Fama
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Hello!
I built the Moonn Aztek Sunn which is an Acapulco Gold with apparently the Sunn Model T EQ stack (well, you can build it with one knob, two knobs or 5 knobs). Here's the build doc with the schematics https://www.dropbox.com/s/pm2pr5tf7ezz8uh/Aztek Sunn Doc V2.pdf?dl=0
My issue is that it seems that the circuit has too much gain. It gets blown out easily, and although I can coax some usable sounds from it in certain pot configurations, if I roll my guitar volume down a bunch it seems to act like it "should". I think it also oscillates when the volume and gain are full and treble is pretty high up? Or at least there is a whistling sound that changes frequency with the guitar volume or treble knob. I also noticed that I pick up some foreign Asian radio if I have my guitar volume set to 0 but I'm not grounding it (not touching the strings).
I can't show a pic of the solder side (well, I could, but it would be useless since the pots are in the way).
I used LM386N-1's since that's the only one Tayda sells. Could this be the issue? I only just read that there are different variations. There's also a small chance that one of the resistors is bridged with the ground wire - but I'm fairly sure that's not the issue, and I've been wary of reflowing it because it's right in between of two different capacitors and I don't want to melt those.
I also bent the legs of one of the LM386's trying to get it into the socket, but I think I got them straightened quite well and they are securely in the sockets now.
Here's a sound example with clean guitar, then the Aztek Sunn on two different settings, and finally some radio and background buzz because I thought it was funny.
I built the Moonn Aztek Sunn which is an Acapulco Gold with apparently the Sunn Model T EQ stack (well, you can build it with one knob, two knobs or 5 knobs). Here's the build doc with the schematics https://www.dropbox.com/s/pm2pr5tf7ezz8uh/Aztek Sunn Doc V2.pdf?dl=0
My issue is that it seems that the circuit has too much gain. It gets blown out easily, and although I can coax some usable sounds from it in certain pot configurations, if I roll my guitar volume down a bunch it seems to act like it "should". I think it also oscillates when the volume and gain are full and treble is pretty high up? Or at least there is a whistling sound that changes frequency with the guitar volume or treble knob. I also noticed that I pick up some foreign Asian radio if I have my guitar volume set to 0 but I'm not grounding it (not touching the strings).
I can't show a pic of the solder side (well, I could, but it would be useless since the pots are in the way).
I used LM386N-1's since that's the only one Tayda sells. Could this be the issue? I only just read that there are different variations. There's also a small chance that one of the resistors is bridged with the ground wire - but I'm fairly sure that's not the issue, and I've been wary of reflowing it because it's right in between of two different capacitors and I don't want to melt those.
I also bent the legs of one of the LM386's trying to get it into the socket, but I think I got them straightened quite well and they are securely in the sockets now.
Here's a sound example with clean guitar, then the Aztek Sunn on two different settings, and finally some radio and background buzz because I thought it was funny.