I finished mine before yesterday. Initiallly I tested it with headphone on my Boss ME-5, in order not to wake people up in the middle of the night. It works in the sense that I get a moderately acceptable signal, but the level is kind of low in comparison to the signal i get when pluggin straight in.
That makes me wonder how I could use it as a boostpedal if the volume goes down when I use the circuit. Even when fully boosted, the signal is still weaker than when straightjacking into the amp.
If I would have gotten no signal, fierce distortion of the guitar signal --> I would know I have a problem. Now I'm not sure.
I didn't have the 0.1µF cap, so I put two 0.047µF green chicklet caps (code 473) in series, so that should give me 0.096µF right? Should be close enough.
Or did I get the wrong value output cap (can't check now, at work) to get such a reduction in volume.
Anyways, I have been long on the search for a beginner project in active circuit, and this is the ideal stepping stone, it seems. I should go on the tweak now, starting with the range control?
Any suggestion on the volume problem?
thanks so much in advance.
ZJ