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Build an Overdrive Circuit for less than $10 (TS808 Tube Screamer)

Grant Kelsay

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Want the iconic TS808 Tube Screamer tone without spending $200? In this video, I’ll show you how to recreate the TS808 circuit from schematic to breadboard.

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00:00 - Intro
00:41 - Power Section
03:52 - Buffer Section
10:14 - Gain & Clipping Section
14:58 - Tone & Volume Section
20:46 - Tone Test!

17 Comments

@Stephen_Monch_Miceli 1 month ago

Great video!
Thanks! 👍

@StevenJYoungJr 6 months ago

This is great. Very easy to follow.

@nfijef 6 months ago

Gonna probably do this one next! I got the same coppersound breadboard. I did the LPB -1, a TL072 based clean boost and a germainium rangemaster so far. This one is required, thanks Grant!

@robbyvilar 6 months ago

so pog

@abril8596 6 months ago

greattttttttttt

@zepcb 6 months ago

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@earthshaker5991 6 months ago

I'm new to your channel. This is super cool, and I'm pretty sure I might already have the components to make one! But is there a video which shows a method of building something like this (not this one specifically, but the base you're working on top of, I guess?) without the custom PCB for the switch and the line in/out? Like purely on a breadboard.

@kennethbaker798 3 weeks ago

Do you have a schematic and a parts list so we can build these along with you?

@TarrentEastwood 1 month ago (edited)

Finally got all the right components and completed the breadbord, but.....
I am just using a standard breadboard, not one with a power supply and headphone jack in and out connected up.
I have the input sorted out, but only one of the output (C18), where would I need to put a jumper lead into for the second cable for the output to an amp?
How about adding the letter and number for each leg of a component, as not all legs can be seen clearly?

@berghemsmusen 6 months ago

I think your videos are really cool. Any tips on how I can get these parts? In Europe btw

@NotAuxell 6 months ago

Do the Blues Driver next! I wanna start modding it lol

@josephmartinez3851 6 months ago

I wish I could subscribe to your channel twice...

@surreal_vows_band 2 months ago

Compressor please

@JereKettunen 6 months ago

Hi thats cool. I wonder If you could Make a chorus pedal?

@toker2k 6 months ago

Hey, Im just starting out on pedal building and have a load of components but not all the same as I see here mainly missing the types of capacitors I have mostly ceramic and electrolytic. Could you possibly post a link to the plans for this? So I can get the parts I would need.

@nfijef 6 months ago

Oh, quick couple questions Grant. 1. Any recommendations for buying components? I got some crap germanium transistors on amazon, i need a better supply. 2. Have you done a low voltage tube based (probably cathode follower at 12-18v) circuit yet? Thanks again!

@Grishanof 6 months ago

I friggin hate when people draw the whole diagram properly, and in that one corner for some reason they give up, draw the ground in the upper part, as if this symbol is forbidden to just place below that pot, and to top it off the +4.5 is way down where the ground should be. Either flipping the opamp or curving that noodle to the left would be way more obvious.