Name: TubeHead Manufacturer / Designer: PAiA Electronics Revision: 11/4/95 Model # 9305

0.05uf
IC1e IC1f IC1a 33uf 33uf
Vcc
11 12 14 15 3 2
12VAC

+
0.5A D1 100
+12v 10 IC1b
S1 IC1d
5 4 D3 D4 D5 D6 D7
100uf + 1000uf +
220pf
25v 16v IC1c 33uf
9 33uf 33uf
7 6

+
33k 33k
330 100uf + 1000uf +
1k 10k 25v 16v IC1 - 4049 CMOS Hex Inverting Buffer +42v
+12v Vcc - Pin 1 IC1
-12v +12v - Pin 8 IC2, IC3, & IC4 IC2, 3, & 4 - 5532 Dual Low-Noise OpAmp
D2 100 -12v - Pin 4 IC2, IC3, & IC4 D1, 2 - 1N4001
Vref D3, 4, 5, 6, & 7 - 1N4148
- Pin 8 IC1
All 1uf caps 50v all others 25v unless
10k marked otherwise.
+42v All resistors 1/4W, 5%
+
0.01uf 1uf
220 270k 270k 1uf

+
220
22k
82k 100k 1uf
10k Drive

+
82k
12AX7 1 6 470k 10k Output
2.2uf 47k" 10k
20pf 47k 1uf
+

2 Pre/
- 7
1 2
+

In Post 6 5pf 33uf

3 330
47k* +
100k Blend 470k -
7

+
IC2a Trim
150k 3 8 5 +
4 9 6 Out
8k2 IC2b
Vref 12VAC 10k
2k7 2k7
Clip 3 100k Trim Pot controls Symmetry
100 +
1
- 2
IC4a 100k Channel 1

Channel 2 is identicle to Channel 1, and uses IC4b for the clipping meter and IC3 for the input/output driver. The input impedance of the TubeHead is about
20k ohms, which is consistant with most gear like Synths, Effects Processors, Mixers, EQs, and so on. 20k is too low for a proper match with high
impedance sources like guitar pickups, but a few minor changes take care of this. To use the TubeHead as a instrument pickup preamp, remove the 47k*
resistor and the 20pf cap from the feedback loop of the driving OpAmp. Then change the 47k" resistor to 680k and the 22k resistor in the feedback loop of the
driving OpAmp to 100k. Now the TubeHead can be used to warm up a cold sounding guitar amp or just provide a great preamp tone.
Original circuit from December 1993 Electronic Musician