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==Controls==
 
==Controls==
* '''Knob 1 - Bass:''' Sets the amount of bass frequencies in the signal with most bass available when control is fully clockwise.
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* Knob 1 - '''Bass:''' Sets the amount of bass frequencies in the signal with most bass available when control is fully clockwise.
* '''Knob 2 - Treble:''' Works like an AC/30 amp by boosting treble and upper midrange while cutting bass as control is turned clockwise.
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* Knob 2 - '''Treble:''' Works like an AC/30 amp by boosting treble and upper midrange while cutting bass as control is turned clockwise.
* '''Knob 3 - Brilliance:''' Sets the amount of treble '''after''' the preamp section, increasing treble as control is turned clockwise
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* Knob 3 - '''Brilliance:''' Sets the amount of treble '''after''' the preamp section, increasing treble as control is turned clockwise
* '''Knob 4 - Gain:''' Sets the amount of overdrive in the preamp section, increasing as control is turned clockwise.
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* Knob 4 - '''Gain:''' Sets the amount of overdrive in the preamp section, increasing as control is turned clockwise.
* '''Knob 5 - Volume:''' Sets the volume level of the pedal with volume increasing as control is turned clockwise.
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* Knob 5 - '''Volume:''' Sets the volume level of the pedal with volume increasing as control is turned clockwise.
* '''Footswitch 1 - "On/Off":''' This switch toggles the effect on and off.
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* Footswitch 1 - '''"On/Off":''' This switch toggles the effect on and off.
  
 
==General Information==
 
==General Information==

Revision as of 09:13, 11 February 2018

The Brittania is a pedal architecture developed by RunoffGroove.com for the purpose of building a sound-alike pedal of the Vox AC-30 with Top Boost amplifier. 1776effects.com developed the printed circuit board(PCB) to match the schematic developed by ROG.

Thermionic Studios has purchased this PCB and sourced the parts necessary to build this pedal. We are in the process of building the pedal and will have more to report upon completion.

Controls

  • Knob 1 - Bass: Sets the amount of bass frequencies in the signal with most bass available when control is fully clockwise.
  • Knob 2 - Treble: Works like an AC/30 amp by boosting treble and upper midrange while cutting bass as control is turned clockwise.
  • Knob 3 - Brilliance: Sets the amount of treble after the preamp section, increasing treble as control is turned clockwise
  • Knob 4 - Gain: Sets the amount of overdrive in the preamp section, increasing as control is turned clockwise.
  • Knob 5 - Volume: Sets the volume level of the pedal with volume increasing as control is turned clockwise.
  • Footswitch 1 - "On/Off": This switch toggles the effect on and off.

General Information

http://1776effects.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Britannia-BOM.pdf

The Brittania can be powered by a 9-volt battery, or a tip-negative Boss-style 9-volt power adapter. The transistors must be biased correctly for this pedal to be as accurate sound-wise as possible to an actual Vox AC/30 amplifier.

Phase Inversion

Our preliminary look at the schematic indicates that this pedal inverts phase as follows:

Electronic Part Action Phase State
Q1 Inverts Inverted
Q2 Inverts Reverted
Q3 Does not Invert Reverted
Q4 Inverts Inverted
IC1a Does not Invert Inverted
IC1b Does not Invert Inverted

This will need to be born out by testing and observation.

Pedal Manual

As of this time, 1776effects.com has not issued a separate manual on how to use the pedal. The best reference is either this wiki page, or the RunoffGroove entry on their website, or the build manual which describes the architecture of the pedal.

RunoffGroove offers the following advice when attempting to use a treble booster:

If you would like to use a treble booster at the input of Britannia like Brian May did into the AC-30 Normal channel, we recommend that you start with the following configuration: set the Bass control at maximum, the Treble control at minimum, and the Brilliance control at noon; adjust the Gain control as desired, and then fine-tune the sound to your liking with the Bass, Treble and Brilliance controls. Use of a flat or full frequency booster in front of Britannia will also produce some interesting sounds.

Schematic

© copyright 2013, runoffgroove.com

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