Green Screamer Build Report

JimL

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I do love a good tube screamer. My knock on them has been that many sound too tinny. Trebley. So for this one I replaced C4 with a 100n instead of a 47n (thanks to the members here who suggested) I also took out the N4148s and used red leds - a Love My Switches prewired 3mm for clipping on the outside of the pedal, and a 5mm internal. I used one of the PedalPCB faceplates for the top jacks and it is wonderful. The build was relatively problem free until I got to the clipping light. I was screwed up with the N4148s coupled with led. Phi1 straightened that out for me last night. I think it sounds terrific. It is extremely loud and provides the sweetest overdrive. I used a prewired LED that comes with a resistor attatched, so the external clipping light is weak. I may open that thing up and remove the resistor. Anyway, Dave's is local to me and I will gift this to them.

For hole drilling I use a center punch and actual drill bits. Then I ream the holes with this device just to take off burrs and ridges around the holes. I test on the PedalPCB auditorium platform.
 

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Also I found my first problem with Tayda... one of the screws was badly stripped (not by me) and luckily I had MXR style screws on hand
 

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OK, I just removed the resistor from the love my switches pre-wired LED. I can confirm that the light seems to work better now. Before you had to turn everything up to max in order to get the light working. Now it lights up as it should.
 

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