Recent content by HamishR

I find it confusing enough as it is...

I finally got around to building half of this today. I was interested to hear what the modified Rangemaster sounded like - it's very similar to a Red Rooster. I used the stock set up according to GPCB and a 2N2222A. I was surprised that it runs a fair bit quieter than any Red Rooster I've built...

It sounds so good for double stops and hybrid picked parts in particular. I don't know what's happening but it has a kind of extra layer of dirt in there somehow. I once almost literally bumped into Billy and his wife on a busy Lexington Ave Manhattan. He's not difficult to spot, even in a...

I'm really happy you like it! I mod stuff so that it works for me. When I do that it seems that it works for my friends too. Well, friend.

I like it when all the parts in a circuit actually do something. If it doesn't absolutely have to be there, get rid of it. I see a lot of circuits these days use an absurd number of ICs and not use sections as you see above in the Marshall 59 OD. I love nothing more than Chuck telling us we...

Wow - thanks! Interesting.

No you haven't made a mistake - there is flub galore in this circuit. It is based on something which isn't designed to be a guitar pedal. It's supposed to sound like crap. Only for me it's not the kinda crap I wanted - I was hoping for a different crappiness of crap. And I wholeheartedly agree...

It never fails to impress me how many parts can be used to build a pedal to fuck up a perfectly good guitar sound. Nice work Mr Grobbins!

Paul, I really appreciate you taking the time to post. I'm sure we all do. (well, except for the weirdos) A lot of my player friends are huge fans of the Tim and Timmy. You have quite the fan club in Western Australia.

FWIW I measured the drains of the transistors in this circuit on two versions I made. On both Q1 was under 4V - around the 3.6-3.7 mark. Q2 & Q3 in both were between 4 and 4.6V. So I tried getting the voltages all up to around 4.5VDC to see if it made any difference. Tonally very little...

Built another one yesterday and rejigged the layout to make it smaller. It works.

Nice build! I built one of these years ago and remember liking the sound. Actually I was thinking about you this morning when I was having my morning coffee at a nearby lake. It's walking distance from where I live and I frequently walk to a cafe near the lake for a coffee and croissant. I...

It's just too expensive where I am to buy NOS any more. As I build my own amps I like to use JJs and tune the amp to the tube. It's fun and affordable (except the bit where I can't afford to buy amp parts from the US any more and even tubes are becoming crazy expensive). The bits which are...

With the cost of the tariffs you're probably better off buying a used drill press! With a VERY simple jig (fence) it's easy to drill very accurately.

I like the JJs. I have used them in Marshall 18W clones and AC15 clones with excellent results.