Recent content by HamishR

It's never something straightforward, is it?? Thanks Chuck. I still don't understand half of what you say but the bits I have used have improved my pedals immeasurably.

Clean! It's almost as if you have done this before! If you're using 125 sized enclosures you don't really need to use Lumbergs. I try to use Switchcraft jacks wherever possible but the Lumbergs are good for 1590B builds for top jacks, which is predominantly what I do. I generally solder the hot...

MMmmm .... Sorbet. Before we had aircon I used to make a lot of lemon sorbet to try to keep us cool in summer. I used an old recipe from my mum. I reduced the amount of sugar significantly and used more lemon juice. Sooo good. The difference in sound was enough to make me think I must have done...

FWIW The specified drain voltages worked perfectly in my first build but in my second I found the sound was a little squeezed - maybe a bit too scooped. To me it sounded like the transistors were biased too high. Reducing the bias voltage a little brought the newer one to life. I assume it's...

My dad took me to see that movie when it first came out. The entire cinema was a mess during that scene. The only time I have seen an audience laugh harder was when seeing Spike Milligan live. And he has a cameo in the Life of Brian. And now I have to try this pedal.

Sorry.

BTW this looks interesting: https://robrobinette.com/5E3_Point-to-Point.htm

Having built quite a few amps my favourites for small would be the 5E3 Deluxe and 5F11 Vibrolux (with a 12" speaker). I've built a tweed Champ with a 12" speaker and it sounded good but to me it also sounded kinda small - Even with pedals it didn't sound as good as the Deluxe or Vibrolux. A...

I would think that the Basic Audio Alter Destiny would be able to achieve that kinda sound without too much trouble. It's easily my favourite Muff style pedal. I have a schematic and a Vero layout if you can build on Vero. It's a low gain Muff with bass, mids and treble controls. Most Muffs will...

Ha! Same here! I have built lots of guitar amps and would love to still be able to afford to do so. There are quite a few guys in my town who play my amps. I have never built for profit - only for fun. And as a result I have become quite an amp snob! Once you hear what a good amp can sound...

Oh yeah I've built a few! I quite like this one. Here's the schematic. I haven't changed that much. I'm sure I could have done some things better but I have made this, it works, and I like the sound. I'm not an expert and I don't intend to go into production. I do this for fun and if someone...

I wondered if that was the issue. I like my overdrives to get along internally. I don't allow cross talk. I like pleasant.

I was just looking at the schematic for the Lead Solder Overdrive. I see it uses three TL072 ICs. In two of the TL072s the second stage isn't used. Why didn't they use two TL072s instead?

It's available here - PedalPCB

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