EA Tremolo

Many years ago, an Australian electronics magazine published a guitar tremolo

project. This tremolo has become a favorite in the DIY community for its great a b c d e f g h i j
sound and moderate parts count. The project presented here is based on General + - + -
1MΩ
1 1
Guitar Gadgets Improved EA Tremolo project. Check it out on the web: 68KΩ
2 + 2

47nf
www.generalguitargadgets.com. 22uf
3 3
in
1MΩ
4 4d
1MΩ
5

2N5457
9 volts + 5
6 d 6 s
7

2N5457
R8
7
R3 R5 R12
1MΩ Q1 560KΩ 4.7KΩ
C5 15KΩ C6 10KΩ
8 s 8 g
2N5457 Q2
VR1 47nF 1uF 9 9
C1 D C1 2N3904 C A25K
Input 47nF 220nF C3 (volume) 10 g 10
47nF R15

120KΩ
G S B R13 1KΩ 11 11
C2 Output 2.2MΩ C7
E Q3
10uF 1uF 12 + 12
R10 C 2N5088 C8
R7 C4 120KΩ 10uf
180Ω 1uF 13 13
22uF
D B 14 14

47nf
E

220nF
S G VR2 1.2KΩ
15 15
A250K VR3
Q2 16 16

180Ω
(depth) A100K
2N5457 (speed) A250K

2.2MΩ
17 17
R1 R2 R4 R6 R9 R11 R14 E Depth
1MΩ 1MΩ 10KΩ 150KΩ 1.2KΩ 68KΩ 15KΩ 18 18

2N5088
19 E B
19

2N3904
560KΩ
20 B + 20
150KΩ 1uf C
21 21
out 4.7KΩ C 15KΩ
22 22
15KΩ
23 23

47nF
24 + 24
1uf
25 25
26 26
27 + 27
1uf

1KΩ
28 28
29 29
30 30
+ - a b c d e f g h i j + -
A100K
Speed
A100K
Volume
revision: 1.0 ● 28 may 2008 ● © 2008 beavis audio research
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