Pics...
I drilled the box with a Unibit which has to be one of the greatest inventions ever.
There is no pot on the rotary switch right now... it's fragile and the first and only time I pushed a pot on there it exploded... I managed to get it put back together but haven't tried again.
The left pot controls volume, the right controls gain. The blue pot is tone.
The left switch is a three dpdt on-on-on that selects the clipping diodes for the first gain stage. The right switch is the same, and selects the clipping diodes for the second gain stage.
Gut shot. Thanks to ironsheep on the DPDT switches... mine were wired opposite his diagram electrically but the same idea. I wired so gain for each stage is lowest on the bottom setting and highest on the top. I could have made the wires shorter, but I wanted room to work... and next time I'll run the wires from the bottom of the board not the top.
The diode mod board.
On the input side in order of increasing volume, it goes Si 1n914, si Zener diodes, and red LEDs.
On the second gain stage in order of increasing volume, it's Ge 1n34a, Si 1n914, and red LED.
'll have clips soon. It sounds awesome... the classic muff tone is first knob bottom, second knob top. Any combination with the Ge on has this nice mushy tone, more overdrive than fuzz.
One of my favorite combinations is the red LED 1st stage, Ge in the second gain stage. It's more of a rich overdrive in this position,. LEDs don;t clip hard the forward voltage is too high) but they are loud. The Ge diodes add some fatness.
any clips yet of what this sounds like ?
yeah, I wondered how this was coming as well.
I recorded all the settings DI, will run them through some inferior modeler at some point and post.
I basically played with this for one day then sent it off with my sister-in-law for painting... I miss it already!
charger — Dec 09, 2011then sent it off with my sister-in-law for painting...
What colour (color US spelling) are you going to paint your sister-in-law? ;D
I look forward to hearing it.
Here it is... I set it the same for all settings except where noted. Gain was at about 8.5, volume around halfway. There is a lot of difference between the volumes of the diode combinations and I adjusted the track volume in Pro Tools to compensate, but it's still there. LEDs are loudest, Germanium is quietest. There are 6 EQ positions on this pedal, I used the first setting, which is the standard Ram's head scoop setting. Gain was at around 8.5, volume about 5.5, tone near the middle. In the settings, the first setting is the clipping diode pair for the first gain stage, the second setting is the clipping diode pair for the second stage. Clipping pairs are red 3mm LEDs (LED), silicon Zener diodes (ZenerSi), 1n914 Silicon diodes (Si), and 1n34a Germanium diodes (Ge).
0:00-0:22 - clean guitar
0:22-0:45 - LED/LED
0:45-1:07 - ZenerSi/LED
1:07-1:28 - Si/LED
1:28-1:50 - ZenerSi/Si
1:50-2:13 - Si/Si (this is the typical big muff configuration)
2:13-2:35 -LED/Ge
2:35-2:57 - LED/Ge (same as previous with gain maxed)
2:57-3:19 ZenerSi/Ge
3:19-end Si/Ge
Sounds good, man! Thanks for the clip and details, it made me pull out my Muffs build. Is this your first build? Watchout, it's addictive!
Some nice thick juicy sounds there....love it.
Lots of useable variety in there! Pretty hot-shit for a first build. :)
My favorites were the ZenerSi/Si and the usual Si/Si (nice definition on the ZenerSi/Si).
