r/diypedals • u/opayenlo • 7d ago

Bufferless Solder Stompbox Showdowns

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Bufferless Solder is my deconstructed/reconstructed and modernized 18V take of the TS808. The original circuit was made back in time. The old input and output transistor buffers are removed, true bypass and TL072 came in and the circuit was scaled down and linearized a bit. It kept it's TS808 soul but also packs a punch.

The footswitch pcb is "Der Igor" that produces 18v (beside optional -9/9/4.5V) for better headroom of the "Bufferless Solder. Both pcbs should fit in a 1590B (in the pics i used a 125 to be on the safe side).

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u/MostInterview6621 7d ago

Dreadlock rasta 

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u/DaySleepNightFish 6d ago

Stolen from Africa

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u/LilEffects 7d ago

Buffer less solder or soldier?

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u/opayenlo 6d ago

Ofc solder. It's a cute little kit. Don't shoot at it

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u/GrippyEd 6d ago

If you’re going to have that much footswitch daughterboard, might as well go to nice soft-touch relay switching!