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Dr Tony Balls wrote: Mon May 22, 2023 9:16 am

Ace K wrote: Sun May 21, 2023 8:24 pm Sound clips please??

Here's a real sloppy quick one: https://youtube.com/shorts/sewBEzKKsfw?feature=share

Kniferide wrote: Tue May 23, 2023 1:43 pm Heck yeah on pads! It's like the cheapest thing to add and sooo often skipped.

Dr Tony Balls wrote: Tue May 23, 2023 4:02 pm Yeah a pad seems like a no brainer.

MkII Bender for a good friender:

VaticanShotglass wrote: Sat Jun 03, 2023 5:35 pm

Dr Tony Balls wrote: Tue May 23, 2023 4:02 pm Yeah a pad seems like a no brainer.

MkII Bender for a good friender:

Nice! When I get back in town I’m planning to wire one of these up. Found a transistor set I forgot I got from a Small Bear a while back.

Any advice, tips, or tweaks? The transistor set is one of those pre-sorted things with the correctly biased resistors. Is it worth adding a bias knob or any other mods, or is this one pretty much good in its classic configuration?

Dr Tony Balls wrote: Mon Jun 05, 2023 9:55 am

VaticanShotglass wrote: Sat Jun 03, 2023 5:35 pm

Dr Tony Balls wrote: Tue May 23, 2023 4:02 pm Yeah a pad seems like a no brainer.

MkII Bender for a good friender:

Nice! When I get back in town I’m planning to wire one of these up. Found a transistor set I forgot I got from a Small Bear a while back.

Any advice, tips, or tweaks? The transistor set is one of those pre-sorted things with the correctly biased resistors. Is it worth adding a bias knob or any other mods, or is this one pretty much good in its classic configuration?

I like them in the classic configuration. For bias, even though its a pre-packaged set with bias resistors, i'd maybe still check and see if it needs to be tweaked. I work with the collector resistors on Q2 and Q3. I like to see ~0.15V on the collector of Q2, and the setup of Q2 will affect Q3, so I always try and get that sorted first. Then I shoot for ~8.5V on the collector of Q3. If you wanted to add a bias pot, the collector resistor for Q3 is what i'd replace with a pot.

VaticanShotglass wrote: Tue Jun 06, 2023 7:03 pm

Dr Tony Balls wrote: Mon Jun 05, 2023 9:55 am

VaticanShotglass wrote: Sat Jun 03, 2023 5:35 pm

Nice! When I get back in town I’m planning to wire one of these up. Found a transistor set I forgot I got from a Small Bear a while back.

Any advice, tips, or tweaks? The transistor set is one of those pre-sorted things with the correctly biased resistors. Is it worth adding a bias knob or any other mods, or is this one pretty much good in its classic configuration?

I like them in the classic configuration. For bias, even though its a pre-packaged set with bias resistors, i'd maybe still check and see if it needs to be tweaked. I work with the collector resistors on Q2 and Q3. I like to see ~0.15V on the collector of Q2, and the setup of Q2 will affect Q3, so I always try and get that sorted first. Then I shoot for ~8.5V on the collector of Q3. If you wanted to add a bias pot, the collector resistor for Q3 is what i'd replace with a pot.

Thanks! I’ll take that to heart (hopefully next week). That’s the sort of tip that comes with experience.

I did a germanium fuzz face a few years ago that turned out really nicely. I did a number of tweaks but the external bias pot is super useful on that one. As discussed above I suspect the tonebender benefits less so but it t might be nice to be able to fine tune it here and there.

Dr Tony Balls wrote: Thu Jun 08, 2023 2:18 pm My one thousandth guitar pedal is in the books!!! The aptly named 1E3 Boost celebrates this silly milestone with something truly not fancy at all. A nice, tasteful, utilitarian booster and line driver. Clean volume boost of up to 20 dB, nothing more. Got a limited number of them for the special price of $120 post paid. Get at me if interested.