.

., 12.11.2015
5 from 5 Great tone

This was my second pedal build from Musikding.de. It went without a hitch and the result it very good. Great versatility - tones varying fromlight crunch to lovely full overdrive. I cannot say if it does indeed match the sound of the real tubescreamer but it is lovely.

The switch which allows for asymmetrical or symmetrical clipping has a minor impact on sound.

I made the 808 but have seen someone who wired it so it was possible to switch between the 9 and the 808. Instructions for that would be great.

I can recommend this for anyone - it is very easy.

., 03.03.2016
4 from 5 TS808 TS9 mod, no tone difference

First pedal I built and found it very easy as I am an electrical engineer but I think there is enough info in videos and in the manual to build it without specific electronic knowledge.

Tone is better than expected though I havent tried the original TS.

I built it with a mod to switch between TS9 and TS808 but I cannot hear any difference. Has anyone tried it?

I also have a problem with the DC input. It doesnt seem to work when I plug it. Anyone having the same problem?

Cheers

., 07.04.2016
4 from 5 would buy again

Overall the service was nice and quick, everything well packed. The only thing that kinda bothered me was that in the schematic there was a part (a capacitor) that had little * on the side, but was not included in the kit. Therefore I had to do a little goolesearching to find out that it was an optional part and not needed fot the pedal to work properly.

The second thing Id like them to change was the lenght of the supplied wire pieces to connect main pcb with switch pcb - in my expirience they were to short, so Id eventualy replace them (Im talking about 1 extra cm of wire).

But all that said, Id buy again. So no real deal breakers here:)

., 29.06.2016
5 from 5 Easy

A very good kit. Sounds exactly as I remember it from the early days.

., 02.11.2016
5 from 5 Genial

Cette pédale ma desuite inspiré confiance avec un son propre, je la combine avec mon canal overdrive de mon Peavey VK112, le son est propre, et assez lourd.
Pour le montage (à moins quils aient oublié denvoyer une doc ou autre) jai du un chercher un schema pour savoir quel composant allait où etc... au final tout va bien ! :)
PS: je conseil de choisir le boitier déjà troué pour un montage 100% niquel.

., 04.11.2016
4 from 5 hiwattdoctor

i prefer the old version , the new version the pot are solder on the pcb so you can t put them where you want ( exemple : in line )

., 25.11.2016
5 from 5 Very Good Sound

Not for me a true screamer but very very good sound. Buy it !

., 30.01.2017
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