Moonshot tremolo volume drop

[Peors62]

Hi! This question has been discussed before but i would love to get some more specific guidance if possible!
Put together a moonshot and it works fine, but when activated there’s a significant volume drop and it’s quite unbearable.

What would be the best solution to this? Someone suggesting raising the value of R3 to around 330k from 220k (if I remember correctly), or to raise volume pot from B10k to a higher value, if so to what value?
If any of you have any input on replacements for these values and what would work best, I’d love to hear it!

 

[Betty Wont]

You've made a mistake somewhere. This circuit boosts like a mother. Post pics.

 

[Peors62]

hmmm, weird..
Just double checked all values on all components and everything checks out.

 

[Erik S]

Resistors look good.

I haven't built the moonshot, but on the Sproing Deluxe I found out there's a huge volume difference depending on how much light from the LED is hitting the LDR. The way you orient the parts has a big effect on that.

Here's an example courtesy of @VanWhy of a more aggressive orientation.

 

[Peors62]

Resistors look good.

I haven't built the moonshot, but on the Sproing Deluxe I found out there's a huge volume difference depending on how much light from the LED is hitting the LDR. The way you orient the parts has a big effect on that.

Here's an example courtesy of @VanWhy of a more aggressive orientation.

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Now that you mention it, i did think about this the other week, had completely forgotten. I’ll try and cover it with something, hopefully it’ll dampen the light from the led. Thanks!!!

 

[Erik S]

Now that you mention it, i did think about this the other week, had completely forgotten. I’ll try and cover it with something, hopefully it’ll dampen the light from the led. Thanks!!!

Just to be clear - I'm suggesting you experiment with getting more light to hit your LDR.

The easiest way to do that is to point the light-sensing side of the LDR towards the LED. If you leave the leads long-ish you can have some adjustability in how you set the gap.

 

[Peors62]

Just to be clear - I'm suggesting you experiment with getting more light to hit your LDR.

The easiest way to do that is to point the light-sensing side of the LDR towards the LED. If you leave the leads long-ish you can have some adjustability in how you set the gap.

Ohh sorry not dampen lol, was multitasking while I wrote that. but i tried to bunch them up together a little more and it seems to work quite well!! Will have to experiment a little but this seems to be the solution!!
Thank you so much!!