Saturday, September 7, 2013

New Guitar Preamp Project NE5532 Based Buffer Booster


Today I would like to show you my new design. It's a guitar preamp (buffer + booster). It's based on the same technology like MXR MicroAmp or CMOY.
The heart of the circuit is an operational amplifier: NE5532. I was testing also popular TL071, TL072, like in MicroAmp, but it was a little bit colder and less full than the NE5532.
The NE5532 has got much higher power consumption than the TL072/071, so it should work with some stomp-box power supply.


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