Interesting. I'm far from an expert on these things, but it doesn't look like a horrible design at first glance. Nothing special, by any means, but nothing sticks out as a blatant clinker design-wise. You have a lot more experience with a wide range of pedals than I do... What do you think made it so bad? Was it the component choices, or something in the design itself that caused a problem?Dirk_Hendrik wrote:it was the worst distortion I've ever encountered...
Here it is in the way I did handdrawings in 1995. There is some stuff which I would like to recheck though...
Also, I don't think you mentioned what was so bad about it specifically... Was it noisy or just not a good sound overall? I'm really curious about your take on this.
I've certainly plugged in my fair share of pedals that I wasn't particularly impressed with (including a couple I got in mail this week), but it's rare that I get one I just outright dislike completely. When I get a new pedal in, I tend to find myself associating them with what I can use them for. Sometimes, I'll get one that will probably be good for a certain song or vibe, but really doesn't seem to have the flexibility to do much else. Those don't usually get much playtime unless I'm looking for a certain sound and can't seem to dial it in otherwise. It's only the rare pedal that I can't think of any song/sound it would work with that hits the bottom of the foot locker.
Cheers...
Steve
PS ~ I decided to take one for the team and ordered the schem for the Sustain circuit. I couldn't think of any other way to easily ID those transistors short of ripping the pedal to shreds, since there's not even any guarantee that they're all the same type. Hopefully, the schem will come in handy for someone. Stay tuned.