Hey! Built this and it sounds great but it’s a bit quiet for me. Is that normal? Max volume feels a bit under unity. Just wondering what it could be. Thanks!
Yes, that's normal, these baraley reaches unity. You could tack on a booster after it or increasing/omit the 18k resistor right to Q3. But changing the resistor would probably alter the fuzz sound and possibly alter the sweep of the Balance control...
I will try swapping the resistor tomorrow and see what happens! I messed with the 33ks earlier and got fuzz or clean to be louder but not both / they acted weird. I appreciate your reply and updating the site so frequently! Keeps me coming back to see what’s next. Cheers!
Hey fuzzhead - I tried your suggestion today and removing it does increase the volume of the fuzz side and it doesn't seem to negatively effect the sound as far as I can tell. If I could get the clean side to be louder that would be great - but even like this there are more usable settings. You have to turn the volume down a bit with all fuzz so when you roll the balance back you just turn the volume up a bit. Thanks for the suggestion!
Great! Glad you got a volume boost there. For more clean signal you could try a smaller value for the 47k resistor at collumn K. I guess you'll need to try a few different values until you get a satisying balance between the clean and fuzz signal.
Hello again, fuzzhead!
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Thank you, fuzzhead!
ReplyDeleteHey! Built this and it sounds great but it’s a bit quiet for me. Is that normal? Max volume feels a bit under unity. Just wondering what it could be. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteYes, that's normal, these baraley reaches unity. You could tack on a booster after it or increasing/omit the 18k resistor right to Q3. But changing the resistor would probably alter the fuzz sound and possibly alter the sweep of the Balance control...
DeleteI will try swapping the resistor tomorrow and see what happens! I messed with the 33ks earlier and got fuzz or clean to be louder but not both / they acted weird. I appreciate your reply and updating the site so frequently! Keeps me coming back to see what’s next. Cheers!
DeleteHey fuzzhead - I tried your suggestion today and removing it does increase the volume of the fuzz side and it doesn't seem to negatively effect the sound as far as I can tell. If I could get the clean side to be louder that would be great - but even like this there are more usable settings. You have to turn the volume down a bit with all fuzz so when you roll the balance back you just turn the volume up a bit. Thanks for the suggestion!
DeleteGreat! Glad you got a volume boost there. For more clean signal you could try a smaller value for the 47k resistor at collumn K. I guess you'll need to try a few different values until you get a satisying balance between the clean and fuzz signal.
DeleteI put this together with 2N2222's and a 1N456A that I happened to have. Piercing fuzz, plenty of volume on mine. Good stuff!
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