Mod Benson Preamp for lower gain?

[junderwood]

Oh that would be awesome. So when you take that c5 cap out, do you not replace it with a direct connection, or is it just absent? My apologies, I'm not super familiar with the design. If you can just simply remove it for a lower gain mode, then that would be super cool to do the above mod. I'm thinking of building one of these as well, and would totally include that switch as an user accessible option. Looking forward to seeing/hearing your results @Leftovernoise !

 

[phi1]

For taking out C5 for lower gain, leave those pads disconnected. Don’t link them.

 

[Hutzbordello]

So just to be clear, its totally okay to just twist and pull those two capacitors out? The two bottom of the three? And I shouldn't need to do anything else?

I honestly don't know anything about modding pedals, however I just got a clone the other day and would like less gain. Hoping this is as simple as I'm thinking it is.