gtfields13
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I am back with my second build, the PPCB Kliche Overdrive that I bought at the same time as the Muffin Fuzz pcb. I setup the Big Muff Pi as the Violet Ram's Head with the idea that putting a Centaur in front of it would fill out the scooped mids, and so it was time to get this built.
In between builds I upgraded my kit a little bit (thanks to discussion boards I shifted from my old Weller WS-100 to a PineCil and am happy I did). I also learned the lesson of switching to "outie" DC jacks so that everything can be pulled out of the enclosure (or installed into the enclosure) fully connected.
Unlike my Cherry Pi - this one did not work straight out of the chute. Which was probably a good thing, because once I pulled it from the case I could see that in my rush to get it hooked up, I had some pretty crappy solder work on the jack connectors. I also touched up PCB board and doing this I found the simple problem (which you can see in the pics below if you compare the picture to the build doc). I made the simple mistake of thinking that the TL072's were oriented the same way, when they weren't. When I fixed the problem (sockets are my friend) and hooked up the overdrive to a guitar and ADC, well it worked just fine! Sadly, it was not a good time to let it howl, so tomorrow I am going to hook this up to my big Peavey keyboard amp and let it go.
Thus is born the "Doctoral Thesis" to go with my "Cherry Pi"
I need to play around a bit more and listen with different gain and volume settings, but my first impression was that I wasn't using more than maybe 1/3 of the gain before saturating the next stage inputs when I was keeping the bypass volume comparable to the overdrive. I need to see how this behaves when it goes from here into my distortion pedal and if maybe the high gain is bringing something sweet when I turn down the mixer or ADC gain. If not I may try swapping out the gain pot for something more to my liking.
Anyhow, totally stoked here.
The addiction has started now. After the first build, I have ordered a batch of PPCB and AionFX boards to build, but this is also going to be the last build for a bit, because I also have learned:
1. I want to pay more attention to my case layouts and tweak them to a standard form I can use across my builds, but also
2. All the cool designs here have inspired me to print my next cases, which means building out a brand theme, and pedal designs.
I have started the design projects, and once I get the next five designs worked out, I will order my printed and drilled enclosures and get busy. In the meantime, say hello to Phido Sound (my vanity project).
In between builds I upgraded my kit a little bit (thanks to discussion boards I shifted from my old Weller WS-100 to a PineCil and am happy I did). I also learned the lesson of switching to "outie" DC jacks so that everything can be pulled out of the enclosure (or installed into the enclosure) fully connected.
Unlike my Cherry Pi - this one did not work straight out of the chute. Which was probably a good thing, because once I pulled it from the case I could see that in my rush to get it hooked up, I had some pretty crappy solder work on the jack connectors. I also touched up PCB board and doing this I found the simple problem (which you can see in the pics below if you compare the picture to the build doc). I made the simple mistake of thinking that the TL072's were oriented the same way, when they weren't. When I fixed the problem (sockets are my friend) and hooked up the overdrive to a guitar and ADC, well it worked just fine! Sadly, it was not a good time to let it howl, so tomorrow I am going to hook this up to my big Peavey keyboard amp and let it go.
Thus is born the "Doctoral Thesis" to go with my "Cherry Pi"
I need to play around a bit more and listen with different gain and volume settings, but my first impression was that I wasn't using more than maybe 1/3 of the gain before saturating the next stage inputs when I was keeping the bypass volume comparable to the overdrive. I need to see how this behaves when it goes from here into my distortion pedal and if maybe the high gain is bringing something sweet when I turn down the mixer or ADC gain. If not I may try swapping out the gain pot for something more to my liking.
Anyhow, totally stoked here.
The addiction has started now. After the first build, I have ordered a batch of PPCB and AionFX boards to build, but this is also going to be the last build for a bit, because I also have learned:
1. I want to pay more attention to my case layouts and tweak them to a standard form I can use across my builds, but also
2. All the cool designs here have inspired me to print my next cases, which means building out a brand theme, and pedal designs.
I have started the design projects, and once I get the next five designs worked out, I will order my printed and drilled enclosures and get busy. In the meantime, say hello to Phido Sound (my vanity project).
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