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I dropped the latest doc update today, complete with the new "Huevos Grandes" mod and sound clips for all my DS-1 mods.

You can access the latest version of the "Build Your Own DS-1 Distortion" doc by clicking on the link in my signature.

Thanks!
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Modding a DS-1? Please read 'Build Your Own DS-1 Distortion'.

"Other than a good first-in-line buffer/booster, using other FX to improve bad clean tone is like gift-wrapping garbage."

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Thank you for sharing that with us!
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rrhoads33 wrote:Thank you for sharing that with us!
You're welcome. :D
Modding a DS-1? Please read 'Build Your Own DS-1 Distortion'.

"Other than a good first-in-line buffer/booster, using other FX to improve bad clean tone is like gift-wrapping garbage."

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not totally green, but that's all :)
my "level" is about building a big muff... medium complexity :)

I'll never build a DS-2, for example :)

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even though I'm a layman to electronics
I'll never build anything without seeing the actual schematics too...

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my all time favorite: Fuzz FAce
it is an always ongoing project..
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I want to end up strumming some strings at the end of the day, whatever the sound

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Post by jeepe »

Bernardduur wrote: 30 Jun 2008, 18:47
The cap is 100p [...]

wow!!!

I sort of knew that 10p was not enough!!! :)
cause I knew that what it does is smooth out the clipping curve at the lowest gain level...
and, in my experience, the circuit with a 10p cap at this place produces very non-smooth clipping (at the lowest gain level)

So, given that the most popular layout floating out there is this (by mirosol):
https://tagboardeffects.blogspot.com/20 ... rtion.html

changing the 10p to 100p can be considered as a basic mod too :)
or an update...

I can't wait to try it (I have 100p-s, I only don't want to touch my "stock" ds-1, which I love, so I'll build another one for the comparison's sake)
pedal building, tracing and sharing is such a beautiful freedom movement... If only it could be viewed as a future heritage, but it really is ephemeral, as it seems

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