Recent content by cdwillis

Before I took my little building hiatus I bought a few of these to use. It's nice to be able to pull the entire guts out of a pedal without desoldering and you can put everything together outside of the box as well. I put a nut on the outside and inside so they didn't stick out as much and they...

Hey, sorry for the super delayed response. I never did get around to building it. I've been on a building hiatus for a while. I'll get back into it eventually, but I mostly just tinker around on the breadboard anymore.

Here's some suggestions for a louder version with higher max gain and a more usable tone pot

Dude, this is a great idea. I'd love to hear how it sounds.

Damn. Bat 41 and Bat 46 are my most used clipping diodes besides 1n4148 and red LEDs.

Solder braid is my go to and I'll put some extra flux on it before I heat it up to soak the solder up off a pad. I have a solder sucker as well, but I haven't had as much success with it vs the braid right on a solder pad.

Here's what I've been working on. I've had a goal to make a "distortion" pedal that cleans up nicely and can go from an overdrive type sound to full on distortion. Another thing I wanted to do was use all logarithmic 100k pots. There's something about using the same pots that appeals to me for...

Yep, those are just regular old ceramic caps. 101 would be a 0.0001uf or 100pf cap. 105 would be a 1uf ceramic.I bought a few to use in some muff builds where I only used ceramic caps. 105 = 1uf 104 = 0.1uf (100nf) 103 = 0.01uf (10nf) 102 = 0.001uf (1nf) 101 = 0.0001uf (100pf) I don't think...

This definitely has that Marshall midrange snarl to it. Nice playing!

The output capacitor and that potentiometer also form a high pass filter. If you're using a lower value pot it may make the output sound thin depending on the output capacitor value. Just buy the correct pot.

Won't the resistor across the pot lugs mess with the taper of the pot as well if you're not using a linear pot?

The a250k pot is a good suggestion. Personally, I would even consider using a 100k pot if you're not turning it past 11 o'clock.