More volume from Sherwood?

[thedip]

I am trying to get more output volume from the Sherwood Overdrive. Would increasing the value of the Level pot achieve this goal?

 

[BuddytheReow]

The volume pot is at the end of the circuit and simply dumps all unwanted signal to ground. Changing the value of the pot will not change the volume

 

[zgrav]

Nope. That will not make it louder. Changing R12 from 150K to something higher will increase the output.

 

[thedip]

Thanks. Will play around with R12 and see what I can do!

 

[nkt$275]

thedip - Let us know your results. ( ;

 

[thedip]

I ended up putting a 500k trimpot in place of R12. I wanted to find the nearest common resistance value that produced about a 25% increase in maximum volume to my ears. I found that 330k would be a good value for replacing R12 to achieve this goal. I am really doing this because I couldn't get enough volume increase during solos at live venues; I use it as a clean-ish boost pedal. I have some gigs this week so I will be able to try it out and report back. It could be that I am just hitting my amp too hard on stage and it's just compressing more without much increase in volume.