BSIAB (debug?)

[jonathansuhr]

I just built a BSIAB on my own perf layout and am loving the sound. BUT, even with the volume wide open, its still softer than my clean sound.

So i meausred the trannie voltages, and the only difference I can notice with the GGG voltages is the Gate of Q2 and Q4

Q2:
D-8
S-4.8
G-0 (should be 3.8 )

Q4:
D-8.2
S-4.2
G-0 (should be 3.8 )

Is this volume drop normal? Is there any way I can increase it?

[jonathansuhr]

can somebody tell me if the output is generally low, so i can choose whether to throw this out or not

[Ed G.]

Maybe your gate resistors are the wrong value. It should have plenty of output. I'm guessing you put in the wrong resistors there (probably like a 100k or 1k)