BOSS CS3 Mod at Von Lehmann Engineering

Recommended For:
EVERYTHING

When I first got hold of one of these compressor pedals 15 years ago, I was extremely disappointed.

Even though it occupied my pedal board for a few years, I don’t think I ever used it. All it seemed to do was squash the life out of my sound and add noise to my signal chain.

So when we set about modifying this pedal, eliminating the noise was our first consideration. This meant removing all the low budget capacitors and replacing them with high grade Metlized Polyfilm caps.

We then replaced the diodes with Germainan 1N34a’s, this gives the pedal more of a tube-like sound.

This is where most pedal modifiers would stop, but at Von Lehmann Engineering, we went a little further.........We replaced ALL the op-amps.

This pedal uses three M5223AL SIP op-amps, they’re not bad but they do add quite a lot of noise and sound a bit lifeless. With the help of our Von Lehmann designed ‘Arachnoids’, we were able to replace all three of these noisy chips with ‘Red Demons’.

After no less than 18 modifications, this almost useless CS-3, could now be the best compression pedal on the market.

Von Lehmann's 'Crystal Mercenary' Modification

AUSTRALIAN CUSTOMERS PRICE: $ 120 AUD

This price is for the modification only
You must send us your pedal.

SHIPPING INFORMATION

You will be charged $15 AUD for
return postage (insurance included) anywhere within Australia.

If the return postage is less than the amount you've been charged, the difference will be refunded via
PAYPAL.

When sending your pedal to us, please use insured postage. It only costs a couple of dollars more and is for your own protection.

We will not be held responsible if things get lost or damaged in the
mail.

Please remember to download the order form, fill it out and post it with your pedal

ORDER FORM (Australia)

Additional Payment Methods:

From our Australian customers, we also accept money orders, bank cheques and personal cheques.

However, no work will commence on your pedal until the funds have been cleared. Sometimes this can take up to 10 working days.

Please make all cheques and money orders payable to:

"Von Lehmann Engineering"

Under no circumstances should you send cash.

INTERNATIONAL CUSTOMERS PRICE: $ 120 AUD

This price is for the modification only
You must send us your pedal.

SHIPPING INFORMATION

You will be charged $30 AUD for
return postage (insurance included)anywhere outside of Australia.

If the return postage is less than the amount you've been charged, the difference will be refunded via
PAYPAL.

When sending your pedal to us, please use insured postage. It only costs a couple of dollars more and is for your own protection.

We will not be held responsible if things get lost or damaged in the
mail.

Please remember to download the order form, fill it out and post it with
your pedal

ORDER FORM (International)

Additional Payment Methods:

From our International customers, we'll accept International money orders and International bank cheques.

However, no work will commence on your pedal until the funds have been cleared. Sometimes this can take up to 20 working days.

Please make all cheques and money orders payable to:

"Von Lehmann Engineering"

Under no circumstances should you send cash.