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Hello people!

A friend sent me a Aristocrat that needs a rehousing, and also wants me to do some mods to it. I also want to rebuild all the wiring inside and would love to do it with some confidence I won't make a mess out of this. But I just can't find the document .pdf for this build.
Can someone send me a link to it please?

Thank you very much! 

I was searching for info on pharaoh supreme and I stumbled in this topic.
That Ra is so cooool!!! Makes me droll man! Congrats!!!
whjat kind of mosfet did you use? 2N7000?

yes, that description is accurate with the differences I hear between king tut's 47nf and the original 470nf.

I really need to record that sound clip...  sorry, didn't have the time to do it yet. Think maybe this xmas holyday will give me some spare time to do it.

Thanks man!
so the original uses 1N60P? will try to get some

No, it seems like 1N34A Ge diodes for sure, but I also tried out some 1N60P. Killer sound, better than 1n34's imho.

what you mean with scooped?
so you like the 47nF better?

I mean that King Tut with 47nF have pronounced mid-range compared with the original's 470nF. I firstly thought that it could be some differences on the resist/cap values in the tone stack components, but that's not the case. So I just assume that this 47/470 cap difference could be responsible for that tone change.
One thing I also noticed is that, even though king Tut's pots value are the same as the original, the later have a noticeable less output.

love to hear some demos

I will try to record some sounclips asap. Don't know when but i'll try.

Hi!

so I just opened my original Pharaoh and guess what...









.... so there are 6x 470nF

Now I did some sound testing and using 47nF instead the sound is not so scooped, it has a nice mid hump. I like it!
I could probably record some soundclips for comparision purposes, may I have the time...

HINT: 1N60P for Ge diode sounds like a beast! 

Well here are some given values for 1n34a:
http://www.reuk.co.uk/Germanium-Diodes.htm

http://www.madbeanpedals.com/forum/index.php?topic=8161.0 - (midwayfair's post)

I mean, you must know what are the Vf test conditions. For example, this graph gives 0,35 @ 1mA:
http://www.mtmscientific.com/1n34a.html

The original one I think they are 1n34a with vf=~0,3 (that im sure). But my stock of 1n34a were vf=~0,50 so I built King tut with those. (they are probably fake 1n34a, but they sure look like the real ones, DO7 and all...)

regarding the difference in sound/tone, like I said Ill try to record a sounclip for comparision purposes, as soon as possible, and i'll post it here.

I have both a original and king tut. I'll will check those caps and also try to record a soundclip of both so we can check the differences.
One thing I know for sure: those Ge diodes on king tut are Vf=~0,5v 1n34A, so it wont sound the same on that Ge mode - I am planning to substitute those for some other Ge diode I have that got the correct Vf of ~0.30v

Thanks all you guy!

And thanks Haberdasher for everything! Specially your pacience and for bearing with me. Your support was crucial for success

This pedal was inspired by Kubrick's "Clockwork Orange". If you haven't already seen the movie, please do yourself a favor and check it out.

It sure paid off.
Thank you guys!

Thank you guys!
Really, this one should be on any pedal collection, better yet on every pedalboard.
Is that good.

yeah, i almost lost my hair but is well worth it. Just take your time, no hurrys, check every component and solder bridges and you are good to go.

This one's almost drove me nuts. I almost lost faith on my (low) skills cause i coudn't get it working no matter what.
Bought some etched PCB from habberdasher (4 total I think...) because I just had to de-solder those pots over and over again just to check what went wrong and messed up the tracks everytime. Everything looked fine before I boxed it....but...
Some issues I figured them out. Other issues... I really don't know (voodoo maybe). It was my most difficult "get it to work" build so far, no doubt.

Anyway, here are the pics of my Screwdriver. I have my count on overdrives, but this things sounds AWESOME! It's a tone beast!

Yeah, this switch is a pain to get it right sometimes.
No need to thank me, i'm glad I could help.