Hi there! Any Blackmore fans? So, this topic is for you! As many of you might know, Mr. Blackmore used (and still uses) Aiwa TP-1011 tape recorder. Lots of equipment changes, amps, effects, but Aiwa was a permanent member of his guitar-amp chain! Why so? At early years of was reel-to-reel delay device (but lately Blackmore used digital delays). Also, it became a part of his sounding, some kind of compressor/booster. There are many copycats of his preamp (i.e. BSM), but they are rather expensive, so I decided to build my own one. I am currently writing post form my iPhone, so I will write the whole story lately. But now I'd like to demonstrate freshly-built PCB: You may notice PTP' kind of board — I am very fond of classic point-to-point build method, using turret lugs. So I tried to recreate this in a smaller dimension, hope that will work. Any thoughts, dear folks?
Updates: the metal enclosure drilled, all jacks and switch pre-installed. The are some routing issues, so I want to resolder all cables and try to put three transisistors and check pedal in action.
I like the Marshall knobs \m/ I think he didn´t used it(preamp/delay) since ´94 when he changed from Marshall to ENGL. All the best, Robin
Yes, can you please post the schematic? Looks good. Using Marshall knobs on the box was a great choice! Does it sound great? and does it add a bit of compression along with the boost? There's always a slight hi-fi compression present in Blackmore's tone. I'm curious whether this was primarily coming from the AIWA, or perhaps might have come from feeding his big Marshall Majors a line level signal. I know that after he stopped using his treble booster in favor of the AIWA tape deck, he had the Marshalls modded to be very bright. And they blew tubes & transformers frequently; I'm thinking perhaps they were fed a line level signal and that caused them to run unusually hot.
