comradehoser
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DANG IT!
Another Dirt Pedal
- Thread starter Chuck D. Bones
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comradehoser
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And thank you. Will go measure and futz around if needs be. I just hope I didn't make things totally inaccessible to myself.
Chuck D. Bones
Circuit Wizard
Maybe you got lucky. 
comradehoser
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Originally I was getting a tad of fizziness on the break up. Still an awesome pedal, but I thought--"I bet this would sound better if I would've asked questions and breadboarded. It's too simple, too straightforward for a Charles David Bones build--no measurements, no staging--there has to be more to it, Captain!"
Sure enough, Q2 E with 1K at R4 was under spec at 3.66v.
I wasn't about to resolder a PTP transistor in the array, so I swapped a 1.2K at R4 for the highest reading I could get without going over of 4.539v. 1.5v was too high--resulted in 5.6v I think. At 4.539v, there's a nice even decay and more amp-like harmonics now! I might order a 1.3 and 1.4 resistor because I bet 4.75 really hits the sweet spot and maybe I can pull even more high gain goodies/sweet squealie action.
What a great pedal, though!
Thanks much, Chuck, especially for the follow-up.
Sure enough, Q2 E with 1K at R4 was under spec at 3.66v.
I wasn't about to resolder a PTP transistor in the array, so I swapped a 1.2K at R4 for the highest reading I could get without going over of 4.539v. 1.5v was too high--resulted in 5.6v I think. At 4.539v, there's a nice even decay and more amp-like harmonics now! I might order a 1.3 and 1.4 resistor because I bet 4.75 really hits the sweet spot and maybe I can pull even more high gain goodies/sweet squealie action.
What a great pedal, though!
Thanks much, Chuck, especially for the follow-up.
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