I'm very happy with my modded Bluesbreaker clone, but would like a bit more output.
Has anyone tried Gus Smalley's NPN Booster on the output? It looks like the easiest (least componants) way to do this to me.
I don't want to put it in a bigger box and I think I could stuff that circuit in there.
-Eddie
Any other suggestions on how to get a bit more output?
I tried something a while back which worked pretty well, used a quad op-amp to make a variable high pass filter in the input, followed by the bluesbreaker, then a regular opamp gain stage... awesome sound driving a tube amp and can sound pretty damn fuzzy with the bass in the input turned up.
No schem, pretty standard "modules".
The NPN Boost works fine after any overdrive, IME.
Thanks guys. I will give it a shot.
I should add that I have not really tried overdriving the NPN Boost--rather, I set the overdrive for unity or maybe just a couple of decibels of boost or so, and then let the NPN do the rest. I'm sure if you hit it hard it will clip, and I can't tell you how that sounds.
I finally got around to trying this. I was able to make it just small enough to fit in the space next to the stomp switch.
It works perfectly. Now I can turn down the gain to just barely clipping, but still get some boost.
I will take some photos to show.