Cynical Distortion

Based on the Wampler Pinnacle distortion. Great sounding “Marshall in a Box” pedal that goes from low gain warm overdrive to growling high gain sound in a twist of a knob.

The PCB came from a member at Madbean forums named Pappasmurfsharem.

This is the first pedal I put in a 125B box and I over etched it a bit and lost a bit of detail in the fonts. I used the same graphics as the original but changed it up a bit. Over all I am happy with it. Side note, red metallic paint is hard to photograph.

Original Unit Voltages:
Drain / Gate
Q1 5.01 / 0
Q2 8.98 / 2.99
Q3 5.05 / 0
Q4 8.98 / 2.99
Q5 4.18 / 0
Q6 4.19 / 0
@9VDC input regulated all switches down and all pots off “0”