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DIY Stompboxes => Building your own stompbox => Topic started by: janus on March 07, 2006, 01:41:23 PM

Title: adding a lm386 based amp to a finished circuit?
Post by: janus on March 07, 2006, 01:41:23 PM
has anyone tried this?. Like say you built a fuzz. Could you run the output cap to a 1/4" like normal but also use a dpdt switch that could bypass it when switched and send it to something like a ruby or a lm386 based amp. with a 2 or 3inch speaker attached..Thus when the switch is switched it would become a small practice amp with a fuzz face as the front end..?This is something I've been spending too much time thinking about wondering if it's even possible. I would assume it would have to run off of 2 9v's.. I guess what it is, you would be using the fuzz as normal by plugging it into an amp, but you could also switch it to the 386 and have a very portable thing that would be a little practice amp...
hope this makes some kind of sense...
any tips appreciated.
Brian
Title: Re: adding a lm386 based amp to a finished circuit?
Post by: b_rogers on March 07, 2006, 10:47:03 PM
sounds do-able to me. although i doubt the 2 or 3 inch speaker would sound very good...
Title: Re: adding a lm386 based amp to a finished circuit?
Post by: bancika on March 08, 2006, 05:51:35 AM
Sure you can, you don't need two 9V supplies if amp need 9V, just parallel pedal and amp from same input cak (or battery, but speaker will spend more power)