The Zen - Overdrive kit

Item number: 207

Category: Overdrive

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starting from 24,50 €

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Description

The Zen is an elegant and smooth sounding overdrive pedal. It features a great dynamic tone.

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
  • 9V battery or DC power supply
  • 4 nice knobs for the pots, for 6.3mm shaft
  • Decal, transfer or transparent sheets for labeling


Instrument: Guitar
Effect-Type: Overdrive

Sounds

That´s the sound of the Zen:

Build documents

Installation guide: Installation guide

Parts list (BOM): Parts list

Schematic and pcb: Schematic

Docs for previous version:

Wiring layout: Wiring

Schematic and pcb: Schematic

Parts list (BOM): Parts list

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1 from 1 Customers found the following product review helpful
5 from 5 The Zen - Overdrive kit

I found the kit provided in a very precise way ... every component labeled with its value, so the assembly is more simplified.

., 10.10.2013
Total entries: 10
5 from 5 Amazing pedal

It sounds just great. I have an original TS9 and Zen has much more top end and bottom end, maintains the clarity of the amp with great quality.

Its fairly easy to build (never built a pedal before), just be careful with the small welds.

Top product with an incredible price, sounds just the same as the pedal is trying to clone.

., 26.03.2019
5 from 5 Pedro

Magnifico pedal, venían todos los componentes ordenados y muy fácil de montar siguiendo las instrucciones, sonido muy bueno, no lo puedo comparar con el original, va de un overdrive suave hasta uno fuerte sin llegar a ser distorsión. Seguro que pediré algún pedal más.

., 04.05.2019
5 from 5 Excellent overdrive!

Sounds very nice! So versatile, you can have a very warm bluesy song as you can push the treble distorsion to obtein a British style sound

., 01.08.2019
5 from 5 Nice Old School Tone, i love it!

Nice Old School Tone, i love it! Really simple to assembly

., 27.03.2020
5 from 5 By Co(e)ncidence...

Normally, my preferences in the Overdrive/Distortion are more in the TS-department than found in a Fuzz. Unfortunately, but afterwards happily, I got an extra enclosure (by accdent, without ordering). So I was polite enough to inform Musikding that I wanted to fill this empty enclosure with something with eh... four legs. Oh no, Four pots (because the enclosure had four pot-holes 😎).
A couple of days later the kit was delivered in complete format. As I noticed after checking and measuring them first - idem dito for the paint job; youd better start that first - I could start building in just a few hours. And check it the same evening. Curious how it sounds?! Just go on!

Yep, in one word, unbelievable. No screaming lead but a very decent and co(e)nvincing crunchy-sound with an adjustable edge [Voice- and Tone-pots]. Evenmore, I never heard an OD/Dist-pedal that was so silent as my Zen. At reasonable Volume-position (9-10 o clock) ans Full Gain the pedal sounded as quiet as in Bypass-mode. Thus enviting me to state that it even sounded more quiet (in Active Mode) than my Egnater Tube Amp 😏. This is a really, really nice and gentle OD/Dist-pedal. Great stuff. I love it...

Coen (aka Dr. Coenobite).

., 07.02.2021
1 from 1 Customers found the following product review helpful
5 from 5 Transparence et polyvalence

Les réglages sont interactifs: Pas de son si le gain est à zéro
Impossible dobtenir un son complètement clair
Le bouton treble est très efficace et très progressif
Le bouton voice joue sur la bande passante, et atténue progressivement les basses et bas médium.
pour obtenir un son proche de TS808, il faut le tourner à fond sens des aiguilles dune montre.
Cette overdrive est capable dune transparence proche dune timmy (paul Cochrane)
Mais le fonctionnement nest pas le même et les réglages sont plus déroutant au début.
Dans la première moitié du gain, on obtient un bon crunch rappeux et il sera facile de faire
des rythmiques allant de Stevie Ray vaughan à AC/DC
Si on pousse le gain au delà de midi, on obtient une saturation lisse et très musicale,
qui fera penser à Santana, Pink Floyd ou Eric Johnson.
Une overdrive très polyvalente, et pourtant, reconnaissable si on pousse le gain.

Die Einstellungen sind interaktiv: Kein Ton, wenn die Verstärkung Null ist
Kann keinen völlig klaren Ton bekommen
Der Höhenknopf ist sehr effektiv und sehr progressiv
Die Voice-Taste spielt mit der Bandbreite und dämpft allmählich den Bass und den unteren Mitteltonbereich.
Um einen Ton in der Nähe des TS808 zu erhalten, muss er vollständig im Uhrzeigersinn gedreht werden.
Dieser Overdrive ist transparent in der Nähe eines Timmy (Paul Cochrane)
Die Bedienung ist jedoch nicht dieselbe und die Einstellungen sind zunächst verwirrender.
In der ersten Hälfte des Gewinns bekommen wir einen guten Rap-Crunch und es wird einfach sein
Rhythmen von Stevie Ray Vaughan bis AC / DC
Wenn wir den Gewinn über den Mittag hinaus steigern, erhalten wir eine sanfte und sehr musikalische Sättigung.
das wird an Santana, Pink Floyd oder Eric Johnson denken.
Ein sehr vielseitiger Overdrive, der jedoch erkennbar ist, wenn Sie die Verstärkung erhöhen.

., 25.05.2021
5 from 5 Parfait

Jaime le Zen, cest une pédale magique. Jen ai qqlq copies DMBL, Taichi .. .
Aucun souci au montage, la pédale est parfaite, et similaire à mes modèles.
Le Voice est déroutant au début, mais permet de bien sadapter à lampli utilisé.

., 28.12.2022
5 from 5 Great kit and great service

The kit is perfect, very good components’ quality. Easy to build, with schematics and general mounting instructions. Very satisfied!!!

., 25.04.2023
5 from 5 easy build and accurate clone

real close to the real one ( I had 2 of them in the past BUT cant afford now in regard of prices !!!).
I like the fact that every component are labeled with its value : more easy to assemble.
So an easy build and a nice result ;)

., 11.05.2023
5 from 5 Mi primer kit

Es el primer kit que monto y la verdad es que estoy muy contento con el resultado. Todos los componentes vienen bien ordenados e identificados, hace realmente fácil el proceso. Cables de sobra para realizar todas las conexiones. Funcionó todo a la primera y suena de maravilla. Un overdrive dulce y cremoso. Es fantástico para empujar un ampli cruncheado. No será el último que monte, seguro.

., 13.12.2023
Total entries: 10


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