Tonebender MKI volume problem

[superferrite]

After a week of swapping transistors, my MKI clone has turned the corner to awesome sounding.

The problem is that it is never quite unity gain no matter what the transistors selection.

I noticed the Zonk Machine has a 1M9 ohm resistor instead of the 2M2 just before the output pot I used from the regular diagram.  Can I lower it even further (1M5 maybe) and increase the output without destroying it's unique character?

Asking first because it's boxed up and it would be a drag to start mangling it for no reason!

Thanks all.

[Passaloutre]

This one?:



Yeah that 2M2 seems counterproductive. Try putting a smaller resistor in parallel with it (or jumper it all together, alligator clip leads are nice for things like this) just to test if it gets any louder.

[superferrite]

Right!  Gonna jump that resistor tomorrow and report back!

[Electric Warrior]

This one should be ridiculously loud with stock values. Could you post voltages (with the attack control cranked and at zero), please?

[anotherjim]

What have you got it plugged into? Some Fender amps (and others and clones) have a lower impedance into input 2 which will load output down a lot. Input 1 alone should be ok, but I'm amazed at how high the output impedance of that fuzz is, I mean, 2M2 

[duck_arse]

what is the purpose of R9 in that circuit? it would be just as easy to replace the two resistors and pot w/ a 10k[?] in series w/ an A50k, wouldn't it?

[superferrite]

Instead of going down the debugging hole with voltages, etc, I swapped the 2M2 for a 1M.  I get unity at about 1pm now and it gets plenty loud but still sounds the same, as far as I can tell.
Thanks for the help, youse guys!

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