Revvolution III & IV

Based on: Number of parts: Get your board at:

Revv G3 & G4™ G3 (81 parts) G4 (76 parts) Revolution Pack
Effect type: Technology: Revolution III
High Gain Preamp Dual OpAmp. Revolution IV
Build difficult: Power consumption: Get your kit at:
Advanced 9V(22mA) Das Musikding (Europe)
Enclosure type:
125b

Project overview:

Modern high gain drive, that’s what the Revv G3 & G4™ pedals are known for. This is your chance to build
your own version of this insane preamps in a box. Accurate OpAmps emulations of the purple and the red
channel from the Generator tube head.

There is no need to tell you how good this things sound. You can find plenty of insane videos on YouTube,
if you do not know them yet. After trying it you will find why has been chosen as the best pedal of 2018 by
multiple specialized media.

The only question is, which side are you going to take on the High gain Revvolution? Are you on the White
(G4) or in the Black team (G3)? Both are gain beasts that for sure will satisfy your all extreme gain desires!

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Index
1. Project overview 6. Build Notes
2. Index, Introduction & Controls 7. Schematic
3. Bills of Materials, BOM 8. Wiring Diagram
4. Shopping Lists 9. Drill Template
5. Components Recommendations 10. Licensing and Usage

Introduction
For this pedal we can say that it’s clearly an amazing conversion of the original Revv Generator Tube
Amp, where you can see a pretty similar schematic to the ones present here. This is possible using the
same principle of Tube-to-Jfet we have seen in many of the modern high gain pedals such as the
Friedman Be-OD, or our Wolfgang 5150.
As you can see both pedals look very similar, not only by the controls, but also by the components and
the schematic, however they sound pretty different, being definitely complementary of each other. In the
words of Revv, “if the G3 is a scalpel, the G4 is a sledgehammer.”
The Revolution III it’s about clarity, punch, & precision. The Revolution IV is more about a thick, saturated
distortion. Both can be totally complementary to each other, that’s why this pack includes for free an
extra order switch, so you can place them both in the same enclosure as your own portable preamp and
play it everywhere!
Going back to the circuit analysis, one of the most interesting things about is the 3-Band hybrid EQ,
composed by a Baxandall control for bass and treble, plus an active mid control after volume, making
sure that you can dial this pedal in any way you want it, yet keep on the definition you need on each
frequency.
Both pedals features an aggression switch that engages different settings of resistors and capacitors to
change how the gain on the first stage behaves. Although you must notice that this pedal might squeal
on with the aggression switch engage and the gain knob over 75%, but we can assure you, you’d have
plenty of gain by then.

This board has been designed featuring a special grill for the ground net in order to keep all the
unwanted noises as low as possible.

Controls
Potentiometers • Mids

• Gain Switches
• Volume
• Bass • Aggression Switch
• Treble

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Revolution III - BOM

Resistors Capacitors Electrolytics Capacitors

Part Value Part Value Part Value
R1 1m C1 22n C25 100u
R2 470k C2 100p C28 22u
R3 10k C3 2n2
R4 47k C4 2n2 Potentiometers
R5 82k C5 1n Part Value
R6 33k C6 220nf BASS A100K
R7 10k C7 100pf GAIN B1M
R8 33k C8 22n MID B100k
R9 10k C9 100p TREBLE A50k
R10 33k C10 100pf VOLUME A50k
R11 56K C11 22n
R12 22k C12 10n IC
R13 56K C13 4n7 Part Value
R14 4k7 C14 47n IC1 TL072
R15 4k7 C15 100n IC2 TL072
R16 56k C16 4n7 IC3 TL074
R17 82k C17 47n
R18 2k C18 47n Diodes
R19 82k C19 2n2 Part Value
R20 4k7 C20 220nf D1 1N5817
R21 100k C21 10n D2 1n4148
R22 470k C22 10n D3 1n4148
R23 22k C23 100p D4 1n4148
R24 22k C24 220nf D5 1n4148
R25 150k C26 100n D6 3mm red led
R26 10k C27 100n D7 3mm red led
R27 1k5 Status 3mm red led
R28 470k Switches
R29 10k Part Value Jacks
R30 2k SW1 DPDT On-Off- Part Value
On - DC JACK
R31 4k7
- 3PDT Stomp - AUDIO JACK
R32 10R
foot - AUDIO JACK
R33 20K
R34 20K
R35 1K5
R36 1K5

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Revolution III - Shopping list

Resistors 3 10n C12, C21, C22

Qty Value Parts 1 1n C5
1 100k R21 3 220nf C6, C20, C24
1 10R R32 3 22n C1, C8, C11
5 10k R3, R7, R9, R26, R29 3 2n2 C3, C4, C19
1 150k R25 3 47n C14, C17, C18
3 1K5 R27, R35, R36 2 4n7 C13, C16
1 1m R1
2 20K R33, R34 Potentiometers
3 22k R12, R23, R24 Qty Value Parts
2 2k R18, R30 1 A100K BASS
3 33k R6, R8, R10 2 A50k TREBLE,
3 470k R2, R22, R28 VOLUME
1 47k R4 1 B100k MID
4 4k7 R14, R15, R20, R31 1 B1M GAIN
3 56K R11, R13, R16
3 82k R5, R17, R19 Switches
Qty Value Parts
Electrolytics Capacitors 1 DPDT On-Off-On SW1
Qty Value Parts 1 3PDT Stomp foot -
1 100u C25
1 22u C28 Diodes
Qty Value Parts
IC 1 1N5817 D1
Qty Value Parts 4 1n4148 D2, D3, D4, D5
2 TL072 IC1, IC2 3 3mm red led D6, D7, Status
1 TL074 IC3
Jacks
Capacitors
Qty Value Parts
Qty Value Parts
1 DC JACK -
3 100n C15, C26, C27
5 100p C2, C9, C7, C10, 2 AUDIO JACK -
C23

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Revolution IV - BOM
Resistors Capacitors BASS A100K
Part Value Part Value GAIN B1M
R1 1m C1 22n MID B100k
R2 470k C2 100p TREBLE A50k
R3 10k C3 4n7 VOLUME A50k
R4 47k C4 2n2
R5 82k C5 1n
R6 33k C6 220nf IC
R7 10k C7 100pf Part Value
R8 33k C9 100p IC1 TL072
R9 10k C11 22n IC2 TL072
R10 33k C12 10n IC3 TL074
R11 56K C13 1n
R12 10k C14 47n Switches
R13 150k C15 100n Part Value
R15 4k7 C16 4n7 SW1 DPDT On-Off-
R16 56k C17 47n On
R17 100k C18 47n - 3PDT Stomp
R18 2k C19 2n2 Foot
R20 4k7 C20 220nf
R21 100k C21 10n
R22 470k C22 10n Diodes
R23 10k C23 100p Part Value
R24 22k C24 220nf D1 1N5817
R25 1m C26 100n D6 RED LED 3MM
R26 10k C27 100n D7 RED LED 3MM
R27 1k5 Status RED LED 3MM
R28 470k
R29 10k Electrolytics Capacitors
Part Value Jacks
R30 2k Part Value
R31 4k7 C8 4u7
- DC JACK
R32 10R C25 100u
- AUDIO JACK
R33 20K C28 22u
- AUDIO JACK
R34 20K
R35 1K5 Potentiometers
Part Value

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Revolution IV - Shopping list
Resistors Potentiometers
Qty Value Parts Qty Value Parts
2 100k R17, R21 1 A100K BASS
1 10r R32 2 A50k TREBLE,
7 10k R3, R7, R9, R12, VOLUME
R23, R26, R29 1 B100k MID
1 150k R13 1 B1M GAIN
2 1k5 R27, R35
2 1m R1, R25
2 20K R33, R34 IC
1 22k R24 Qty Value Parts
2 2k R18, R30 2 TL072 IC1, IC2
3 33k R6, R8, R10 1 TL074 IC3
3 470k R2, R22, R28
1 47k R4
Switches
3 4k7 R15, R20, R31
2 56K R11, R16 Qty Value Parts
1 82k R5 1 DPDT On-Off- SW1
On
1 3PDT Stomp -
Capacitors Foot
Qty Value Parts
3 100n C15, C26, C27
4 100p C2, C9, C7, C23 Diodes
3 10n C12, C21, C22 Qty Value Parts
2 1n C5, C13 1 1N5817 D1
2 220nf C6, C20, C24 3 RED LED D6, D7,
2 22n C1, C11 3MM Status
2 2n2 C4, C19
3 47n C14, C17, C18
Jacks
2 4n7 C3, C16
Qty Value Parts
1 DC JACK -
Electrolytics Capacitors 2 AUDIO JACK -
Qty Value Parts
1 100u C25
1 22u C28
1 4u7 C8

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Components Recommendations
As many people like to experiment some pedals with higher voltage, always ensure the max tolerance of
your electrolytic capacitors is over 25v.

This board has been tested using Film box capacitors for most of the values over 1nf, and ceramics discs
for the ones under 1nf. However, high quality components such as Wima’s Capacitors and Panasonic’s
electrolytics can deliver a better performance.

All the resistors used for testing this project are 1/4W Metal Film.

The BOM and Shopping list are exclusively regarding this project. It doesn’t include all the hardware like
the 3PDT bypass switch, audio/dc jacks, enclosure, etc.

Build Notes
If this is one of your first projects I recommend you to take a look on our Pedal Building Guide

For a successful and tidy build it’s recommended the following order:

1. Resistors & diodes

2. Capacitors, starting with the smaller ones and the ceramic ones.
3. Electrolytic capacitors (always check the polarity)
4. Transistors
5. Wires
6. Potentiometers and switches
7. Off board wiring

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Revolution III - Schematic

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Revolution IV - Schematic

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Wiring Diagram
All our projects include a free 3PDT Board to make the wiring easier and tidier. Also all of our PCBs feature
the status LED on board.

The pad named “Ctrl” or “LED” is the one that controls the status of the led, wire it to the “LED”pad on the
3PDT board, or in control slug of your 3PDT.

This board has been designed to match our EZ 3PDT PCB check it here to access to our Pedal Wiring Guide

Drill Template
This Project has been planned to fit into a 125b enclosure type.

Check the Attached “Drilling templates” to drill the box properly. The files are on Scale 1:1, ready to print
in an A4 page.

Licensing and Usage

We really appreciate your trust and support buying this PCB, as well as your will to dive into the DIY
electronics world. That’s why for us is really important that you can make this project work properly and to
enjoy not only the building process, but also to experiment and play with it on your rig.

We try to reply to every question we receive on our email or in our social media, but we try to encourage all
our customers to join our PCB Guitar Mania – Builders Group on Facebook, in order to post all your doubts,
issues, suggestions or request, as well to share your builds and have some feedback from us and other
fellow builders!

All of our projects have been tested following this same guide on their standard configurations. Although,
not all of the variations and mods have necessarily been tested. These are suggestions based on the
schematic analysis, and on the experiences and opinions of others. Feel free to share with us your opinions
and suggestions regarding the mods your own personal experimentation.

These boards may be used for commercial endeavors in any quantity unless specifically noted. No
attribution is necessary, though accreditation or a link back is always greatly appreciated.

If you are a builder planning to make your own run of pedals we also offer the service of custom made
boards with your brand and logo, design according your specifications.

The only usage restrictions are that, first, you cannot resell the PCB as part of a kit without prior
arrangement with us, and second, you cannot scratch off the silk screen, or other way of trying to hide our
logos and the source of the PCBs. Like it’s written above, if you want to have your own designs, with your
brand and logo we could certainly reach an agreement.

Follow us on Instagram and Facebook to stay in tune with the latest projects!

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Finished pictures

Well, we are glad you have reached this point! And we surely expect you have finished your builds.
If you have any doubt during the building process you can always ask on our support group PCB Guitar
Mania – Pedal builders group, and we will solve your doubts and ensure you will have your pedal working!

If you are satisfied with your finished pedal would mean a lot to us if you can rate our product on our
website or social media.

And if you are happy and proud with your build send us a picture of it so we can post it on our social media
channels, and you will be awarded with a 20% discount for your next purchase!

Best regards,
Gonzalo Segovia

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