Mod Question Golden Falk

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Einzeln

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Hi, I made the Golden Falk. First compliments on the bias"islands". Those spots on the pcb makes it real easy to set those Jfets. I use the golden falk on the normal channel on my AC30, I mix a little treble channel sometimes. My question, If I want to temper the lowend of the pedal what are my options? I am a mod-newbee.
 
Agree with @hamerfan, the two gain pots are highly interactive, if you treat it like a 4 hole Marshall with Gain 1 and Gain 2 you'll get the idea. It took me a bit to figure this out but you can dial a lot of that low end out.
 
Then maybe it is not the pedal for me. I know how it works. I use gain 1 (treble) and a little of gain 2 (normal), and then to the normal channel of my vox. Gain 2 gives too much low end and I guess a bit to much hair on the treble site. I want more mids I guess.
 
Necro bumping this one, as I'm in the same boat: absolutely love the sound, just want less bass/less 'thick'.

Built one on vero last night (so I can have an extra toggle up top), and would love to find a way to make it a little 'leaner'. It's probably the best MIAB I've come across for nailing 'that sound'/clasic Marshall 'kerrang'.
Looking at the GF schem, are those 100n caps (C11, C13) 'couplers'? Would dropping those down in value help?
Just spitballing
 
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A lot of pedals cut bass before clipping. This is the most tried and true way to tighten things up.

C13 would be after all the clipping so I wouldn’t start there. I’m not sure where most of the clipping occurs, if at Q5, then reducing C11 would help. (Like a lot, I’d start at 4.7n or even 2.2n).

Other options would be even earlier on at C3 and C4, or C10 as suggested above.
 
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