Trotsky Drive Help and Mod Ideas

[acroberts]

I have pictures of my working breadboard Trotsky, if you still can't make it work, i can post the pic for you.

Hey there - I'm a total newb and just laid my hands on a breadboard with hopes to build the Trostky, Electra and others to get my feet wet.  Could I trouble you to post those pictures of the breadboard Trotsky?

Thanks man!
drew

[WhenBoredomPeaks]

I have pictures of my working breadboard Trotsky, if you still can't make it work, i can post the pic for you.

Hey there - I'm a total newb and just laid my hands on a breadboard with hopes to build the Trostky, Electra and others to get my feet wet.  Could I trouble you to post those pictures of the breadboard Trotsky?

Thanks man!
drew

I can't find the pics atm but here's a graphic which is easier to "read":

http://www.beavisaudio.com/bboard/projects/bbp_Trotsky.pdf

I wish you great luck with the trotsky, i really like it's tone with GE diodes.

[acroberts]

Thanks for the link!

drew

[beto]

Hi everyone, I know this thread has been inactive for a while, but I have built my trotsky driver and seems to work great. The only thing (besides some buzz with the gain) is that the effect seems to be a little lower (or at least equals) to the true bypass. Is this expected? Is recomended to use this pedal with buffers or boosters?
Anyaway I will try to switch the position of the 2N222 and measure the voltage within the pins.
Beto

[beto]

Just changed 2n222 for 2n3094 and now the volume works great. Very nice sound.
Thanks!

[blooze_man]

Here's what I did for my Trotsky: Use 2n5088. Replace B50k with A100k (makes the transistion from low to high smoother and allows for more distortion). Expiriment with diodes (I use 1n914 and 1n34a but a red LED with 1n914 has more hair). I also added the BMP tone control with recovery stage (also with 2n5088) That's what I did and I love it.

[beto]

Using a 2N5088 is something that I have to try here.
I have built a LBP1 linear booster with it and has TONS of GAINS and a very nice distortion with full volume.
I will post the results. Till now 2N3094 definitely sounds louder than 2N222
Thanks
Beto