my boss ds-1 isnt quite as good as i expected, so
any mods or tutorial mods would be nice, and cheers ahead of time for the help
Posted: Thu Apr 02, 2009 3:22 am
by Haze
stock -
modded -
Posted: Thu Apr 02, 2009 6:21 am
by the isaac eaton
Pretty much way better modded. this is a keeley one.
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video isnt that good, but in person they are really cool!
Posted: Thu Apr 02, 2009 6:28 am
by Ty
I can tell a difference, the modded one has a better well, everything to it. I kinda want to buy one just for old times sake. Or maybe man up and go for a DS-2. But any who before I go off topic, I liked it.
Posted: Thu Apr 02, 2009 10:54 am
by Progrockabuse
best person to ask would be mike, he recently modded both his ds-1 and his sd-1.
BOSS DS-1 Distortion Mods By Keeley Effects The SEEING EYE MOD
These are the mods that we have come up with. Mostly they try to give the pedal a more high fidelity sound and make it a little more tube like by use on one LED in the clipping section instead of two (commonly seen as a mod). We use metal film caps available from www.digi-key.com
C1, C5, C12change to 0.1uF metal film (104) C2, C8, C9, C14 change to 1uF metal film (105) C7 220pf silver mica or monolithic
In the DS-Ultra mod we change C11 to a 0.047uF metal film or better and lower R13 to 2.4Kohm. As well as changing C3 and C13 to 0.1Uf metal film or better.
D5 change to 3mm red led (the power LED that we take out!) In the D-Ultra mod we switch in another LED in series with D4.
R39 20K R14 1.5K R35 2.4K if you change the power LED to a 5mm Yellow LED
Add 47pf cap across clipping diodes, see second picture little green dot in the center. 7/64 drill bit needed to drill out 3mm LED for the SEEING EYE PART!
1) Take out the clipping diodes
2) Put them in the bin
3) Then put the pedal in the bin too
4) Buy RAT2.
Posted: Thu Apr 02, 2009 2:11 pm
by mezzio13
Doog wrote:1) Take out the clipping diodes
2) Put them in the bin
3) Then put the pedal in the bin too
4) Buy RAT2.
Sound advice indeed sir!
Posted: Fri Apr 03, 2009 9:06 pm
by jjspeedy
thanks for the help guys, actually mike, your mod is what i liked.
so i might try that out, and whoever gave me the link to mikes thread about his mod, thanks
oh, one more thing, how much do these mods usually cost?
Posted: Sat Apr 04, 2009 8:47 am
by Mike
Not all that much in parts, it's the time and effort that it takes.
Posted: Tue Apr 07, 2009 6:54 pm
by jjspeedy
mike, ive noticed that you make some pedals for people who ask
how much do you usually charge them?
Posted: Wed Apr 08, 2009 7:38 am
by Mike
It depends what you're after really, shoot me a PM if you're interested in having something built.
Posted: Mon Apr 13, 2009 5:16 am
by jjspeedy
thanks, but it was just out of curiosity. i will keep that in mind though incase i need something down the road i cant find
