BD-2 schematic/imput coupling cap?

Started by Danny G, August 11, 2004, 11:51:32 AM

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Danny G

Anybody know where i can find the schematic for the Boss Blues Driver?  Or can anyone tell me what value is the input coupling cap?  

I did the Keeley mods to mine and increased this cap to 0.1uf.  Sounds killer with tons of low ened, but when I run my JCM800 as a half-stack at 4 ohms, the bass response is going to blow up my cabinet!

I need to know the original value, so I can wire IT to the phat switch (has enough low end as is, dont need any more bass to the tone knob).  Want to make the extra bass on the input cap switchable.

gracias!

TheBigMan

http://www.generalguitargadgets.com/v2/boss/BossBD-2.gif

I found the same with my own BD-2 mods.  Either of increasing the input cap or changing the tone control cap(s) adds a lot of bass, but doing both added far too much.  I opted for a 0.1uF tone control cap (same as Phat mode engaged) which gives lots of bass but the option to roll it off to taste.  This makes the tone control basically a treble/bass blend knob to my ears, the BD-2 doesn't have a whole lot of mids which is why it works well with a TS-9 IMO.