Recent content by HamishR

I use JJ KT77s in Marshall style builds and really like 'em. Sound like a classy EL34 - big sounds!

I bought my HM Mirra chair new because where I live it would be unlikely to find one used. What I didn't know was that it came with something like a 15 year warranty. I have had it for long enough to not remember how long I've had it! One day something broke - it was quite serious, so I rang the...

Are you referring to the Egnator Tweaker or all amps in general?

Yup.

Once I added a cap to ground at the output the brightness was tamed enough. BTW I just looked at the MM website to see how much a Hotbox transformer would cost now before discount - $171 for the version with multitap primary! That's a LOT more than it cost before! Mind you that was probably 20...

I just remembered that I have a Mercury Magnetics Hotbox mains transformer from when I fried my Hotbox playing an outdoor gig. The organisers told me it was mains power but my guitar sounded brighter and brighter through the gig and by the time our set finished the Hotbox smelled really bad...

You're not alone. I can't work out bread boards - yet. I thought I was doing pretty well, what with designing my own Vero layouts and being able to draw rudimentary schematics. But so far breadboards have defeated me! I tried over 1/2 a dozen 2N1308s in this circuit, of varying HFE and leakage...

You are of course correct. Context is everything.

I agree with both @Guardians of the analog and @szukalski. The stock Timmy is bland, as are so many very popular pedals. At least it is to me. It's a perfectly good OD and would be great for stacking (which hadn't occurred to me because I rarely stack pedals). But I like more colour and...

You've sold me!

It's generally pretty self-explanatory. D3, D4 and C6? just leave them off. There is no connection to complete the circuit required, so no jumpers or anything are needed. At the end leave out R3, R4, R6, R7, Q1 and C2. the only jumper you'll need is to connect C3 to Volume 3. C3 needs to connect...

Oh yeah... Forgot about them! Still, I don't play them. Loved building them, don't play them. The only one I do play from time to time is the Alter Destiny. @MichaelW - I tried the Anvil but found it kinda flat or something - couldn't connect with it. Maybe I built it wrong?

I have a fascination with the Big Muff but the only one I have ever really liked is the Basic Audio Alter Destiny. This one looks like my kind of Big Muff...

It's one of my favourites of the Skreddys. Glad you're enjoying it!

Just for the record (and these are what I used), in the original pedal Q1 is a 2N5210 and Q2&3 are 2N5172. I was able to find through-hole examples of these at Mouser. I haven't checked them for HFE but they sound just like the original pedal, ie fantastic! The stock Animals pedal is cool in...