Old School / Benson Pre

[cooder]

Yep, another nice overdrive in the stable. Sounds great, cheers BuGG!

Acrylic face plate over laser decal, relay bypass courtesy of 1776 fx.

 

[cooder]

Also, I was wondering about the bass control of this with the B1M dual pot, why is that implemented like that? Is it just to have a B2M pot value at max setting or what am I missing in this configuration?
(bbzzzzzzzz.... paging Chuck...............Chuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck..............Chuck? )

 

[Nostradoomus]

Yeah the OG has a 2M pot, this is just a workaround for more commonly sourced parts.

 

[cooder]

Yeah the OG has a 2M pot, this is just a workaround for more commonly sourced parts.

Cheers, I thought that might be the story...

 

[geekmacdaddy]

Stunning. Love the "Geek A Byte" font too. kudos.

 

[Barry]

Looks awesome

 

[Mourguitars]

Awesome built !

Everyones knocking it out of the park with the enclosures lately !

Mike

 

[Chuck D. Bones]

Also, I was wondering about the bass control of this with the B1M dual pot, why is that implemented like that? Is it just to have a B2M pot value at max setting or what am I missing in this configuration?
(bbzzzzzzzz.... paging Chuck...............Chuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck..............Chuck? )

Yeah, it's to make a B2M pot because they are hard to come by. It's actually a bit silly IMHO. Why not cut all the impedances in half and use a single B1M pot? The BASS control doesn't do all that much either, but apparently it does enough. But enough about the circuit, EXCELLENT BUILD! Nice job Cooder. Stunning graphics. I like the 10-turn pots for precision bias adjustment.