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    Help measuring SMD JFETS

    WEll that is a very handy trick! For soldering for sure, and also for sticking on an SMD board with leads to test. I wonder if it would screw with the readings, though. My issue is that the TC1 can apparently read through-hole JFETS but not SMD. I don't know why. I guess I will just gut it...
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    Help measuring SMD JFETS

    Came across owlexifry and Chuck's convo https://forum.pedalpcb.com/threads/jfet-shootout.13363/reply?quote=178707 Made the "little tester" on breadboard with MMBFJ201 and a 1m resistor, 9v power supply. Getting kind of variable readings depending on angle and pressure on the JFET in the jig...
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    Help measuring SMD JFETS

    I am trying to follow Chucks wisdom rebuilding the Deofol with properly sequenced J201s. But I've run out of through-hole, so now I have 20 little grains of effing rice to try to measure to find target IDSS and VP. I thought it would be as easy as making a viable test bed and plugging it in to...
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    This Week on the Breadboard: Windmill (WIIO) cb mod

    Pardon the extremely stupid question, but I can't puzzle it out from the breadboard and my mind is a void at the moment when it comes to potentiometers. Regarding the 10K trimpot between R101 and R102, do we lift the facing component leads of R101 and 102 to connect to pins 1 and 3 of the 10K...
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    Bluebeard and Blend?

    For those of you with experience with this unit-- Gearing up to build one--do you feel that a blend would benefit the circuit a la Darkglass, or would it be kind of beside the point? I learned that it originated in my very own backyard--Atomic Music in Beltsville, MD. I've bought two guitars...
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    Aion TS50b mods--making it clankier

    Hahaha I'm an ex-editor as well! (freelance)
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    Aion TS50b mods--making it clankier

    That would be nice, but maybe you could kick a long bat switch in a pinch?
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    Aion TS50b mods--making it clankier

    Look at that movement! It's like poetry on ice. Grammar police moment: Make sure it's Guy LA Fleur, though (translation is Guy The Flower, flower is feminine in French, so it's La Fleur, not Le Fleur)
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    Aion TS50b mods--making it clankier

    This was the 9th pedal I ever made, apparently.
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    Aion TS50b mods--making it clankier

    Ding ding ding. Checked everything for the 13th time. Noticed I installed the C18 "OMIT" 10nf capacitor. So, I took the board out and, why not, checked the gain pot, because HAHAHAHA I COULDN'T POSSIBLY HAVE EFFED UP THE GAIN POT!!!!!11!! So, I effed up the gain pot. Master and Gain pots...
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    Aion TS50b mods--making it clankier

    Oh wait, what did Mr. Aion say? He said yeah, it was part of the switch circuitry that didn't affect the audio signal at all. He definitely is thorough and thoughtful around a circuit, but who knows. Why did Tronographic leave it? Just for the footswitch I guess.
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    Aion TS50b mods--making it clankier

    He said "dime yer mids, right? Then it's like Guy LaFleur's hair on Hockey night in Canada."
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    Aion TS50b mods--making it clankier

    maybe it's because he isn't Canadian enough? Here you go, eh? After about 4:00 8:15 and 12:00 That's what I gathered from a discussion with Mr. Aion about the 2N5245. I wonder why Rusty Box left it in, then. Most likely, it is my build. I rechecked all values and they were correct, but...
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    Aion TS50b mods--making it clankier

    I hear you and understand all the helpful things y'all are saying. Signal chain is bass>pedal>Sunn Sonaro>Sunn 2x15 cab My TS-50b build does not sound like the videos I've heard of the actual amp nor the rusty box. Both are actually more comparable to each other and have much more gain and...
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    Aion TS50b mods--making it clankier

    Yeah, that's pretty much what I got. This is more what I signed up for: And I didn't even know the rusty box existed
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    Aion TS50b mods--making it clankier

    Having built the Aion TS50b, I was pretty dang underwhelmed with the circuit. Not a lot of punch, not a lot of dirt, kinda tepid and limp. Jesus Lizard? More like Buddha Newt. I realize some bass amps are like this. I rechecked the refdes and all and all, as well as crossreferenced to the...
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    How to add some diode clipping option on Darkglass Alpha Omega circuit (Bass dual distortion) ?

    What about stuffing some diodes in the 6-7 or 2-1 loops of ICs 3 or 4?
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    How to add some diode clipping option on Darkglass Alpha Omega circuit (Bass dual distortion) ?

    Salut Eh La Bas Ma, Did you ever figure this out, and how are you liking the circuit? I am very interested in building this circuit for myself and a friend, because I really do like the [edit: duh. darkglass obsidius] a whole lot. So, from my li'l rookie eye, it looks like we have a unified...
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    SOLVED Boneyard circulator massive gain

    And I should also add that I really like the pedal! Not having the benefit of having built the unmodded version, it is a fun and versatile phaser that sounds really great to my ears.
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