tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6847048658257278783.post1158048495100729528..comments2024-03-29T01:36:12.851+00:00Comments on Guitar FX Layouts: Fulltone Soul-BenderIvIarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08416945174853142251noreply@blogger.comBlogger77125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6847048658257278783.post-66909177509763608912019-06-09T08:14:28.369+01:002019-06-09T08:14:28.369+01:00This comment has been removed by the author.Gclub-Royal1688https://www.blogger.com/profile/04269076476559418460noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6847048658257278783.post-35217183426077206252017-10-02T17:22:10.060+01:002017-10-02T17:22:10.060+01:00I built this a while back and just came across a g...I built this a while back and just came across a germanium set i had forgotten about. It works and sounds great but the volume knob is super sensitive at the beginning of the rotation. it goes from silent to super loud immediately. Anyone else have this problem? I dont think its the pot as I put it on my meter and watched it as I went through the rotation- looked pretty typical.Elf Hands Customshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13205978341945573664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6847048658257278783.post-13637541935956477052015-10-26T14:44:47.012+00:002015-10-26T14:44:47.012+00:00Hi guys,
do you think a vishay 470k trimpot will ...Hi guys,<br /><br />do you think a vishay 470k trimpot will be fine in biasing Q3?<br /><br />thanks<br /><br />GianGianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17181536776626771918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6847048658257278783.post-6984092034285435872014-05-22T20:35:05.686+01:002014-05-22T20:35:05.686+01:00Or of course you could just make the whole board a...Or of course you could just make the whole board a few columns wider so you can accommodate that trimmerIvIarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08416945174853142251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6847048658257278783.post-42711829523791024212014-05-22T20:33:16.314+01:002014-05-22T20:33:16.314+01:00Yes you can use them but they won't fit in the...Yes you can use them but they won't fit in the holes shown. You can make a little daughterboard though like at the bottom of this page:<br />http://tagboardeffects.blogspot.co.uk/2012/02/offboard-wiring.html<br />and then just take the wires to the holes used in the layout. You could even use solid core wire so you can mount it directly over the position the trimmer is shown on the board.IvIarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08416945174853142251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6847048658257278783.post-50137220714955852492014-05-22T20:17:58.433+01:002014-05-22T20:17:58.433+01:00Hi Ivlark,
I build a OCD with succes. A great soun...Hi Ivlark,<br />I build a OCD with succes. A great sounding pedal. Now I want to build a first class Fuzz pedal.<br />On the vero the trimmer (trimpot is rectangle), but i can only find a triangle trimpot (as show on this dutch site http://www.newtone-online.nl/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=1475).<br />Can I use the triangle trimpot. If so, how is it positioned on to the vero?<br /><br />Thanks.<br />Jan<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14625587031171817048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6847048658257278783.post-59965401177784265792013-11-28T02:40:58.001+00:002013-11-28T02:40:58.001+00:00This comment has been removed by the author.Goldenmonkeycolorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15980829818332614750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6847048658257278783.post-58019961821620502162013-11-26T19:55:59.148+00:002013-11-26T19:55:59.148+00:00Nice build, John. Clean and tidy.Nice build, John. Clean and tidy.Anthony Szwechttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15209392732379241706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6847048658257278783.post-47750544552862667862013-11-04T00:58:43.919+00:002013-11-04T00:58:43.919+00:00I got mine completed today and it sounds great. I ...I got mine completed today and it sounds great. I first tried a tonebender set from smallbear (NOS black glass Mullard OC75's) and it sounded very good. then I tried two Russian IT308B's for Q1&Q2 with hfe of 55 each, and a NOS Tungsram AC128 for Q3 with an hfe of 92 and I think that it sounds even a little better. IMO, this is a very nice FUZZ!!!<br /><br />pics below:<br /><br />http://johnkvintageguitars.homestead.com/Effects/Fuzz-ODs/SoulBender/S-Bender-01.jpg<br /><br />http://johnkvintageguitars.homestead.com/Effects/Fuzz-ODs/SoulBender/S-Bender-02.jpg<br /><br />johnkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00643996045674470081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6847048658257278783.post-21652890830795783402013-10-07T17:38:34.194+01:002013-10-07T17:38:34.194+01:00What I don't understand, if a person was to re...What I don't understand, if a person was to read through the post, they would find all the information they were asking for in the first place?Anthony Szwechttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15209392732379241706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6847048658257278783.post-28941974124096859822013-03-27T15:19:03.510+00:002013-03-27T15:19:03.510+00:00Warm feeling when there's lot of people apprec...Warm feeling when there's lot of people appreciating what we do. Not like i was going to stop anytime soon anyway :D<br />+mmirosolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02400327798106357876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6847048658257278783.post-59297085981886552022013-03-27T15:17:06.089+00:002013-03-27T15:17:06.089+00:00I do read this language called sarcasm pretty well...I do read this language called sarcasm pretty well :)<br />+mmirosolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02400327798106357876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6847048658257278783.post-6179298570935490032013-03-27T13:43:07.919+00:002013-03-27T13:43:07.919+00:00I'm glad you picked up on that! :)
I rather e...I'm glad you picked up on that! :)<br /><br />I rather enjoy my sarcasm.... lolAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08843256153229514220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6847048658257278783.post-71503738324093190032013-03-27T12:36:42.128+00:002013-03-27T12:36:42.128+00:00Thanks guys. We obviously want to make things as ...Thanks guys. We obviously want to make things as easy as possible but we aren't in competition with FSB where the real circuit analysis goes on. If myself or Miro don't mention a particular type of transistor or a gain range it's because we either don't know, or maybe because we think specifying it would be counter productive (I'd prefer to build anything with a good Russian or Japanese germanium transistor rather than a leaky NOS Newmarket piece of expensive crap which is a 50/50 gamble as to whether it will even work). And of course gain range is also completely a matter of taste depending on your gear (single coil / humbuckers for instance), personal preference etc. So sometimes you have no choice than to do a bit of leg work yourself or simply choose your own transistor preferences. Or hopefully look through the comments and see what worked well for other people.IvIarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08416945174853142251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6847048658257278783.post-82388208635013307212013-03-27T12:03:12.277+00:002013-03-27T12:03:12.277+00:00Goran: So you're demanding a FAQ!
:DDDDDDDDDDD...Goran: So you're demanding a FAQ!<br />:DDDDDDDDDDDDDd<br />+mmirosolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02400327798106357876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6847048658257278783.post-41476656133367655572013-03-27T11:55:53.705+00:002013-03-27T11:55:53.705+00:00Too true! You guys have an amazing site and I'...Too true! You guys have an amazing site and I've noticed most people on here like to help each other on there various building quests. I love the challenge of finding the schematics, using it to trace the layout so as to learn how dmd what's going one with the effect and there's nothing better than if you do have a fault than to figure it out yourself and if its going to help others, passing on the info. <br />Well done maties and thanks to mark and miro especially for giving up some of there time to keep us all chugging along. Cheers!<br />Ps: if you don't know something, the net has a search facility so I'm told....... :)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06398692084354522702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6847048658257278783.post-33577638283528308642013-03-27T11:23:25.493+00:002013-03-27T11:23:25.493+00:00Ditto on Mark and Miro...
This is a nice and frie...Ditto on Mark and Miro...<br /><br />This is a nice and friendly place where we come to take a breather after a long day of taking crap from the world. <br /><br />There should indeed be a prominently displayed faq containing a few well chosen words for whiners, freeloaders and just general PITA types.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08843256153229514220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6847048658257278783.post-19167785137700761632013-03-27T10:57:39.998+00:002013-03-27T10:57:39.998+00:00Javi: :D
That is true that we're getting more...Javi: :D<br /><br />That is true that we're getting more and more demands about how we should do things and what we should do. I've drafted a FAQ concerning other things too, but that'll need some polishing before we publish it.<br /><br />A few main problems today include: Even experienced builders make mistakes too, but many still rather let us do the debugging for them. It's too often that builder comments on a post "mine isn't working" before checking their own work. Granted, there are some errors in our layouts from time to time, but people should still be able to think for a second before asking for help. The continuous demands are very exhausting and affect everything we do.<br /><br />I'm going to say this just once. If you don't like something we're doing, please *do not* let us know. There are ways to bypass this - look for layouts somewhere else, draw your own or just buy the box you need. If you can find some other layout site that has helpful and friendly comment section with reasonable respond times, go there. Also, nothing is stopping you from building your own site and doing all these thing exactly as you want to. We have our way of doing things and we just love to do it like we do. Main reason why i got in to contributing to this site in the first place was the friendliness of conduct on comments and whole user community. The page is getting bigger and bigger, so there are more and more people coming in - which means more debugging through comments and more requests and demands. Everyone should remember that we're not getting paid for doing this and we have familes and jobs to take care of. All the information (and more) we use for our drawings can be found from the internet. You should be able to find it too.<br /><br />I guess that's all i'm going to vent on this subject.<br /><br />People. Please behave. And let's keep this site as it was, and is. A friendly, nice place for everyone reading it and contributing to it. It's not that hard. Just have a cup of coffee, cigarette, tea or what ever daily substance you like - before doing/saying/commenting anything. That ten seconds usually makes a difference for me.<br />+mmirosolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02400327798106357876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6847048658257278783.post-70224490205275078902013-03-27T09:07:57.447+00:002013-03-27T09:07:57.447+00:00Very bad of you, Mark and Miro.
You should send ...Very bad of you, Mark and Miro. <br /><br />You should send us a soldered and wired kit, including a drilled and painted enclosure. Of course free of charge.<br /><br />This way we are able to verify the layouts.<br /><br />BR.<br /><br />PS. Please, just NOS and mojo components.JaviCAPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15831602988871935058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6847048658257278783.post-88997252104160351592013-03-27T07:12:40.551+00:002013-03-27T07:12:40.551+00:00Sad to say, but i second Mark's every word. Lo...Sad to say, but i second Mark's every word. Lots of people seem to want a lot more than can be offered.<br />+mmirosolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02400327798106357876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6847048658257278783.post-77891729806606461962013-03-27T02:44:07.708+00:002013-03-27T02:44:07.708+00:00I can't speak on behalf of Miro or anyone else...I can't speak on behalf of Miro or anyone else contributing to the blog, but I'm not here to give you personally everything you seem to expect and that isn't what this site is about. If you want the exact pedal then buy one. If you want to research a bit yourself rather than expecting someone else to do it for you then join FSB and read the thread which will contain all the information you demand. And whether you intended to come over as a dick or not, considering the limited time I have to devote to this because of my family and my real job which pays my mortgage, that's precisely how you come across. If it's not good enough for you then please get your layouts from somewhere else. I'll refund the £0 that you paid for everything here as soon as you leave.IvIarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08416945174853142251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6847048658257278783.post-32845994518289734182013-03-27T01:46:05.768+00:002013-03-27T01:46:05.768+00:00...don't mean to be a dickhole, but I wish, t......don't mean to be a dickhole, but I wish, to god, that the exact transistors used, gain gain levels, and bias setting where explicitly caled out on fuzz layout! :(Equinoxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09337078329528823238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6847048658257278783.post-25641314182866224742013-02-28T07:20:31.713+00:002013-02-28T07:20:31.713+00:00Just finished one.
I didn't use buffer before,...Just finished one.<br />I didn't use buffer before, as I hated the tone sucking behaviors of some pedal with buffer-bypass. Now I can't go back to the days without the buffer.<br />My guitar tone turned from standard definition to high definition.Jaemin Choihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04071827099699081147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6847048658257278783.post-53761723087466371652013-02-28T06:56:28.047+00:002013-02-28T06:56:28.047+00:00I have a ton of low-gain Si transistors, but I ima...I have a ton of low-gain Si transistors, but I imagine I can't just throw those in here without tweaking some resistors, right?superferritehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00843927615537009732noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6847048658257278783.post-53758581153692997972013-02-27T22:54:24.666+00:002013-02-27T22:54:24.666+00:00You're welcome dude!. One more note that I for...You're welcome dude!. One more note that I forgot, I used an AA143 instead of a 1N270. Yeah, the AA143s are worth anny penny. Luckily, I took your advise and purchased a good lot of them!<br /><br />BRJaviCAPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15831602988871935058noreply@blogger.com