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Offline carl_labTopic starter

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Schematics for Boss ST-2 effect pedal ?
« on: December 03, 2017, 07:51:29 pm »
Did a google search without success...

Can anybody help?

https://www.boss.info/us/products/st-2/

 

Offline Neganur

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Re: Schematics for Boss ST-2 effect pedal ?
« Reply #1 on: December 03, 2017, 08:15:09 pm »
it's probably too new.
 

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Re: Schematics for Boss ST-2 effect pedal ?
« Reply #2 on: December 04, 2017, 06:25:39 pm »
Is it a digitizer effect pedal or just good old analog technology?
 

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Re: Schematics for Boss ST-2 effect pedal ?
« Reply #3 on: December 04, 2017, 06:36:49 pm »
Just look at the locking nut and the knob, the paint type labelling, the rough paint surface and pocky-dot finish, definitely old technology.
off course, due to my lack of experience with this sound effect thing, I could be wrong.   ;D
 

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Re: Schematics for Boss ST-2 effect pedal ?
« Reply #4 on: December 04, 2017, 06:48:29 pm »
You should ask over at diystompboxes.com - more specific audience there :)
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Re: Schematics for Boss ST-2 effect pedal ?
« Reply #5 on: December 04, 2017, 09:01:03 pm »
Is it a digitizer effect pedal or just good old analog technology?

Well it looks to me like it's just another flavour of op-amp distortion pedal like the OD1 (1977) or MT2 (1991) * etc but I don't recall the 'power stack' (whatever that means lol I played in a live band at motorcycle clubs :P) so it's probably newer than 15 years. But who knows with today's DSP technology it's entirely possible that they have a small blob in there to model the 'full stack crunch' and whatnot.

I had a quick look at https://www.hobby-hour.com/electronics/s/guitar-effect-schematics.php which used to be a cool repository but they don't have it.

*: http://bossarea.com/default.asp (unofficial)
 

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Re: Schematics for Boss ST-2 effect pedal ?
« Reply #6 on: December 04, 2017, 11:13:25 pm »
I had a quick look at https://www.hobby-hour.com/electronics/s/guitar-effect-schematics.php which used to be a cool repository but they don't have it.
I already found that page before, thank you.

And yes, it's probably newer than 15 years, but it must be at least 7 years old (the video below is dated from 2010).

I like the wide range of that pedal from slight overdrive to heavy distortion...

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Re: Schematics for Boss ST-2 effect pedal ?
« Reply #7 on: December 05, 2017, 08:58:49 pm »
I got a reply from BOSS: it is a digital signal processor.
So I can forget my plan to build a clone...
« Last Edit: December 05, 2017, 09:04:06 pm by carl_lab »
 


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