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Here's some suggestions for a louder version with higher max gain and a more usable tone pot

your diagram was not correct, it showed diodes connected in parallel, not series. Also, if it helps, pretend the A & K holes aren't...

You’ll want them in series to raise the Vf (total forward voltage. , also = clipping threshold).

Agree about reading that article. Also, Do you have a multimeter? If not, get a cheap one and put it in Beep mode (conductivity test) to...

It’s not the same, but kinda similar to the Tube Screamer, which uses a W taper to help get some chances on the middle area. You can...

OK, I just removed the resistor from the love my switches pre-wired LED. I can confirm that the light seems to work better now. Before...

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Thanks all! I made a build report for this pedal. The one issue with my pre-wired LED from Love My Switches is that they prewire them...

I built one of these a few years back and my only complaint is the hiss. I replaced the aluminum caps with tantalum and it helped...

The bigger chunk of metal inside that clear led is the cathode (negative) (toward the center of the board). Just for reference. Glad...

Cool! You can still do red led one direction, 1n4148 the other direction, that’s just not how you had it when you had a total of 3...

This picture how you have it? The build doc says diode OR LEDs looks like you have both in that spot

You could just try swapping the led wires to change the orientation of the led and see if it’s lighting. This shows the case where the...

Is the led in the opposition orientation from the 1n4148? LED has a higher forward voltage (threshold before it clips). If they’re the...