[sdiy] distort me!

[Seb Francis]

there's lots of good distortion circuits here:
http://www.generalguitargadgets.com/
.. now maybe you have too much choice ;)

creekree at gmx.de wrote:

> hi,
>
> i ordered a x0xb0x kit a couple of days ago and i really look forward 
> to build and play this thing.
> now, almost everyone knows that a 303 (or a clone, in this case) and a 
> distortion effect can inject instant acid into the eardrum ;) , thus i 
> am interested in integrating a distortion circuit into the box.
> where to look for something appropriate?
> when i googled for schematics i found 
> http://www.runoffgroove.com/articles.html , they have schematics for 
> guitar distortion units as far as i can tell. the one called "mockman" 
> caught my interest since i have all the parts at hand.
> should i give it a try? would the unit be too noisy for an analog 
> synth? i didnt have the time yet to actually build and hear for myself...
>
> so, if anyone has suggestions for a simple yet effective (both in 
> sound and costs) distortion i´d be really happy to hear them!
>
> thanks, creekree
>
>