Different versions of the Roland TB-303In the past 2 decades I have seen Type A, B, C and D here in the lab. Type D is the most common one, saw a few A's and B's and only one C. All type A's I've seen had factory (first owner 303's that were bought new) mods/corrections arround din sync and schmitt trigger tempo circuit. All B's I've seen had factory mods/corrections arround tempo circuit. Some A's and B's had a factory mod on the gate circuit that slows it down. My educated guess is that this was done to accomodate BA662A's that have a bit more control current feedthrough than the original gate circuit allowed for. Type C has no mods and the only obvious difference with type D is less pcb track spacing on the component layer. Next to those different pcb versions and factory mods, there is also a plethora of different components used throughout it's production. And, there is also a different bottom case. I've seen this one only once. It has extra supports underneath tempo, pattern, mode and volume pots/switches. This to protect the brittle FR2 PCB. I'll get back with more detailed info when I went through my archives and have done a full analysis Copyright © Cask Strength Electronics 2024 |