Lead Solder OD Clapton Style

[ac30irons]

I have always loved Claptons 24 Nights/Journyman tone so I can’t explain how happy I was seeing this pedal. Done stock aside from the awesome gain mod by @music6000. I wasn’t brave enough to do it under the PCB.

It nails the Clapton thing perfect. All in all happy with my work.

 

[ntuncer]

Hi @ac30irons, could you explain the gain mod please?

 

[ac30irons]

Hi @ac30irons, could you explain the gain mod please?

Hey there, it was a post by @music6000 iv searched and can’t find it anywhere !!!

 

[Bricksnbeatles]

The gain mod was in this build report, though for some reason it’s been retitled to simply “x” and the photos are all missing now

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Thread 'X'

Feb 21, 2024

I knew this was going to be too much Gain for me so I spoke to Chuck about where I could tame the Beast!
I put it on a DPDT toggle & It works like a charm!, It works as designed or it reduces it by around 50% with the toggle switched!
The Presence control is the most detailed control on the pedal, it can make or break the Pedal!
The Treble & Mids are the most subtle controls & Bass is not in your Face either!
The Depth toggle is purely there for Chugin' or tame a bright sounding Amp.
The enclosure is Tayda Champagne, LMS Aluminium knobs with hand painted Silver Grey permanent brush...

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[ntuncer]

After rechecking it, i guess we add 100k resistor in series between the ground and C7 to reduce the gain.

 

[Nostradoomus]

missed opportunity to call it SLO HAND

 

[Bucksears]

Have to chime in on this one (great build, BTW):
I built my cousin a Lead Solder over the summer, wanting to get it right, work out any kinks/tweaks, and then built myself one.
Finally finished it up about a month ago (I always have multiple projects going at one time) and added the crunch mod on a toggle on the side. It works, but there was a different overall sound in lead mode.
The difference between mine and the one I built for my cousin is that the cap used in the my mod was now tantalum, where the previous one was electrolytic. I took it apart last night, replaced the cap with a 1uF electrolytic and dropped the resistor value down to 68K.
This brought back that treble 'sizzle' on tap, when I want it, via the presence control.

Just my $.02, YMMV.