rousejeremy wrote:Does the high gain side sound high gain?

It looks like it has the nikko pen H mod...... but I suspect that if there is no difference in sound what so ever then this pedal has surely been shipped standard on both sides?

Wow Just stumbled across this when reading at the "other" forum. http://www.seeedstudio.com/depot/capaci ... 6b339c4b40

Seems like a really cheap way to measure the "cant measure with my multimeter" caps.

470p Vs 47p cap final decision[/color] Hi again, Just to finally clear up the 47p vs 470p cap question, as i now need to sell the pedal on for another project I decided to remove the cap from the original Formula 5 again and fit a spdt switch so that i could put in the two value caps and make a dir...

I was initially thinking it was just negative feedback, but it probably affects the bias of the input gate as well. However, I'm not sure how that affects the clipping. My understanding was that the bias of the output of the gain stage affected the clipping. My train of thought was, without the 2M2...

Yeah, I've used the MA856 in both I've made as well as the 1s1588. Does the KOT have the trimpots or is that a madbean addition for better control? Do you recon the KOT's trimpots are fully closed? I think my problem was that Twin. When my trimpot was set at half way, it sounded amazing in my solid...

I don't remember mine being fizzy at all, but it's been a while since I built it. I'll build another and report back, been meaning to anyhow. Well, I got it sounding pretty good, but I think it's just because that amp is so bright anyway with the bright switch on. The only way I don't hear that fiz...

The 2u2 input cap shown on plesur's layout and schematic. Is the polarity correct or does it need to be reversed? I think it is different to Ice-9's hand drawn schem. I've just checked and three of the electrolytics on my schematic are reversed from Ice-9's drawing (2u2, 4u7 and 100n), but the firs...

The 2u2 input cap shown on plesur's layout and schematic. Is the polarity correct or does it need to be reversed? I think it is different to Ice-9's hand drawn schem.

I'm not sure why they would use a polarized .1uF. 100n is much more common value, especially since they have a handful of other 100n caps in the circuit. Anyway, here are the corrections. I will take down the incorrect ones once I can edit my posts. Formula No 5 Fixed.png Hi R4 in this schem does n...

Shoot. Just checking back to see if there have been any revelations about the noise problem, but it looks like not. To get the level of dirt I want, I run the gain and volume controls around 1 or 2 o'clock, but the noise is almost unbearable. It's definitely a stomp-on-at-as-soon-as-you-stop-playin...

Hi - this post might be slightly off topic but I didnt want to start a new thread. A huge number of pedal designs are based upon opamps with diode clippers. I appeciate that different diode types (sil, Ge, LED) can give radically different sounds - however can you exect to percieve a radically diff...

box wrote:
I checked 3 schematics (Blonde, Liverpool and British) and we can use additional board
with dip switch and different components according to schematic.There are small change and it's possible to have 3 in 1.Anyhow project is flexible.
Regards
box

Sounds like a great idea!

Hi guys.

I had not noticed this high gain option for the KOT before on the AM website

http://www.analogman.com/kingtone.htm

That is an impressive build!

You definitely have more patience than I do to do such a tight build on perf. I guess the original intent was not to have the daughter card but certainly a nice addition!

Does it sound more like a P90 now?

If somebody has the time, could they post the schematic and layout for one side of the KOT? Also, if you were modding one of the GGG Bluesbreakers, how would you go about adding a toggle to switch between the dip switches? Is that possible? I just realized what was posted in this thread is the sche...

I have also noticed this strange note decay in my build. It sounds good otherwise but I must say copared to my kot and eternity it sounds fairly average. I built the 2003 version. Haven't bothered fault finding as I thought this may have been how the original sounds. It does seem to not have much su...

I think its awesome that people such as Paul are so willing to share their designs with others.

Hopefully we can all learn something from each other.

Thanks so much mate!

floris wrote:Which had the most impact on the sound: The new opamp or the new diodes?

Both contribute to the sound but maybe the ic impacts more? Ma856 have forward voltage of .7v on my voltmeter. In4148's .6v on my voltmeter for comparison.

floris wrote:

TLC2272 with the MA856 - even more clarity - this has turned this pedal from a good one to a great one!

Great that it became even beter to you.
Please, what does "more clarity" mean to you in an overdrive like this?

Less muddy sounding clearer note definition.

Sweet!! Just got installed my MA856 diodes in one of my Kot's. (from effectsconnection.com) So now that I've spent well ages swapping out different diodes in this thing and comparing them with other builds I finally decided to start swapping out IC's just to make sure to see if I could eek a little ...