I'm building a rangemaster soon from JD Sleep's layout and PCB, but I don't know whether to use the "regular" layout or the negative ground layout. Can someone please explain this to me? I plan on powering it via DC jack, but I am including the battery clip.  The transistor came from Small Bear.

Thanks

It depends on what transistor you are using.A PNP has positive to ground and a NPN has negative to ground.Watch your plus and minus on your caps too.
HTH,Ed

Sorry to diagree EdJ, but NPN and PNP don't really have anything to do with grounding.

QuoteI plan on powering it via DC jack, but I am including the battery clip.

For that you'll want neg ground.  There's a neg ground, PNP rangemaster over at Tonepad.com.  That should help a lot.

cheers

suggestion...use a runof the mill [3906?] PNP till you actually get it going a little bit, so you don't reverse polarity the Germanium choice.

Thanks Brett!
i always thought that it did.
Sorry for that.
Ed

Or to put it clearer,i thought he was confused about which side of the battery he should attatch to ground.I always assumed that if you use aPNP transistor the power applied is a negative one so the plus of the battery goes to ground and if you use an NPN transistor the the minus of the battery goes to ground.Of course assuming is a stupid thing to do.
Again,sorry for that!
Greetings,Ed