I put my BSIAB back together tonight as a result of boxing up a few 'keepers'; I had a borrowed a few pots and a jack off of it since it wasn't boxed up yet.
I haven't played this thing in at least a year or so, but it is a lead pedal to be reckoned with. I swapped out the .047uF cap for a .1uF film cap and the bass is nice now; not overwhelming, 16-year-old-in-Guitar-Center-on-a-Recto bassiness, but very tastefully present.
Ever-so-slightly scooped midrange sound, yet cuts through nicely on leads. I swapped out the 1000pF cap for a .0047uF and it became MUCH darker, so I swapped it back; might be a nice toggle option there as the darker sound was still usable.
I'm so happy with the BSIAB that I seriously don't know if I'm going to bother with another lead pedal, but I might. If I ever get around to it, I'll post some samples on my site.
- Buck
www.bucksears.com
Excellent! I just bought a BSIAB populated PCB from Ansil. I'll post my impressions when I get it together...
- Mark
Yep. That's a great circuit! I certainly like mine. 8)
Snorky, what you bought from Ansil is a Bennett brown sound (a Distortion +)
The BSIAB is a completely different JFET based circuit. Just so you don't get the two confused.
Jered
Oh, thanks Jered! I just found the BSIAB files on GGG...
- Mark
Is this the same circuit as the one on www.tonefrenzy.com 's sound files? If so I'm definately going to build this pedal.