Recent content by jrhevron

So, I couldn't wait and just got a Nein from someone off of reverb. The rest of my summer is tight and I'm just not going to have time to build. The Nein is very good. Cuts through the mix nicely and is good to pair with the Chop Shop. It's very similar to the Chop Shop, but just a little more...

I want to hear how the Nein fuzz sounds on bass!

Straight build. When I made my Son of Ben, I did a few mods that are highlighted in another thread. For this build... and correct me if I'm wrong... I assumed that there's no real need for mods as there's no tone control and the signal goes fairly straight through? Maybe that is simplifying...

I'll post pics later... just finally got this together last night and played it in practice. Had a disastrous first build that I just couldn't fix and was likely due to burnt out jfts. Did a 2nd try and the build couldn't have been easier and it fired up first try. I like jft based drives and...

Ended up getting a new board and new board mounted jfts... it fired up first time. Must have been a jft issue the first time-- I must have overheated them or something. I just biased the JFTs to about 6V and it's sounding good.

Basically, I think my favorite version is a Violet Ram's Head with Civil War Caps and LED's (green or yellow) in both stages with a Mids knob.

I went ahead and ordered a new board and jfts already on breakout boards... hoping it works this time!

Thank you for this description. You make good points and it's likely my error. I'm going to just harvest whatever parts I can but start with a new pcb and jfts from pedalpcb on breakout boards. Every now and then I've had one of these kinds of builds. As frustrating as it is, it's very...

Yes.

Any last minute hail mary tries before I start over?

I switched out the jfets…wired up smd’s with legs and still nothing. Might just get a new board and start over.

@jwin615 you might have a good point about there being some sort of solder bridge on the actual jfet. I'll see if I can clean that up/manually scrape around it to clear up any potential bridge.

I don’t have adapter boards, but I do have 2 jfts left. Can I use cut off component ends to make them through hole?

I have reflowed a few times... also had a pack of 5 smd jfts from pedalpcb. I went in and replaced the first one. Is it possible to have bad SMD JFTs? I mean, I know that anything is possible. Also, thank you!

Def feel like there's some issue in that bias/jfet area...esp if the voltage is the same at all poles of the jfet and the bias pot isn't changing anything.