waynepunkdude Posted February 19, 2009 Share Posted February 19, 2009 I'm putting a new volume pot in and the one I have is 500k will it make a big difference as the one I'm taking out is 250k? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YouMa Posted February 19, 2009 Share Posted February 19, 2009 If you want the same range of volume sweep i think you will need a pot closer to the original value. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waynepunkdude Posted February 19, 2009 Author Share Posted February 19, 2009 Will the output still be the same on full? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[al] Posted February 19, 2009 Share Posted February 19, 2009 [quote name='waynepunkdude' post='414685' date='Feb 19 2009, 08:09 PM']Will the output still be the same on full?[/quote] Yep Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOD2 Posted February 19, 2009 Share Posted February 19, 2009 [quote name='waynepunkdude' post='414685' date='Feb 19 2009, 08:09 PM']Will the output still be the same on full?[/quote] It should be - it's more how the volume varies as you turn the pot that will differ slightly according to the pot value. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YouMa Posted February 19, 2009 Share Posted February 19, 2009 If you just want straight loud or quiet it will be fine, as the value is more than the original. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waynepunkdude Posted February 19, 2009 Author Share Posted February 19, 2009 Cheers guys, it's wired in now but I'm getting a slight overall volume drop when I turn it up with other pick up, is that right> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YouMa Posted February 19, 2009 Share Posted February 19, 2009 (edited) Unless its an emergency i would just get a hold of one with the original value.Dont worry about it causing any damage or anything,like i said befor the sweep on the volume will be altered slightly with a bigger value mate. Edited February 19, 2009 by YouMa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waynepunkdude Posted February 19, 2009 Author Share Posted February 19, 2009 [quote name='YouMa' post='414724' date='Feb 19 2009, 08:42 PM']Unless its an emergency i would just get a hold of one with the original value.Dont worry about it causing any damage or anything,like i said befor the sweep on the volume will be altered slightly with a bigger value mate.[/quote] Cool I may as well wait it was just a man thing to do while I was watching the football. It's on a Yamaha project that I'm working that still needs loads to be done on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YouMa Posted February 19, 2009 Share Posted February 19, 2009 [quote name='waynepunkdude' post='414728' date='Feb 19 2009, 08:46 PM']Cool I may as well wait it was just a man thing to do while I was watching the football. It's on a Yamaha project that I'm working that still needs loads to be done on it.[/quote] I have a soldering fetish as well ,im building a fuzzface clone at the moment,i just hope the bastard works when i step on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waynepunkdude Posted February 19, 2009 Author Share Posted February 19, 2009 [quote name='YouMa' post='414732' date='Feb 19 2009, 08:48 PM']I have a soldering fetish as well ,im building a fuzzface clone at the moment,i just hope the bastard works when i step on it.[/quote] Haha the problem is that the house I'm right now only has 2 rooms so I have to solder on the living room floor, the missus hates me How do you go about making a clone of a pedal, do you have to get the circuit board first? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YouMa Posted February 19, 2009 Share Posted February 19, 2009 (edited) [quote name='waynepunkdude' post='414738' date='Feb 19 2009, 08:50 PM']Haha the problem is that the house I'm right now only has 2 rooms so I have to solder on the living room floor, the missus hates me How do you go about making a clone of a pedal, do you have to get the circuit board first?[/quote] You can draw your own pcb with an etch resistant pen from circuit diagrams on the net ,then you stick it in an etch solution(Ferric chloride) After it has been left for a while you wash it and scrub it with wire wool,you are then left with the circuit board copper tracks which you can mount your components on. Its a cool hobby,bit frustrating when things dont work,but i have now even managed to flog a couple to guitarists. Edited February 19, 2009 by YouMa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Heeley Posted February 20, 2009 Share Posted February 20, 2009 Heres a couple of Tubescreamer clone PCB's in progress - got the bug rekindled a few months ago. This sounds bloody marvellous! One of the sweetest harmonic distortion pedals I have come across. The original (Ibanez) tubescreamers were seen by some as the holy grails of distortion stompboxes. Apologies for hijacking your thread! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waynepunkdude Posted February 20, 2009 Author Share Posted February 20, 2009 You 2 are far ahead of me, I still have trouble making the wire stay on the back of the pot to ground it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YouMa Posted February 20, 2009 Share Posted February 20, 2009 [quote name='Al Heeley' post='414893' date='Feb 20 2009, 01:00 AM']Heres a couple of Tubescreamer clone PCB's in progress - got the bug rekindled a few months ago. This sounds bloody marvellous! One of the sweetest harmonic distortion pedals I have come across. The original (Ibanez) tubescreamers were seen by some as the holy grails of distortion stompboxes. Apologies for hijacking your thread! [/quote] Are you using transfer paper to do your pcbs or just an etch resistant pen,apparently you can use the iron method with staples photo paper,although i have not tried it yet.By the way cheers for those drawings al. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Heeley Posted February 20, 2009 Share Posted February 20, 2009 No prob Marcus. I tried the laser print paper method and iron but in the end reverted to good old etch resist pen and those letraset transfer holes (seno) where I could be bothered. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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