Morning Glory
JHS Morning Glory Clone - June 2020
For this build, I used Pedal PCB's Morning Glory board. It is a clone of the JHS Morning Glory, which is a transparent overdrive circuit. This type of overdrive excels in the edge-of-breakup sound that is somewhere between a clean and dirty sound. It preserves the characteristics of your guitar signal and amp as opposed to other overdrives that add a distinctive mid-boost or mid-scoop. I typically use it as an always-on first stage overdrive, and stack it with a tube screamer for grittier tones.
The Circuit
Photos
Components
Resistors:
- R1 2M2
- R2 1M
- R3 4K7
- R4 3K3
- R5 10K
- R6 6K8
- R7 220K
- R8 1K
- R9 6K8
- R10 68K
- R14 100K
- R15 1M
- R16 12K
- R17 12K
- R18 22K
- R100 47K
- R101 47K
- R102 4K7
Capacitors:
- C1 47n
- C2 47p
- C3 10n
- C4 10n
- C5 100n
- C6 10n
- C7 100n
- C8 10n
- C9 2u2
- C10 470p
- C11 10u
- C12 100n
- C100 100u
- C101 100u
Diodes:
- D1 1N914
- D2 1N914
- D3 1N914
- D4 1N914
- D100 1N5817
ICs:
- IC1 LM833N
Transistors:
- Q1 2N5457
Potentiometers
- VOLUME A100K
- TONE B25K
- DRIVE B100K
Switches:
- SW1 SPDT On/On
