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LEAP#461 The Goblin


I remember lusting after an Ibanez Tube Screamer back in the day - they really were the stuff of legend. The most famous is perhaps the TS-808. After researching the original circuit and examining how it works in detail. I decided to build one with only a few modifications to the original circuit. I’m calling it The Goblin, owing to the custom stippled-green paint job I gave the 1590B enclosure.

As always, all notes, schematics and code are in the Little Electronics & Arduino Projects repo on GitHub

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I’m really impressed with the sound it produces. Here’s a quick soundcheck and smoke test: