Guitar Pre-Amp with JFET 2N5457

Designed by Don Tillman, this guitar pre-amp circuit design is dedicated for people who don”t like op-amps module. This circuit is a discrete JFET pre-amplifier design, use 2N5457 as the main component. It has low noise, low distortion, low feedback, overloads gracefully, is small, etc.

Tube Distortion Pedal

The following circuit is tube distortion pedal for guitar effect. The circuit designed by Ron Black. Circuit Notes: IC1 : 747 dual op-amp, other ICs may be substitued but pinout will different. You should check the datasheet IC2 : LM340K-12V Voltage Regulator All resistors are 1/2 W Bridge Rectifier – Full wave bridge recitifier, 50… Read More »

Dynamic Mic Compressor

The circuit below is a Dynamic Mic Compressor circuit which is simple, easy to built, inexpensive but the results are quite satisfactory. Audio output sounded outstanding. The principle of this circuit is very simple, the first transistor is used as microphone pre-amplifier. Then a second transistor used as a buffer. And the third transistor is… Read More »

2 x 70W Power Stereo Amplifier based on IC STA550

Here’s the circuit diagram of a 70W stereo power amplifier which built using single power IC STA550. The circuit is simple and require little additional electronic components to support the work of IC STA550. This power stereo amplifier works with dual polarity / symmetrical power supply. Since based to the datasheet, the negative supply range… Read More »

2x10W Audio Amplifier with TDA2009A

This 2x10W audio amplifier circuit power output will be 10 watt on each channel with 4 ohm speaker resistance. The supply voltage required for this circuit is 8 – 24V DC at 1 to 2 Amps. Maximum output power will only be obtained with a power supply of at least 20V and greater than 1.5… Read More »