OCD 1.4 weird mods

[Markus Kersius]

Got a OCD 1.4 in a trade last week which I planned to sell fast considering the recent prices on retar... reverb.com.
Plugged it in to make sure it's in good working order.
Sounded great!
Better than my previous 1.4 I had.
Opened it, and saw a few mods.
The obvious most common one: germanium diode gone, but bridged with socket installed.
But there's also a socket at "C4" with a 22n cap in it, a resistor bridging leg 3 and 2 on the volume pot, and R10, under the board is a 10k instead of the 18k that should be there according to schematics I found online.
Anyone familiar with these mods, apart from germanium diode mod?

 

[nkt$275]

What are you hearing in this modded OCD 1.4 that you like better than the stock pedal ?

 

[Markus Kersius]

What are you hearing in this modded OCD 1.4 that you like better than the stock pedal ?

It's less "gainy" and smoother sounding, maybe a bit scooped even.
Also the note decay/sustain is different.
The gain at 0 /"low peak"/ Volume and Tone up is magnificent on this one.
If I remove the socketed c2 cap, a 22nf in this case, it gets a bit more gain and the overall presence seems to notch up a little.
I put a 1n34 in the socket where it used to be (was bridged) but didn't like it.
Volume loss and more compression, which is suspected of course.
I'm borrowing a stock v1.4 from a friend next week and will compare it.

 

[nkt$275]

Thanks…
Interesting mods. And results.
I look forward to building the PedalPCB version and socket your posted mods.

 

[sgtrutters]

I need to keep these in mind. I'm about to build an OCD very soon!