Just 2 Transistors! DIY Overdrive Goes From Crunch To Fuzz! [Breadboard DIY Guitar Pedal Build]

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Today we are building a simple 2 transistor overdrive using a breadboard. This is not your "conventional" op amp overdrive, but uses BJTs and diodes for some fun unique tones ranging from crunchy overdrive to borderline fuzz.

It is also a great platform for mods and tweaks, so once you build your own, have fun messing around with it!

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Time Stamps:
0:00 Intro
3:03 Some basic tones
4:34 The gain range w/ Strat
5:57 Playing Samples w/Strat
8:14 Cleanup using guitar volume
11:38 How does it react to a buffer?
17:07 Playing Samples w/humbuckers
20:52 Looking at the schematic
27:17 About the transistors
30:11 Quick building instructions

List of parts needed for the build:

Breadboard
Breadboard cables
regular wiring cables
9volt battery snap

1/4 inch jack x 2

Resistors (1/4W)
100 x 2
3.3k x 1
10k x 2
33k x 1
100k x 2
470k x 2

Capacitors (film)
100pF x 1 (ceramic might be easier to find instead of film)
0.001uF x 1
0.01uF x 2
0.022uF x 1
0.47uF x 3

Capacitors (electrolytic)
47uF x 1

Trim pots
20k x 1
100k x 1

Regular pot
50k A(audio/log taper)
*knob for above pot

Clipping diodes (pretty much anything will work)
1N914 or 1N4148 x 4

NPN silicon transistors x 2

The signal chain: Guitar - Breadboard - 80's MIJ "Blackface Fender inspired" tube amp - analog cab sim - computer

The guitars: 1983 Fender Japan Squier Stratocaster(stock PUs), 2011 Epiphone Dot(Seymour Duncan Seth Lover bridge, 59 neck PUs).

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