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compresents

retrograde
FX TYPE: OCTAVE
BasedontheTycobraheOctavia
PCBartworkm2011madbeanpedals Releasedate:01.23.11

TheTycobraheOctaviaisanotheroneofthosemythicalandpracticallyunobtainableclassic stompboxes.Thisoneisverypopularforcollectorsanditisnotraretoseethemgoforover$1000on eBay. Or,youcouldbuilditfor$30.Justsayin. Anyway,ifyouareaHendrixfan(andweallare)andwouldliketocopsomeofthoseoctave/fuzz tonesthenthisistheprojectforyou!TheRetrogradeisawalloffuzz,withapronouncedoctave generatedbyaninexpensivetransformer.TheRetrogradealsofeaturestheabilitytoturntheoctave offwiththeflipofaswitch,andcanbebuiltintoa1590B(withoutbattery). Aswithalmostanyanalogoctaveeffect,themostpronouncedupperoctaveisachievedbyusingthe th guitarsneckpickup,withthetonerolledallthewayoffandnotesplayedaroundthe12 fret.Youcan alsogetringmodulatortypesoundswithchordsorwiththevolumeknobonyourguitarrolleddown. Bestofall,yougetagreatdivebombeffectwhendoingdoublestopbends! Youcanreadupalittlemoreonthecircuithere:http://fuzzcentral.ssguitar.com/octavia.php Thecontrolsareasfollows FUZZ:Overallfuzzamount. OCT:Thisswitchturnsofftheoctaveeffectifyouwanttousefuzzonly. VOL:Theoutputlevel.

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PanasonicECQB/VfilmcapsorTopmayboxcaps CarbonfilmResistors1/4Wand/ormetalfilmresistors1/4W 16velectrolyticradialcaps Ceramiccaps(forpFvalues) 16mmAlphaPots

Notes
The42TM022transformerforthisprojectcanbepurchasedthroughsmallbearorMouser. http://www.smallbearelec.com/Detail.bok?no=341 http://www.mouser.com/ProductDetail/Xicon/42TM022 RC/?qs=sGAEpiMZZMv0IfuNuy2LUaR7iCoLh1pOqvQ%252bUAwdFkk%3d

Resistors R1 1M R2 680k R3 820k R4 180k R5 220k R6 220R R7 1k R8 47k R9 22k R10 470R R11 1k2

C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8

Caps 100n 150pF 100uF 1n 220uF 33uF 33uF 100uF

Diodes D1,D2 1n34a D3 1N4001 Transistors Q1 2N5087 Q2,Q3 2N4401 Transformer XFM1 42TM022 Switch OCT SPST Pots FUZZ 1kB VOL 500kA

2.11Wx1.26H(includingborders)

1590BLayout(nobattery) 4.64Wx6.69H

125BLayout 5.41Wx6.18H

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