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by deadllama
09 Feb 2012, 02:43
Forum: Vintage Stompbox Corner ( ... - 1975)
Topic: Shin-ei - FY-2
Replies: 42
Views: 39784

Re: Shin-ei - FY-2

....and move the .01 output cap right off the collector, and heavily reduce the gains of the transistors, and heavily reduce the size of the output cap, and add a cap across Q2 BC (which is pretty much necessary, not optional), and you don't need to shoot for 4.5v on Q2 C :oops: ...well, there is t...
by deadllama
08 Feb 2012, 21:15
Forum: Vintage Stompbox Corner ( ... - 1975)
Topic: Shin-ei - FY-2
Replies: 42
Views: 39784

Re: Shin-ei - FY-2

deadllama wrote:This is just a Fuzz Face without the voltage divider on the output, right?
Sorry to double post, but I couldn't edit that once I realized I hadn't said what I meant. The "Fuzz Face FY-2 Mod" is really just a removal of the 8.2k resistor on the collector of Q2, right?
by deadllama
08 Feb 2012, 21:12
Forum: Vintage Stompbox Corner ( ... - 1975)
Topic: Shin-ei - FY-2
Replies: 42
Views: 39784

Re: Shin-ei - FY-2

LucifersTrip wrote:You can easily mod a FF to sound similar...it will sound nothing like a FF.

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This is just a Fuzz Face without the voltage divider on the output, right?
by deadllama
20 Oct 2010, 17:16
Forum: Modern Stompbox Effects (1975 - ...)
Topic: Boss - HM-2 Heavy Metal [schematic]
Replies: 312
Views: 237023

Re: Boss - HM-2 ( Heavy Metal ) [schematic]

I just picked up an old DOD American Metal for $10 at the local Guitar Center. Before I crack this thing open, does anybody already have a handy schematic of the differences in the tone controls between this and the HM-2? Am I correct in believing the tone control ("Presence" instead of Ba...
by deadllama
16 Jun 2010, 15:38
Forum: Vintage Stompbox Corner ( ... - 1975)
Topic: Jordan - Bosstone [schematic]
Replies: 53
Views: 254463

Re: Jordan - Bosstone [schematic]

NOTE: For some reason, I'm not able to edit or delete my previous two posts in this thread... I'd like to delete the first one and roll the second one into this one. Posting three times in a row makes me feel really lame. I built one of these using a vero layout I got from the other forum's gallery....
by deadllama
10 Jun 2010, 16:25
Forum: Stuff Seen for Sale
Topic: Camel Toe
Replies: 2
Views: 1671

Re: Camel Toe

I'm a fan (and it's got nothing to do with my username). I like to use it as a boost with a little bit of "edge". About halfway up the "fuzz" knob (I labeled my two controls "level" and "breakup") you get some interesting Fender-Deluxe-blowing-up tones, to my ...
by deadllama
06 Jun 2010, 06:51
Forum: Vintage Stompbox Corner ( ... - 1975)
Topic: Jordan - Bosstone [schematic]
Replies: 53
Views: 254463

Re: Jordan - Bosstone [schematic]

For some reason I can't go back and edit my previous post, so I guess I'll make a new one. What do our resident analysis gurus think might be the difference(s) between these two Bosstone clones? [youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rvL-bPfARUga[/youtube] I think the second, the "Bag of Boge...
by deadllama
06 Jun 2010, 06:11
Forum: Printed/Published Online Designs
Topic: Design Philosophy: phase 2 and beyond
Replies: 21
Views: 5815

Re: Design Philosophy: phase 2 and beyond

I have a voodoo labs microvibe on my recording pedalboard. That is another good one. I will try to open it in the next few days for dissection. I have one of those as well. IIRC, it's a straight-up Univibe clone, with the lamp/LDR's and everything. For some reason, I hadn't noticed the Tri-Vibe pro...
by deadllama
06 Jun 2010, 04:49
Forum: Printed/Published Online Designs
Topic: Design Philosophy: phase 2 and beyond
Replies: 21
Views: 5815

Re: Design Philosophy: phase 2 and beyond

The Uni-vibe has always struck me as a circuit that, were it designed today, would be done completely differently, what with the lamp and LDR's, and the low impedance, etc. It also shares with the Fuzz Face the distinction of being the a Holy Effect of God, Chosen by His Messenger Jimi Hendrix, and ...
by deadllama
05 Jun 2010, 05:21
Forum: Vintage Stompbox Corner ( ... - 1975)
Topic: Jordan - Bosstone [schematic]
Replies: 53
Views: 254463

Re: Jordan - Bosstone [schematic]

Say, I've got some of those NOS GI 1N456's headed my way from Small Bear (they're the original diodes for the Ampeg Scrambler, sez the Small Bear site) and got enough to have some extras lying around. If I were to put those in the Bosstone circuit, I'm guessing I'd probably have to add some sort of ...
by deadllama
05 Jun 2010, 02:07
Forum: Amplifiers
Topic: Tube Works & Mosvalve fans?
Replies: 2
Views: 1885

Re: Tube Works & Mosvalve fans?

I've got the Tube Driver 1x12 combo amp. (The 100W one. Don't remember the model number or anything). Great amp. I like my Hot Rod Deville better, but for smaller clubs/bars, I always take the Tube Driver.
by deadllama
29 May 2010, 05:16
Forum: Amplifiers
Topic: tube amp without power transformer.... is it possible?
Replies: 12
Views: 5443

Re: tube amp without power transformer.... is it possible?

frequencycentral wrote:Don't do it. Don't even think about doing it. Insanely dangerous.[/color]

There, I just saved your life.
:applause:

Hell, I don't even like using my old Silvertone 1484 that has a two-prong power cord. 220V, with no isolation from the wall, and a guitar with a grounded bridge? Bad call.
by deadllama
24 May 2010, 19:40
Forum: Boutique Stompboxes dissected...
Topic: Ohnoho Utter Stutter
Replies: 60
Views: 14137

Re: Ohnoho Utter Stutter

I guess I'm the odd man out? I have a proto-PCB fabb'd for new designs. Once the layout is verified, I'll have a production run made. Certainly more expensive than building on perf-board, but if I'm gonna have to layout the PCB anyway... If I could make layouts as tight as your Dark Echo PCB appear...
by deadllama
22 May 2010, 17:19
Forum: Vintage Stompbox Corner ( ... - 1975)
Topic: Electro Harmonix - DG (pics but no guts)
Replies: 9
Views: 3446

Re: Electro Harmonix - DG (pics but no guts)

lolbou wrote:Can't it just be a sticker? :hmmm:
That was my first thought. The brown matches the Little Big Muff π pretty well.
by deadllama
21 May 2010, 20:26
Forum: Boutique Stompboxes dissected...
Topic: Ohnoho Utter Stutter
Replies: 60
Views: 14137

Re: Ohnoho Utter Stutter

Can you please provide some component values? The pics don't provide capacitor values and i'd like to RE this pedal. And pot values, if you can get at them? I'm guessing the "fine" and "coarse" knobs are wired together, with the "fine" pot being of a smaller value than...
by deadllama
21 May 2010, 20:02
Forum: Boutique Stompboxes dissected...
Topic: Ohnoho Utter Stutter
Replies: 60
Views: 14137

Re: Ohnoho Utter Stutter

Two questions: (1) Is that board attached to anything? Or just floating around free inside the enclosure? (2) Why the four jacks? Send/return loop? Not a very complicated design. I've never heard one of these before, I'll have to track down some YouTube vids or something. Interesting idea. EDIT: I w...
by deadllama
21 May 2010, 19:06
Forum: Parts & Tools Sourcing & Trading
Topic: Stocking up on op amps...
Replies: 1
Views: 840

Stocking up on op amps...

I've been ordering op-amps on an "as needed" basis, but I think I'm going to bite the bullet and just buy a crapload of them all at once. Here's my question: should I get one of those op-amp kits from Small Bear that has several different types, or should I just buy 100 TL072's and call it...
by deadllama
12 May 2010, 19:04
Forum: Software Room
Topic: Best way to migrate sh*t..
Replies: 12
Views: 5757

Re: Best way to migrate sh*t..

I'm a Mac technician by day, superhero by night (technically it's "Apple-Certified Macintosh Technician"). I always use Winclone, and I haven't had any trouble yet. I highly recommend it. Just make sure the volume you're cloning is NTFS and not FAT or else you won't be able to clone to dif...
by deadllama
02 May 2010, 19:19
Forum: Stuff Seen for Sale
Topic: Old Old Stock
Replies: 13
Views: 4174

Re: Old Old Stock

A+ for understanding that the real mojo is in the selling the sizzle, not the steak. Yeah, I have to say, this is pretty good marketing. Everybody here knows it's probably a Fuzz Face or a Tonebender, but at least it's an interesting marketing concept. Personally, I'm just bothered by the word &quo...
by deadllama
20 Apr 2010, 04:24
Forum: Modern Stompbox Effects (1975 - ...)
Topic: EHX - Big Muff Pi 2007 [schematic]
Replies: 34
Views: 24872

Re: EHX Big Muff, EC3003 REV_C Model [schematic]

I just got one of these today. Just wanted to report that mine also has BC550C's, and also has 1N4148 clippers. In the process of adding a tone bypass toggle (a must for a Muff, IMHO) and bright white LED (just because I had one :P ) to my new one, I pulled the guts out of my older NYC RI Muff, a Re...