This Week on the Breadboard: Windmill (WIIO) cb mod

[cooder]

I took a while, as usual, but here's my incarnation.
Huge sound, yes I can smell the Hiwatt glowing. Another fab Boneyard version. Thanks so much, Sir Chuck!
Rawk.

 

[Chuck D. Bones]

Sweet!
The circuit is 99% true to the Catalinbread WIIO. I just added the feedback (GEAR) switch.

 

[cooder]

That feedback switch is really useful. I quite like the lower gain feedback setting, a bit more refined somehow. And still raw enough.

 

[Chuck D. Bones]

With the Feedback enabled, the distortion and gain are lower (unless GAIN is dimed), but the effect of the Tone controls is reduced as well.