SOFTii Overdrive
- Thread starter potierrez
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If I'm honest, it's hard for me to be objective. I don't know if it improves or it is my desire to improve. The fact is that I see it better. I also watched an amateur video and heard more noise than the professional demos. I have to see Howard's video to see about the range of the controls and you always learn something with his videos.
I have a jim dunlop brick and it is one thing that i have to improve. Next thing to purchase should be a cioks or strymon power supply.
I would like to try bringing up the voltage on Q3,
That would mean removing R4 - 10K (Highlighted in Red on PCB) & replacing it with a temporary external pot.
This is easy enough, Just make a small hook to get under the resistor lead with easy access.
Heat the pad and lift gently till resistor pops out on one end & then easy access to heat & lift out resistor from remaining pad.
A B10K Pot will do.
Make the wires long enough to be outside the enclosure, Solder a wire to Pot Lug 2 & another wire to Pot Lug 1.
Attach 1 wire to R10 Solder Pad & other wire to opposite R10 Solder pad, creating a trimmer.
Now measure Q3 Drain & adjust Trimmer to 4.5v.
Do not knock or adjust Pot when set.
When you have achieved this, Plug the pedal in and see if there is a significant improvement.
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