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    Let's See Your Amps

    Lots of cool rigs here! I wish my room was as big as the panorama function on my phone makes it look
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    Anyone tried adding clipping diodes to a Wonder Drive?

    This thread piqued my interest so yesterday I dug out the wonder drive I made maybe last year. I did a few mods to it based on another thread where where pedalpcb had another version of the pedal and was detailing the differences. I changed a few things but I forget what now. I haven’t used it...
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    HM2 / Promethium distortion mod - bypass distortion?

    not to much to it really, if you want to do this same mod,I would just follow the schematic changes in post #7, but do it after C1 rather than before. Or if you do it before C1 like in the picture, just add a 47nf off the switch (Where it’s marked orange). mine is technically a ‘bodge’ since I...
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    Not all PCB providers are equal...

    I don’t mean to sound like a sycophant, but there don’t seem to be many diy pcb makers out there like pedalpcb. when I first started building pedals only a few years ago, I ordered some PCB’s from a few U.K.-based pcb makers. If I look back to their sites today they’re largely unchanged, maybe...
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    My first Vero Amptweaker Tight Metal in a 1590b

    Impressive. I made a tagboard one in a 1590BB (or 1590BBT? I forget) and I thought that was a squeeze.
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    Always on boost/low drive pedal

    For lower gain and clean stuff, just on top of the clean tone as an ‘enhancement’, I really like the boss FA1, my very first pedal I made was a BYOC kit of the FA1. pretty simple but the eq is very flexible, and as the volume goes up it also adds a bit of drive in a very pleasing way. Simple...
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    Always on boost/low drive pedal

    I always use a boost of some sort, but the one consistent always-on for me (for gain tones at least!) is a GE7 eq at the beginning of the chain just to cut some lows and boost some mids. Not extreme, but enough to make the unboosted sound a bit clearer and tighter, and the boosted sound (with a...
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    Triangulum boost

    I put a switch on my Triangulum to switch between ‘triangulum’ and ‘crush’ mode from the isosceles, just adding a resistor in one part of the circuit. subtle difference. I thought about getting the isosceles but I already had the Integral from when it was released. Also one knob pedals look cool.
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    HM2 / Promethium distortion mod - bypass distortion?

    I did receive the transistors yesterday and it’s now fully up and running. I thought I may need to ground the distortion circuit when bypassed but I don’t notice any additional noise when it is bypassed so I just left it floating. I would need to pull everything out of the enclosure to get to...
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    HM2 / Promethium distortion mod - bypass distortion?

    I’ve never been that good with wire management. At least it’s not veroboard as we all know, knowing what the knob does is not necessary with an HM2.
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    HM2 / Promethium distortion mod - bypass distortion?

    This is a good call I found out the hard way. i noticed my missing transistors are in the distortion stage so I finished wiring in the footswitch and gave it a try, no noise in ‘normal’ mode which is expected, but in EQ-only mode, very sputtery. I added a cap after the 10k resistor on the...
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    HM2 / Promethium distortion mod - bypass distortion?

    I got all my parts ready, and I realised I forgot to order two of the transistors needed for this one (2N5457 and 2N3906) :mad: I have a spare J201 that I believe would work in place of the 2N5457 (a google search shows some people saying that in that position any n-channel jfet should work)...
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    HM2 / Promethium distortion mod - bypass distortion?

    cool, I will give that a try, may start this one this weekend.
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    HM2 / Promethium distortion mod - bypass distortion?

    so I should ‘intercept’ the circuit before the Q1 transistor (I assume input buffer)? good point about using an spst switch so I lift the connection going into the distortion part of the circuit.
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    HM2 / Promethium distortion mod - bypass distortion?

    Hi everyone, I have just got a Promethium distortion pcb in the mail, I've waited long enough for Boss to make a Waza HM2, so I'll just make one myself. I was thinking of also making a tagboard HM2 EQ only for use with other distortions, or just for some 'HM2 flavor' without the clipping, but...
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    Resistor size

    You can also use normal 1/4 watt sized resistors on those boards, they’ll just have to be standing up (like pic attached).
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    Wonder Drive

    Cool, thanks for comparing. Do you think those changes will make a significant change in the sound? I like mine but now I’m wondering if I should build another.
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    Triangulum - schematic error?

    My original TC integrated preamp has a UA741 in it. I know there were a few versions though, some had TL071, and some other single op amp I forget. I have an OPA604 in my clones (the integral, and an old tagboard one I made a while back) and I can’t really say there’s any difference. I want to...
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    Not a question, but a complaint

    Velcroed to the wall, that’s a great idea. I’m taking up a bunch of shelf space with my unused ones, I may try that.
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    Pedalboard jacks

    I used the cheapos off eBay for all my patch cables, which only have a solder tab for the tip, I like them, cheap and functional. I burned up maybe three before I figured out how to solder the ground onto the housing. I would twist the shield around so it came up to the edge of the housing...
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