I totally agree with what you wrote. That many buffers are unnecessary. I would also say that while most buffers are good some buffers, for whatever reason, do suck out my tone. BOSS needs to make it an option. It would be simple for them to do.
I went ahead ahead and bought a dedicated relay bypass for BOSS pedals. Very small and very clear on what needs to happen. I don't even need to drill a hole or change out the stomp on it. Thanks for sharing your thoughts!
So, I'm not against buffered bypass or anything but I am wondering what I would do to go about turning a Boss pedal (in this case, an analog CE-5) into a true bypass pedal. Would the Simple Relay Bypass be able to get me there? Share your wisdom.
So I finally got around to working on this pedal. Switching C5 up to a 1uf DEFINITELY did the trick. I also upped C4 and C9 to 100nf. I’m not sure if C4 and C9 made a difference but it sure “feels” like it does. You know how that goes.
I think I’ll put in a switch to change the value on C5...
Here's a pic of a real simple audio probe I made...
Also, I would make sure you have a have a soldering iron with adjustable heat and one you can buy quality heads for. For the longest time I just used a $15 dollar one I owned. Ponying up for the better one made a HUGE difference. My...
This may not be the problem but anything that looks like this I would give a little more solder to just so that it you can confirm the connection there is good. You want to have just a tiny bit of solder visible on the other side from where you put it.
Don't get discouraged. It's your first...
So, I realized I accidentally ordered the 7660s accidentally instead of the 1044s that the Kliche/ Klone calls for. I think these are interchangeable but I wanna check with you guys.
let me know what you guys think.
Yeah. That makes sense. I think what I may do is bump the 22n up to 100n. That’ll give the Fat switch a bit more bottom end while making the pedal more usable in general.
Would I be wrong to assume it would be this Electrolytic cap that connects to the center of the switch?
It's hard to know for sure without there being a schematic up yet.
So I made a Triad Fuzz (based on JHS 3 Fuzz) and I'm loving it on Bass.
I love how I can get that gated sound out of the Bias control. Only thing is that there's not a lot of wiggle room on the knob. Literally, the second half of the knob gets no sound for me. It may be a different story on...
Built all 3 of these. There’s nothing special on the inside. They’re very basic builds.
I play bass. The Overdrive loses a lot of bottom end but sounds good on guitar so I’m giving that to my son. The Distortion is okay but I really like the Fuzz especially with the bias control. Turning the...
I haven't gotten to play one but I hear the Informant is a great pedal but can be quite bright.
I play bass and am wanting to build one specifically for bass. What would you guys suggest? Should I pass on this build? Should I make some mods to it? Any simple ways to retain some low end?
If...