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Modify Your DS1

and Actually Understand What You're Changing... and Why

Most DS1 mod guides tell you which components to swap. This one explains why each change works, and how to customize mods exactly how YOU want them - so you can stop copying instructions and start creatively sculpting your guitar tone.

The free course is yours. Here's what you'll get the moment you sign up.

The free Boss DS-1 course, plus the mods ebook.

A short video course that walks the whole Boss DS-1 one block at a time inside a circuit simulator, so you can see and hear what every stage actually does. Plus a mods ebook, a written breakdown of the circuit with a stack of modifications to try.

Boss DS-1 Distortion Circuit Breakdown
The two gain stages. The transistor stage that gives the DS-1 its feel, and the op-amp stage where most of the distortion is really set.
The clipping. Why the op-amp stages clip on their own, what the diodes add on top, and why pulling the diodes still leaves you distorting.
The tone control. The Big Muff style tilt EQ, what it does to your frequencies, and how to reshape it.
The filters around the gain, where the tight-versus-fuzzy feel comes from before any clipping happens.

Once you see it in blocks, you can build your own mods instead of copying someone else's.

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Brian Wampler

Hey, I'm Brian Wampler.

I have designed guitar pedal circuits for over twenty years, and Wampler Pedals has sold more than 100,000 of them worldwide. The paid courses at GuitarPedalCourse.com have helped over 4,000 paying customers go from copying kits to designing their own circuits. This free DS-1 course is that same direct, no-fluff, block-by-block style.

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