Son of Ben Preamp for Bass

[jrhevron]

Just wanted to post this for anyone looking to build a Son of Ben for bass:

For use with bass: I ended up switching out C1 and C2 for a 150n cap and C6 and C8 for 330n (what I had on hand, though I think anything 100n and above would have been fine). That really opened up the pedal and makes it sound a lot fuller and more useful on bass. Also omitted C5 so that there's more gain before breakup. Also, run it at 18V for more headroom.

That's it! Sounds really good now.

 

[BuddytheReow]

Bookmarked! Thanks, man

 

[Feral Feline]

Fatnesstastic!

I'm always looking for Bassification 𝄢

Thanks for posting your mods.

 

[jrhevron]

Fatnesstastic!

I'm always looking for Bassification 𝄢

Thanks for posting your mods.

Definitely sourced from the many more experienced people here! I think I just put them all together for bass.

 

[Feral Feline]

A good hobbyist copies, a GREAT builder steals... or something like that.

 

[jrhevron]

In doing the muff mods, I realized that my son of Ben could use another look to see if it could be optimized!

 

[jrhevron]

I think the only thing that could make this pedal better is dialing in a little bit more low mids. Probably a tonestack/resistor change? That's kind of the limits of my ability right now.

Maybe adjust C3, C4, and R6... looks like they probably all work together?

 

[Feral Feline]

R7 as well, it's in cahoots with C4.

I can't begin to fathom how those 4 components work together, so it'd be slow going for me on the breadboard, playing with one variable at a time before mixing in different values for multiple components.

Always so dagnabbed much to learn, endless.