Recent content by HamishR

Oh man - I could not agree more re ODs with Gretsches and Strats! Thats why I got into this stuff too.

Oh god - don't remind me! Yeah, Scomo was right up there in the moronic stakes...

I would have to think that once you are free of orange fraudsters things might improve. To Australia Tayda is very inexpensive. AFAIK we haven't voted in anyone who quite that stupid for a while. It's been at least ten years I think.

I have better results with the JJ ECC803S than most new 12ax7s. I actually like the sound of JJ's regular small plate 12ax7 but they can be microphonic. As long as the GZ34 is working to spec you shouldn't hear a difference between makes. I just like NOS because when you get a good one you...

I have built this on a Sheepylove PCB believing it to be a variation on a Bluesbreaker theme. It sure doesn't sound like one anymore! It's a very interesting sounding pedal. Higher gain than I would generally use (a LOT higher gain!) but some cool sounds. Any way to reduce the gain a bit...

Most of the pedals I build are in 1590Bs with top jacks. I use Lumbergs for IN, OUT, and DC.

The only JJs I've ever had problems with are recent GZ34s, I'm sad to say! I must have bought from a bad batch because I've had 2-3 go all fireworks in amps. Quite spectacular if you see it happen. Not good though. They've just blown the mains fuse so no harm done. I love JJ 6V6s, EL84s, 6L6s...

I love some NOS preamp tubes. But I never got into NOS power tubes because I could never afford them, and the risk involved buying online for something of unknown provenance is high. I once bought a pair of "NOS" 6V6s the seller promised were perfectly matched. Um, no they weren't. So the only...

It might make it easier to read if you reduce the length of the diode in DIYLC. You can make the diode length shorter so it shows the band.

Could it be a Lovepedal Kalamazoo with LED clippers?

Sure - couldn't hurt. FWIW I have built a few of these and never bother with those clipping diodes for the reasons you mention.

I used parts from Valvestorm, Mercury Magnetics, Tubesandmore.com, etc, based on freely available schematics and layouts online. The Valvestorm stuff is excellent - I mainly use their boards and chassis, control plates and some parts. I have learnt a lot about grounding and component choices...

I was buying tubes for an amp I was building a few years ago and saw the blurb that JJ KT77s were a suitable replacement for EL34s, so I tried them. I like 'em. It's rare that I push my amps to the point of break up, especially any with EL34s or KT77s. That's why I like pedals! I have particular...

Yeah the amp is dead clean - to get it to break up is louder than my neighbours would like! But all is solved now that the swchematic has been posted. :)

FWIW the transistors in the original were 2N5088 for Q1 and 2N5172 for Q2 & 3.