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    Mouser BOMs with better parts quality?

    I think we should be really careful with letting the Dutch guy think his sausage in a bun qualifies as a hot dog. He might get cocky and try to convince us that frikandel speciaal is also a hot dog:
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    Mouser BOMs with better parts quality?

    This thread started getting boring on page 2 and I don't like the table guy. When can we get back to shitting on poor effort wish list entries and our shared love for top dollar bicycles?
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    DEMO Aion FX VH Drive Channel (Ampeg VH-140C Preamp Pedal) - Full demo/playthrough

    Thanks, man. It's a cool pedal and very fun to play. Interesting circuit as well with those zeners in the clipping stages. A little on the dark side but R19 or C15 can be lowered to up the presence.
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    DEMO Aion FX VH Drive Channel (Ampeg VH-140C Preamp Pedal) - Full demo/playthrough

    Thanks for checking out the video! I designed the enclosure in Illustrator from scratch, taking heavy inspiration from the original amps (fonts, knob scale markings, etc.). UV print job was done by Tayda. I overhauled the design a while ago, here's one I recently built: I'm running the pedal...
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    Epic fail recovery (L4 functioning)

    Common to circuit ground is correct, but is there continuity between common and the ground terminal of the DC jack? If there isn't, maybe the converter references the wrong voltage which causes the offset of the +/- outputs in relation to chassis ground. A fix would be to run a wire from the...
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    Epic fail recovery (L4 functioning)

    Can you share your vero layout and wiring from/to the DC jack? Kind of peculiar that the converter output is offset by 9V.
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    Low Gain Silicon Transistors

    Power transistors in general seem to be lower gain, just mind the pinout and the package size. I found some of them also have higher parasitic capacitances than regular transistors, which may or may not matter and may or may not be a good thing as it can lead to high-end roll-off due to the...
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    Using the same dual op amp for both input and output stage - bad idea?

    Cool idea. I'd like to check out that schematic. Currently planning to build it stock with a DC-DC converter for +/-15V, then see what I do and don't like about the circuit and go on from there. Simulations in LTSpice seem to suggest a bit of a lack in bass content, but it's hard to hear with...
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    Using the same dual op amp for both input and output stage - bad idea?

    I suspected as much. Some of those older Randalls look intriguing for sure, but I'm adapting the boost channel of the Marshall Valvestate 8100 with (probably) FETs for tubes. Uses TL072 and obsolete M5201 switching op amps throughout, which seem to be very similar in specs to plain old 4558s...
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    Using the same dual op amp for both input and output stage - bad idea?

    I'm working on pedal recreation of the preamp section of a solid state guitar amp. I want to stay true to the original and use the same or similarly spec'd op amps throughout. Due to the circuit design, I could either use two separate single op amps for the input and output sections, or use one...
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    Laney Supergroup Style Circuit/PCB Development

    Double check where the pins are connected on your pots. Your mids and presence pots for example seem to be reversed, so they're going to function backwards. C107/C106/D2 aren't connected to ground, so they won't do anything. Q4 is not going to work as intended. This is a source follower stage...
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    KAT Treble Booster Strip Board layout

    It's worth experimenting at least. I currently have a silicon treble booster on the breadboard and transistor choice has a pretty big effect on how compressed the signal sounds, even when biased to the same voltages. High frequency response is also affected quite a bit depending on the...
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    A Somewhat Functional Buffer-Splitter-Mixer-Switcher-Boost Pedal

    We'll see :D Wiring this up was a real turn-off. Need to get more into DipTrace so I can create a PCB with board-mounted pots and switches. Yeah, it works really well here. Overall, I prefer the sound of this DIY buffer/boost over my PedalPCB Transcendence Boost with an OPA2134. That...
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    Jlcpcb and tariffs

    I'm located in Germany. The handful of JLCPCB orders I've placed so far were with the "HASL (with lead)" option and I haven't had any issues. I use "Global Standard Direct Line" shipping with duties pre-paid to JLCPCB. Packages have been delivered directly to my door without further actions...
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    A Somewhat Functional Buffer-Splitter-Mixer-Switcher-Boost Pedal

    Maybe I should share some of the actual circuitry. This is the buffer/boost stage: C1 = 470n film C4 = 100n X7R C7 = 10u electrolytic R12 = 100K R13 = 51R "Boost" is an A10K pot with pins 1 and 2 bridged. A 1.1K resistor (R7) goes from pin 2 to 0V. The impedance selector switch simply has a...
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    A Somewhat Functional Buffer-Splitter-Mixer-Switcher-Boost Pedal

    I nicknamed this build the BSMSB – Buffer-Splitter-Mixer-Switcher-Boost. It does pretty much what the name suggests, although the splitter-mixer part doesn't really work particularly well. More on that later. A simple non-inverting op amp circuit provides adjustable gain from unity to +20 dB...
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    This Week on the Breadboard: Animals Diamond Peak Overdrive (with some mods, of course)

    Getting slightly off-topic, but couldn't you just reference the transistor to the negative voltage instead of ground in a common emitter amplifier for example? If not, why not? I don't think this case was covered in your BJT biasing series, Chuck.
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    Has Anyone Seen This JFET Matching PCB Project?

    Same experience here. Tested a batch of MMBFJ201 from Mouser recently. VP of most was around -0.5V but there were groups of outliers at around -0.35V and -0.8V.
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    Cornerstone Gladio Gut Shot - Authenticity?

    You naughty, naughty boy.
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    What's on the workbench?

    https://audiosurpluseffects.bigcartel.com/product/ok-doomer-pre-order Ok Doomer is a result of multiple cascading gain stages collapsing in on themselves running into an artisanal, organically sourced tonestack producing a high-gain fuzz/distortion designed to make you play the same riff for...
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