uranium_jones
Well-known member
So, I thought I would talk a bit about my new adventures in breadboarding. I got a few boards in the hopes of picking up a Protoboard once they're available. I'm impatient, so I've started to mess around with schematics that I've just learned about. The first one is The Gainster from Clark Amplification.
This one sounds nice and crisp but the tone control really breaks down for the lower half of the pot range. Similarly, I find myself needing to stay nearly maxed out on gain. Now, this could be that I run everything into a Strymon Iridium, since I don't have any amps.
I'm a bit new to the nuances of overdrive pedals, but I think I'd like to modify this to have a bit more mid range. Nothing crazy like a Tube Screamer, but something a bit more lively than what is there now. I tried messing with switching one of the silicon diodes for an LED, but that just sounded muffled and fuzzy.
I feel like there's a lot of potential here, but it's not going to replace the Parthenon as my favorite OD.
This one sounds nice and crisp but the tone control really breaks down for the lower half of the pot range. Similarly, I find myself needing to stay nearly maxed out on gain. Now, this could be that I run everything into a Strymon Iridium, since I don't have any amps.
I'm a bit new to the nuances of overdrive pedals, but I think I'd like to modify this to have a bit more mid range. Nothing crazy like a Tube Screamer, but something a bit more lively than what is there now. I tried messing with switching one of the silicon diodes for an LED, but that just sounded muffled and fuzzy.
I feel like there's a lot of potential here, but it's not going to replace the Parthenon as my favorite OD.
