Nostradoomus
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We covered this on page 1
baby pedals not babies I'm not that dumb
We covered this on page 1
Reported.These two don't seem to be using any protection.
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I mean, in a way:baby pedals not babies I'm not that dumb
It's allowing certain frequencies around the pot from the looks of it.I assumed if you short circuit a capacitor or a resistor it is essentially out of the circuit because electricity will take the path of least resistance and since the resistance of a bare wire is near 0 that's where current will flow. Then I was looking at the schematic for the Engl Fireball and noticed the depth switch at the beginning, see the snapshot below, full schematic at https://el34world.com/charts/Schematics/files/Engl/Engl_fireball.pdf
Shouldn't it make no difference if the cap is connected or not since it is shorted anyway?
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They're made from Baby Metalwhere do baby pedals come from
You are looking at the bright switch cap C4. That depth switch cap C3 is not doing anything.It's allowing certain frequencies around the pot from the looks of it.
Since the gain pot induces resistance, the depth adds a parallel alternate path of less resistance , frequency dependant via cap values.
Yes, that must be it. The Engl Powerball has a similar switch and in that schematic it's depicted like above, so probably just an error in the Fireball schematic. Thanks, guys!This is only a guess, I am not familiar with the Fireball circuit, but this might make more sense.
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Only on the 60 and 100, not the little 25.I don't see a depth switch on the panel of a fireball anyways.
These two don't seem to be using any protection.
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