Harmonic Percolator + high output PUs = sag/compression

[jimladladlooklike]

So I've been messing about with my harmonic percolator build recently, changing part values etc. I've got it sounding decent with my tele. However, with my Westone Thunder it sounds... terrible. Little to none of that glorious, splatty fuzz. It just sounds like sag/compression. I've already lowered the pickups (super high output) quite a lot to get rid of his problem when using other distortions. I was wondering if there might be a mod I can do on the percolator that might fix this issue.

[antonis]

Maybe a High/Low jack switchable input..??
(like on most traditional amps..)

[GGBB]

Two things - the HP "harmonics" pot is actually nothing more than an input level adjustment. The Thunder is active (according to Google) and boosts the signal level considerably. So you could either turn the guitar volume down or turn the harmonics pot down.

[jimladladlooklike]

Maybe a High/Low jack switchable input..??
(like on most traditional amps..)

So essentially making it possible to change the input impedance? Would that just be a case of upping the value of the input resistor? Which in this case I'm guessing is the harmonics pot?

[jimladladlooklike]

Two things - the HP "harmonics" pot is actually nothing more than an input level adjustment. The Thunder is active (according to Google) and boosts the signal level considerably. So you could either turn the guitar volume down or turn the harmonics pot down.

Some Thunders are active but mine isn't. However it is sooooper high output. I'm thinking a resistor in series with the harmonics pot might help attenuate the input level somewhat?

[GGBB]

I'm thinking a resistor in series with the harmonics pot might help attenuate the input level somewhat?

Effectively that's almost identical to turning down the harmonics pot / input volume - the only difference being there's more total resistance in the divider. It just prevents setting the pot to max level. So yes that would work just as well.

[garcho]

Probably doesn't matter but I've built a number of HP and I would never think of calling any of them "splatty fuzz". More like a solid overdrive/distortion that doesn't ring-mod your thirds. Smooth comes to mind before splatty. Did you build the Giblet schematic version?