General Guitar Gadgets ITS8 (8-oh-8) Complete Kit

The ITS8 is a complete kit to build a replica of a Tube Screamer 808 overdrive. This replica does not include the FET switching circuit of the original, it uses a true (total) bypass switch with an LED indicator circuit attached. The switching circuit has no effect on the sound of the stompbox. The layout is designed to accommodate several variations and modifications. Be sure to check out the Modifications file.

This kit includes all the parts and materials you need to build a replica of an Ibanez TS-808 (trademarks mentioned here belong to their owners, not General Guitar Gadgets), including the PCB. The kit also includes an on-off-on toggle switch for the clipper switching and modifications the same as the old Landgraff OverDrive had. The enclosure is also pre-drilled for the toggle switch. This is the most famous overdrive of all time.

This kit is made with high quality components.  We offer all quality parts. A Printed Circuit Board that can withstand modifications time and time again. Great customer service and fast answers to technical questions (email). We are a well established business with over 15 years on the internet and we continue to provide information and value to the DIY Stompbox community. Build a rock solid boutique quality stompbox that is super easy to modify and update.

• All kits that have a bypass switching are designed with
  
• true bypass
  
• .  Even vintage stompboxes that weren't originally true bypass have been designed with true bypass in our replica kits.
  
• All kits contain only ROHS parts, including ROHS Lead-free solder.
  
• All kits with Printed Circuit Boards (PCB), have a high quality double-sided PCB with plate-through holes on all soldering pads.  With care, these PCBs can withstand multiple reworks (solder and unsoldering) without losing the pads or harming the PCB.
  
• All kits contailn high quality capacitors, mostly Panasonic when available.
  
• All kits contain metal film 1% tolerance resistors, except where the resistance value is not availble such as very high value resistors.
  
• All kits feature high quality Switchcraft jacks.
  
• All kits include a battery snap with a solid plastic snap, not a cheap vinyl snap.
  
• Kits that have IC circuits include high quailty Mill-Max IC sockets, not unreliable leaf sockets.
  
• Kits that specify specialty transistors include high quality Mill-Max transistor sockets.
  
• Kits can be returned for your money back as long as the kit is complete and unsoldered.
  
• We offer email support for any of your questions or concerns about the kits.
  

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