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I've notified Miro but he's away from the computer so just wanted to let people know that this one's verified and it's a pretty good fuzz for such a low parts count!
I thought this might be a good circuit.. Kendrick doesn't do anything half way - and looking at the design, it was (and is) like all the other Kendrick products. Simple, but still better than anything else :)
If you're not familiar with the "brand", check: http://www.kendrick-amplifiers.com/ +m
Yes, familiar enough. I'll make the stock a bit more gritty by replacing that 1k with a jumper, we'll see how it goes as it needs just a bit more push to make it from good to great pedal and worth to box up :)
1k resistor paralleled with 5k pot makes for a nice boost level control. Goes fairly wild on minimum resistance, so could be in series with 100r resistor or so.
I built 2 of these! First one in front of a booste grande! Man the sustain is amazing! Stand alone unit sounds great but boost this circuit more wow! Great sounding pedal!
Built it. Sounds great. Two questions: 1) Is the boost switch supposed to provide a clean boost? I just get a boosted fuzz and a non-boosted fuzz when I toggle the switch. 2) Noisy. Is there anyway to reduce the high freq hiss? Different type of 47nF cap (ceramic, vs mylar vs electrolytic) or different value? Tx
what program are you using for these layouts?
ReplyDeleteThird time in a week i get asked this :)
DeleteWe both use DIYLC, Mark is using V2 and i'm on V3. http://code.google.com/p/diy-layout-creator/
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I've notified Miro but he's away from the computer so just wanted to let people know that this one's verified and it's a pretty good fuzz for such a low parts count!
ReplyDeleteThanks again Geiri!
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First IC build for me, super simple and effective but nothing stellar. Used 47klin pots, no worries. Thanks guys!
ReplyDeleteAnd i'll take my words back and eat them! Works great with a tube amp with slight hair on the sound already.
DeleteGreat little circuit.
I thought this might be a good circuit.. Kendrick doesn't do anything half way - and looking at the design, it was (and is) like all the other Kendrick products. Simple, but still better than anything else :)
DeleteIf you're not familiar with the "brand", check: http://www.kendrick-amplifiers.com/
+m
Yes, familiar enough. I'll make the stock a bit more gritty by replacing that 1k with a jumper, we'll see how it goes as it needs just a bit more push to make it from good to great pedal and worth to box up :)
ReplyDelete1k resistor paralleled with 5k pot makes for a nice boost level control.
ReplyDeleteGoes fairly wild on minimum resistance, so could be in series with 100r resistor or so.
Would 25k lin be sufficient for the Volume pot?
ReplyDeleteYes fine
DeleteI built 2 of these! First one in front of a booste grande! Man the sustain is amazing! Stand alone unit sounds great but boost this circuit more wow! Great sounding pedal!
ReplyDeleteD3 works as polarity protection, right?
ReplyDeleteBuilt it. Sounds great. Two questions:
ReplyDelete1) Is the boost switch supposed to provide a clean boost? I just get a boosted fuzz and a non-boosted fuzz when I toggle the switch.
2) Noisy. Is there anyway to reduce the high freq hiss? Different type of 47nF cap (ceramic, vs mylar vs electrolytic) or different value?
Tx