Orange Bass Butler [schematic]
- bajaman
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Hi bmxguitarsbmx
I agree - there are some strange design choices made with this pedal as well as some really good design choices - the individual decoupling filters on each jfet stage and the 100n ceramic caps on each of the dual op amp power rails are excellent design choices where as the 18v dc power supply seems strange in these days of dc to dc convertors that can easily transform 9vdc into +15 and -15v DC (or less if desired - bipolar supplies would remove a lot of aluminium electros from this circuit ) - then if you study the pcb layout, most of the feedback resistors around the op amps are some distance from the IC pins - weird ? And the track routing is very messy, but I suppose if it works then so be it
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I agree - there are some strange design choices made with this pedal as well as some really good design choices - the individual decoupling filters on each jfet stage and the 100n ceramic caps on each of the dual op amp power rails are excellent design choices where as the 18v dc power supply seems strange in these days of dc to dc convertors that can easily transform 9vdc into +15 and -15v DC (or less if desired - bipolar supplies would remove a lot of aluminium electros from this circuit ) - then if you study the pcb layout, most of the feedback resistors around the op amps are some distance from the IC pins - weird ? And the track routing is very messy, but I suppose if it works then so be it
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bajaman
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- tuck
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This is great;-)
But excuse my ignorance, how do you get 1M for R33&49? No matter how I turn it I don’t get it
grey black black yellow silver 8M
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But excuse my ignorance, how do you get 1M for R33&49? No matter how I turn it I don’t get it
grey black black yellow silver 8M
grey yellow black black silver 840R
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R33 sure looks like brown black black yellow brown - 1 0 0 0000 and 1% = 1M
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Thanks, great work as always!
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Hi Tuck
Okay R33 and R49 are the same then ?
Try measuring R33 with a multimeter and let us know what it reads
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Okay R33 and R49 are the same then ?
Try measuring R33 with a multimeter and let us know what it reads
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Hi Tuck
No - no need for unsoldering - just put the multimeter across R33 and let us know the value (R49 would be trickier to measure because R46, R47, and R48 are in parallel with it (300k) )
R33 is connected to ground but has no other dc connection due to capacitors C15, C16, C17 and C18
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No - no need for unsoldering - just put the multimeter across R33 and let us know the value (R49 would be trickier to measure because R46, R47, and R48 are in parallel with it (300k) )
R33 is connected to ground but has no other dc connection due to capacitors C15, C16, C17 and C18
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After checking resistors - R13 and R21 are both 220k
Here is the latest schematic
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bajaman
Here is the latest schematic
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- temol
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I have drive channel on a breadboard now. 18V supply, 17.5V VB, MMBFJ201 with Vp around -0.73V -> drain voltage measures around 11.7-11.8V.
Sample with a guitar. Recorded through the audio interface, added 4x12 V30 IR. Just to demonstrate EQ range
https://www.dropbox.com/s/vl63oueer1wledx/ob2.wav
And with a bass. Sorry for the crappy sound. This bass sounds really bad.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/hjpq9tm494ucnww/ob1.wav
With MID potentiometer wired like this, rotating MID clockwise scoops the mids (pins 1 and 2 shorted). Are you sure that pins 1 and 2 are shorted and not 2 and 3? BTW - with C20 connected between RV3 and RV4 it's possible to kill the signal with all pots set to min (assuming that MID 2 and 3 are connected).
Sample with a guitar. Recorded through the audio interface, added 4x12 V30 IR. Just to demonstrate EQ range
https://www.dropbox.com/s/vl63oueer1wledx/ob2.wav
And with a bass. Sorry for the crappy sound. This bass sounds really bad.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/hjpq9tm494ucnww/ob1.wav
With MID potentiometer wired like this, rotating MID clockwise scoops the mids (pins 1 and 2 shorted). Are you sure that pins 1 and 2 are shorted and not 2 and 3? BTW - with C20 connected between RV3 and RV4 it's possible to kill the signal with all pots set to min (assuming that MID 2 and 3 are connected).
- tuck
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temol:
Q1 14,64 V
Q2 10,42 V
Q3 10,88 V
Q4 10,74 V
Q5 9,70 V
Q6 14,64 V
bajaman:
R13 the red and brown bands are sometimes hard to distinguish
R33 = I measured 29.19K unexpected?
Q1 14,64 V
Q2 10,42 V
Q3 10,88 V
Q4 10,74 V
Q5 9,70 V
Q6 14,64 V
bajaman:
R13 the red and brown bands are sometimes hard to distinguish
R33 = I measured 29.19K unexpected?
- temol
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Looking at the picture now.. can't see any trace between pin 2 of the MID potentiometer and side pins.
can you verify how the MID potentiometer is connected? 1, 2 or 3? Does turning the MID clockwise add or scoops the mids?
When you set the EQ knobs to zero, does the signal drop out?
can you verify how the MID potentiometer is connected? 1, 2 or 3? Does turning the MID clockwise add or scoops the mids?
When you set the EQ knobs to zero, does the signal drop out?
- tuck
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Yes I will do it first thing in the morning. Europe here.
Beware: the pins of the top side of the pins is not directly related to the pins of the bottom side. I should have flipped them around.
Beware: the pins of the top side of the pins is not directly related to the pins of the bottom side. I should have flipped them around.
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rechecked the mid pot connections and it appears that pin 3 is not connected at all, still unsure why R33 measures so low - try using an old fashioned analog multimeter (one with a meter movement) or unsolder the end not connected to ground
In the meantime here's the latest schematic
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Hi Temol
cool sounding overdrive
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bajaman
cool sounding overdrive
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- temol
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Europe here too.
I think it may be wired like this. Pin 1 of the MID (blue dot) to GND. If yellow dot on your drawing indicates GND than you connected pin 3 of the MID to GND.
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yes - that is how I see it too Temol - it is twenty minutes before lunchtime here in NZ - should be in the workshop but retired (tired) of working these days (unless it is tracing pedals like this )
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