Recent content by HamishR

Not much!

That's ok. I'm not going into production. 😁

Ok cool - I'll try that! I had no idea of any of that. The circuit is in a 2-in-1 pedal with two different JFET ODs, and the first OD is tick free. It must be that because it's not exactly over the power supply that it doesn't tick. Thanks Mr Jubal!

I would definitely build the lead version. The normal channel will sound very close to the bass version. It's a bit weird in the diagram above that it shows a 500pF cap in the tone stack with a 56K slope resistor. Usually the tone stack with a 56K slope resistor would have a 250pF treble cap...

I recently discovered that a JFET OD I have built on Vero makes a ticking sound when engaged. It's only noticeable when not playing. As soon as I start playing through it I guess it's drowned out by my racket. The other thing I discovered is that as soon as I lift the pedal off the board the...

Well I've been experimenting with this circuit. It's a great circuit stock of course. But through my amp it's possibly a bit more compressed than I'd like and I barely use the Normal channel at all - it's usually only just on, and anywhere above 9.00 it just adds a rumble and takes over. On its...

Try it. What's the worst that will happen? My guess is that it will work fine. :)

As for the volume thing you could try using an A100K volume pot. Volume pots should almost always be an audio taper. Chuck says so.

And Chuck you are so right about using a Treble Booster with this. They go together so well. I'm using a GPCB Beano (one of your recommendations) with it and the tones seem to mesh perfectly.

Damn - it doesn't seem that long ago that these things were everywhere but looking at the pics it looks so ancient!

I guess the difficulty is that as soon as we say Marshall everyone is going to have a different idea of what that sound is! And these days there are a LOT of players who have likely never played the kind of Marshalls which are regarded as "the Marshall sound". I suspect it would be a minority of...

Thank you for your attention to this matter!!

Effects loops often cause trouble if they rely on shorting jacks. Fortunately it's usually a simple matter to get them working again. I hopes that's what the problem is. Grit or oxidation can affect the shorting part of the jack and simply cleaning it will fix the problem. Worst case scenario is...

The electrolytic caps I use these days are SMD caps. You gently pry the little black plastic base off and then you have two little legs to solder to the Vero. I learnt this trick on this very site. Tayda sell some but I get mine mostly from Mouser. I like them because they're tiny. The legs...

I think you're being a bit hard on yourself - that looks great! There are a few tricks I use to make things look as neat as possible and you're already doing most of them! Running wires along the corners of the enclosure is a good way to keep them straight and quiet. I like to place the board...