SHO Boost W/ Always On Buffer

swelchy

swelchy

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This is my very first attempt at building on stripboard / Veroboard.
Saw a YouTube video of a veroboard build and decided to give it a try.. It’s a super hard on boost wired for the buffer to be always on.. To my surprise it fired up on the first attempt.. Pretty tight quarters on the enclosure.
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Just tested it with my big setup and the pop i'm getting from the pedal is totally unusable... The pedal has a big range of boost and isnt coloring at all... but the pop turning on and off is huge... Going to have a closer look at how I can reduce the pop.
 
Try grounding your input when bypassing the effect. From the picture, I think you could just run a jumper from lug 1 to lug 6 of your foot switch.
 
Aleph Null said:
Try grounding your input when bypassing the effect. From the picture, I think you could just run a jumper from lug 1 to lug 6 of your foot switch.
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unfortunately the ytoutube vid didnt have a link to a schematic... it was more of a play by placement and where to make cuts... pin 1 goes to on of the lugs on the pot.... This one is wired so the signal is always going through the circuit as a buffer with volume at zero when bypassed....
 
Ah, I forgot about that.The jump in gain and rebiasing is probably what's doing it. I feel like Orman has a similar design with his mosfet boost where it could switch between boost and buffer mode, but that has a different biasing scheme; I'm not sure how applicable that would be to your situation.
 
Aleph Null said:
Ah, I forgot about that.The jump in gain and rebiasing is probably what's doing it. I feel like Orman has a similar design with his mosfet boost where it could switch between boost and buffer mode, but that has a different biasing scheme; I'm not sure how applicable that would be to your situation.
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I'm going to clip the positive lead for the led and see if it's causing the pop..
 
I recall building a mosfet boost that had the pop. I would stomp it on and off five or six times and the pop would fade. And then it would be good for the set/jam.
I would also use the pop, into my delay, to make a beat, into a looper. It was never spot on, but still fun.
Just sayin. Lemons lemonade.
 
kristopher said:
I recall building a mosfet boost that had the pop. I would stomp it on and off five or six times and the pop would fade. And then it would be good for the set/jam.
I would also use the pop, into my delay, to make a beat, into a looper. It was never spot on, but still fun.
Just sayin. Lemons lemonade.
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I had different intentions for this one though.. One of the guys I play with live like to come over when we are playing and hit one of my overdrives on when we are coming up to big parts..... I was going to mount this one off my board at the end of my signal chain and velcro it to the stage so he can step on the gas for me without bumping my others pedals... and mostly to just be funny...
 
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