Six string stinger

[Claytushaywood]

I bought an octagon with pre soldered fv1 that I’ve had. A weird noise issue with forever that I could never figure out.

I also got a twin face That is just awesome.

And I have a six string stinger that I just can’t get to sound like the real deal. It’s in the ballpark but not nearly enough gain. I’ve built Jfet testers before. And I tried messing with a few diffferent ones.

Has anyone had success with changing the drain resistor values to a particular value or using trim pots?

I’d love to get it up and running!

 

[daeg]

The 6-string stringer / Jack Orman Mini Booster is biased in a way that doesn't require fine-tuning.

Are you aware that fake J201s are all over the internet? Relabeled MPF102s or similar ould perform exactly as you describe. This is one more reason to always socket transistors.

 

[Claytushaywood]

Hmmm. I got them from small bear a long time ago. I’ve seen and heard the crappy ones off Tayda and other sites like eBay. I don’t think these are them.

 

[adbernal]

Hi Clay,

I bought some off of small bear too that I had used on a SSS build with the same exact thing: barely any gain. I went to SMD J201 and used Pedalpcb's adapter to solder them up and now the gain comes around 1 o clock with a strat.

 

[zgrav]

If you already have other J201s, try swapping them in your PCB and see if you notice any difference. If you did not socket them, I would probably remove them and at least temporarily put in some sockets until you get our pedal working the way you want it to.