Red Snapper Clone - 3 Knob

"The Red Snapper debuted in 1996 to fill the need for a very open and uncompressed overdrive. It can produce anything from a clean boost to enough drive to make any amp sing. Its overdrive character was painstakingly designed to keep your amp and guitar's illustrious tone perfectly in tact."

A kit of components as recommended by Ivlark for assembly of the Red Snapper 3-Knob stripboard project.
NOTE - these kits are not intended for beginners, so the ability to identify components and values from their markings and to transfer a pictorial layout to physical stripboard is assumed. No written instructions are provided with the kit.
Latest assembly guides and layout are available here.


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Kit Contents:

• Resistors:
• 1x 1k Metal Film Resistor 0.25W 1%
• 5x 10k Metal Film Resistor 0.25W 1%
• 1x 33k Metal Film Resistor 0.25W 1%
• 2x 1M Metal Film Resistor 0.25W 1%
• Capacitors:
• 1x 47nF Polybox
• 2x 100nF Polybox
• 1x 1nF Polyester Film
• 1x 47uF 25V Electrolytic
• 1x 47uF 25V Electrolytic Axial
• 1x 100pF Ceramic Disc Capacitor
• 1x 4558 Dual Opamp
• 3x 1N4148 Diode
• 1x 64x95mm Stripboard
• 1x 3PDT Footswitch
• 1x 2.1mm DC Chassis Socket
• 1x 1M log 16mm Potentiometer
• 1x 22k lin 16mm Potentiometer
• 1x 250k log 16mm Potentiometer

Note: Obsolete components will have been replaced by currently available recommended substitutes - more information available via the blog here.

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