this is my first box, and i hope you take this question openminded to that fact:
i have the schematics to a boost pedal designed for an electric guitar, and i am curious as to what if any changes i'd have to make to it to make tones an octave lower sound just as clear, becaus i want to use a bass on it.I appreciate your help.
-mike-
Don't worry everyone here's open-minded and always helpful.
I think you need to change the input and output cap values, only I haven't the foggiest on what values you should use. Read Richardo X's 'cook your own distortion' article, he explains how to calculate there.
http://www.generalguitargadgets.com/v2/richardo/distortion/index.html
thats a great article!
Sure as hell taught me the basics :)
thanks alot smoguz, that helped out alot :D
i appreciate the help.
-mik-
...in this case as meny ohers, the input cap and the output cap should be socketted for ckt tuning to whatever goes in [guitar, guitar with fuzz, bass, singlecoil etceetc.]expecially for the unexperienced [those who've never done this]...it's a trip.
You can change the characteristics of a ckt sound markedly this way.
I do it all the time on ckts.///from exp I know I'm gonna wanna tune it and socketting caps [even bipolars between ground and emitter sometimes] and transistors is the way to do it...fet bias resistors etc.
You Could socket everything, but I try to use them spparingly...lol
Incap outcap and tranny sockets woud do well on that ckt for retuning it.
Another perk for perf is that PCB sometimes disallows or prehibits easy socket installtion for some parts...well you can get those single snap off sockets from Small Bear for a components ckt points on a pcb that are spaced too far apart to modify a regular socket...
Another reason to use perf!
double all the cap values. mainly the input and outptu. if they are a .01uf om anda 1uf jout. try a .1uf or evena 1uf in and a 100uf out
I generally use a 0.1 cap if the stock valyue sounds bad. Sounds best with my strat copy single-coil pickups. :)