DIY tube overdrive pedal

[jim p]

Has anyone out there tried the ART mod? I am going to post a sound clip of how it sounds soon I hope. I was going through buying the required parts caps, diodes and a transformer from Mouser for the power supply coming to approx 15 bucks without shipping. Still need a tube and tube socket figure 10 bucks, then switches pots a box, hard to beat the 30 bucks for the ART. Anyway be interested to hear if anyone has tried this out aside from me, thanks.

[jim p]

Well do to the fact that people are looking at this post I have a question. I have made some small PCBs for adding the Belton Dig-reverb to a tube amplifier and also a small push pull amplifier http://www.thefret.net/showthread.php?t=15442 So even though I think the cheapest way to go is to modify the ART tube MP I could make a PCB for a tube overdrive.
Would try to make the board 2.5 inches x 3.8 inches same as the other boards. Would have gain control, tone control, tube bias switch and output level control. There would be a boost switching supply to operate a 12AX7, 12AY7 or 12AZ7 tube with an approx 220 volt plate supply. Power would be a 12 volt probably AC or DC wall supply. A guess at the total parts cost would be approx 100 bucks.
Anyway I have the small amp to finish off first let me know if there is any interest.
For what it is worth the small tube amp is approx the same cost and can also be used for a tube overdrive.

[jim p]

Two sound clips of the Art Tube MP modified to be a tube overdrive. There are two clips one at low gain, the other at the high gain setting. Played through a modified Crate V5 with a Weber Signature AlNiCo 8 inch speaker.

[jim p]

Right now Music123 has free shipping at 29 bucks so you can get the ART Tube MP for 30 bucks.