Not loving the new font... any way you could make a new "FSB Classic" theme that puts things back the way they were? I don't mind the broader graphic tweaks from the forum upgrade, it's just the font change from a few days ago that's throwing me for a loop. I first tried switching back to ...

Manfred wrote: ↑17 Jun 2020, 16:20

Only a year late on seeing this, but it was a Peak Atlas DCA55 which uses a test current of 2.5mA.

Thanks, did you also measure the voltages on the transistor terminals in the original pedal?

Nope, I don't think I did.

Manfred wrote: ↑22 Jul 2019, 15:05

An original Superfuzz that I measured had the following transistor gains:

What is the measuring collector current of HFE meter?

Only a year late on seeing this, but it was a Peak Atlas DCA55 which uses a test current of 2.5mA.

Ben, Thanks for the info - yeh, your right I wouldn't need to make the 'unused' jack sockets void - I'd just leave them be...I wouldn't want to input two sources or output to two amps anyway. I've often wondered why nobody offers this sort of layout as it would be super versatile? I'm about to buil...

Make sure to put it in the most obscenely large enclosure you can find!

im confused. are the mode selection switches for the dc-2 SPDT or DPDT? Two need to be DPDT, one can be SPDT (but little point to sourcing a second type of part when you can just use another DPDT instead). The first switch on the DC-2 just disengages the other three switches, so if you're building ...

According to the Premier Guitar review , it's nothing more exotic than 2N3904s. I'm curious too, but I ain't shelling out $150 for a BJT booster. In that same review they say it's a clone of the Univox Uni-Drive UD50 - here's the FSB thread on that one: https://www.freestompboxes.org/viewtopic.php?...

Looking at the lowCut A pot, actually it is a variable lowpass filter so it cut the high not the bass. @aionios are you sure of the dual gang of this pot? I think that the dual gang pots are those named LowCut A and HiCut as those two pot form a lowpass filter and cuts treble from the signal. Very,...

I haven't ever seen them used anywhere outside of the Cool Cat series so I am pretty confident they would have had them custom made. The only other shot you've got is if you can see a part number in the plastic mold for the switch - sometimes just googling whatever numbers you can find will turn up ...

I started a new thread for the trace, details are here:

viewtopic.php?f=7&t=30219

Okay, so I've been keeping a secret - I actually traced two Cornish pedals this summer, not just one. (The other is the OC-1 Optical Compressor .) The SS-3 is an update to the earlier SS-2, which had been sort-of traced by way of the Skrydstrup ODR-2 which was rumored to be a clone of the SS-2. But ...

All right, the legendary Mystery Pedal™ is finally done! I traced the Cornish OC-1 Optical Compressor over the summer and today I'm ready to share it. Pete claims this is an all-original circuit design, and fortunately I can confirm that it's not quite like anything I've seen before. The audio path ...

Maybe photo evidence can help clear things up... mine is a Motorola MC14069UB for IC4. The pads on the trace side are fully lacquered with the rest of the PCB, indicating it's never been replaced or repaired. pearl-ph03-pcb-1600px.jpg I can only imagine that there are two versions. Maybe the 4069 wa...

madras wrote:Can anybody confirm is aionios' schematic an actual SD Storm schematic? Some photos showin orignal Storm internals would be welcome.

Linked in the very first post - several angles of the populated PCB as well as front and back with components removed.

Designing this in too small a foot print and using design choices more appropriate for digital circuits does not help you achieve all that you can ring out of the schematic design intent. You can of course can get the layout to work to some level, but not the best you could achieve tone wise. with ...

i have see the led arangement 10k led 2k if you look to the pcb you will see it is not exactly like this( but this is for the led) c6 in the schematic is not polarized but if you look the pics you will find a 1uf polarized the rest look ok but i have not finished all the verification i can see ^^ M...

FlyingWild wrote:Looks very interesting, could one of the pots be a 'Blend' pot?

aionios wrote:...And yes, there is an opto-isolator

I hope it's not one of the hard to find or rather expensive ones?

NSL-32, fortunately one of the easier and cheaper ones!

...And yes, there is an opto-isolator It was installed vertically on the PCB so it didn’t show up very clearly in the X-ray.

That probably narrows it down a bit!

nothing yet? I don't mean to tease, the layout's just extremely tight and it's been kicking me in the pants the past month or so. I finally was able to hunker down and finish it though. An appetizer... https://i.postimg.cc/9XdcVyS5/image.png Now shooting for the end of November for this, assuming p...

george giblet wrote:BTW, there's a wire missing on your schem which joins the top of the dip-switch.

Right you are. I corrected that and attached the updated schematic.