Building the BEARFACE for Bass PLEASE HELP!!!!!!!

Started by DEZREJECT, June 01, 2006, 10:20:49 PM

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DEZREJECT

Hey all I am building a Bearface from Smallbearelec.com I want to use this for bass guitar... so what would you change about that circuit to use it on bass...? I love everything about that circuit, so I don't ness want to simplify it, just make it more for bass guitar.

schematic can be found on the page of the bear face at Small Bear Elec

link - http://www.smallbearelec.com/Projects/BearFace/BearFace.htm


thanks in advance

DEZREJECT


Quackzed

make the input cap bigger, also maybee the output cap! you can also try playing with q2's collector resistor for different tones... or a smallish cap to ground at the output to cut some high end? all things to try.. should get nice  fat and flubby bass tones tho...
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petemoore

  I would breadboard or socket stuff, especially if you Don't hear from someone who's whipped up a FF'd a circuit and used it for bass.
  Bass of course has more low end and output. Pregain considered, testing how it works is as easy as turning the Bass's volume down. [Perhaps just a fixed resistor at the input]..I've never played a Bass into FF.
  Also the emitter bypass electrolytic's value can be messed with, smaller values supply less current for bass amplifying, the output cap can be used to trim LF's from getting out.
  HF cut caps have many placed they can be positioned in a FF, see AXIS Face...or stick a small cap between a B/C on Q2 or Q1, anywhere on the circuit, signal path to ground. Larger values shunt more HF"s to ground.
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DEZREJECT