Hey guys
I'm looking to do some mods to my Akai Drive3 Overdrive pedal.
I'm looking to tame the mids a little and boost the bass. Also make the tone knob more responsive as right now, it's at 9 o'clock and that's where the pedal doesn't sound too trebly. Anything above 1 o'clock is unusable and ear piercing. I know I bought a TS clone and it's expected, but I'm looking to mod it. Im looking for a mid neutral tone with a bit more low end.
So mods I want to do:
1. Reduce noise when engaged. My Laney Cub makes quite a bit of noise on full volume. Hit the pedal and I've got lots of noise. I want to cut that down. I understand the pedal amplifies the signal and thats what the resulting noise is from but if something can be done, id like to do it.
2. I want to increase bass, and make mids neutral in the circuit and make the tone knob more responsive (when knob is at 12, that's a balance of treble and bass, not at 9.
I'm looking to extend the gain range. When gain is on 0 I want it to be more clean than what it is right now. Im using this pedal mainly as a booster, but that doesn't mean i dont want some good drive out of it too
It's basically the same mods Keeley does to a TS808
I asked the manufacturer for a schematic but no can do. The pedal is a copy of the Biyang X Drive or GFS Greenie.
Here are some pics of the internals





Hope you guys can help me. Thanks for your time!
Thanks
D101
I'm looking to do some mods to my Akai Drive3 Overdrive pedal.
I'm looking to tame the mids a little and boost the bass. Also make the tone knob more responsive as right now, it's at 9 o'clock and that's where the pedal doesn't sound too trebly. Anything above 1 o'clock is unusable and ear piercing. I know I bought a TS clone and it's expected, but I'm looking to mod it. Im looking for a mid neutral tone with a bit more low end.
So mods I want to do:
1. Reduce noise when engaged. My Laney Cub makes quite a bit of noise on full volume. Hit the pedal and I've got lots of noise. I want to cut that down. I understand the pedal amplifies the signal and thats what the resulting noise is from but if something can be done, id like to do it.
2. I want to increase bass, and make mids neutral in the circuit and make the tone knob more responsive (when knob is at 12, that's a balance of treble and bass, not at 9.
I'm looking to extend the gain range. When gain is on 0 I want it to be more clean than what it is right now. Im using this pedal mainly as a booster, but that doesn't mean i dont want some good drive out of it too
It's basically the same mods Keeley does to a TS808
I asked the manufacturer for a schematic but no can do. The pedal is a copy of the Biyang X Drive or GFS Greenie.
Here are some pics of the internals





Hope you guys can help me. Thanks for your time!
Thanks
D101