Hello, my name is Jon and well besides being a musician, I'm studying to be an industrial engineer and I also do quite abit of gaming... but back on topic here, I've been getting very interested with building my own pedals, and at my university, I have access to a open laboratory that has 3D-printing and circuit board printing capabilities. My electronics experience is decent, for I have a good understanding of how guitar harness wiring works and I have done wiring jobs on almost all of my guitars. Nowadays, I'm looking for a bigger challenge, mainly in the form of taking the schematics for a DIY Mesa MkII C+ Preamp (Bancika's Preamp) and turn that into a JFET-based pedal similar to the Dr. Boogie, but in addition to the preamp it would also have the five band EQ that could possibly be switch on and off with the ability to place the EQ before or after the entire preamp section (heck, maybe make it so it can be turned on independently from the preamp section so people can have that Mesa EQ tone.)
Before that however, there's a question that I haven't been able to find a clear and concise answer for: How does one interchange the tubes in a circuit for a JFET? I've read up on what JFETs are and have browsed the forum, searching for anything that might help, but I'm still rather confused by the concept... I understand how a JFET can potentially replace a tube in a circuit, but when it comes to applying concept to design, what exactly gets replaced?
Realistically though, for my first project, I want to do a Klone and design a signal booster pedal that has a switch that replicates the PRS 'Sweet Switch' so any guitar plugged into it can get that sound instead of having to put it inside the guitar.
those two seem simple enough with the resources I have access to. I hope to learn more about DIY building and to be able to not only make my own, but possibly share or even sell my own designs if I stir up enough interest with them.
