Recent content by gonzo

Shipping is still fine to Japan. But, I suspect prices will only go up on everything soon with the Strait of Hormuz being blocked for the time being. What a damn mess.

Yeah, what he said! It really helps.

Anything that allows a dry output or blend, so you don't loose the clean bass frequencies. That's my philosophy.

Biasing tone benders with non-spec transistors. I ended up building a later model modded circuit. The dreaded mk3...

Yeah the forth leg has no benefits from my experiments. I end up clipping it or, putting it off to one side. These are odd Japanese germaniums I found in a bin.

Who needs a board? Point to point.

Maybe a passive pultec eq section in the future?..

The noise isn't noticable, and I'm using super short connection cables. Always an XLR from the mics. I might change over if noise ever becomes an issue.

So I finished this Madbean/Baja limiter take on the La2a. Using it after my mic pre and I'm pretty happy with the results. I added a second input in the front for other instruments that bypasses the mic pre, and added a second led to the front to visualize the led working with the ldr inside...

Hot glue gun. They'll stay put. I've had them pop out right before shows. I usually avoid the sockets for transistors nowadays unless it's something I might swap out down the road.

Long ago there was a thought behind the staggering. The core being more magnetic on the wound strings, hence those were a bit higher and higher as they got thinner. Also to account for the fretboard radius. But, you tell me if you can tell a difference. I never noticed. The old magnets were...

Double and triple check you didn't mixed up a resistor value. I still flub them now and again without glasses

That looks somewhat similar and probably better. I pulled this pedal out today. The volume output could be higher. Had to crank my to seem like unity. The eq knobs could be less subtle. The gain has great range. It's got character. But, like so my dirt type pedals, I don't have a place...

Also check the amount of range you have on the pot and the threaded bar on the foot control. Sometimes changing the range of the wah is as simple as changing where the threads meet with the pot and where on the rotation the pot starts or ends.

Honestly it's been a year and I can't remember. The schematic was floating around a few places. Searching for Silvertone twin twelve popped up a few. I remember looking at the Silvertone 1484 amp schematic and seeing similarities. The last jfet really didn't seems to add a whole lot. The...