check this pedal design for any blatant errors?

[taang]

this idea spawned from a big muff, the whisker biscuit, the bmp w/ tone wicker, the buzz box, and my obsession with switches.

my worry is, since I have very little grasp of circuits beyond the fact that i view them like lego blocks...

can somebody check this design for any obvious errors? (i realize many of the values are blotched out, my computer can't render any vertically written text)


thanks!


_{i posted this in the "member's only" forum by accident... if you have to power to remove the post there... many thanks!}

[trjones1]

I'll let more knowledgeable people comment on your circuit, but it reminds me of the Foxx Clean Machine which accomplishes the same trick of bypassing gain stages using a single rotary switch.  Check it out.

[earthtonesaudio]

I see no blatant errors.

[Dan N]

Should the cap between Q1 and R6 be reversed?

[taang]

trjones1: that's a really kickin design


Dan N: this is what i am not sure about; whether or not the cap after Q1 should go inside clipping stage 1 or something else...

[Dan N]

No problem with the placement, I just mean the orientation. Usually you'll have the pos end towards the nearest/strongest/whatever source of pos voltage. That would be back towards the collector of Q1.

[earthtonesaudio]

Good eye, Dan.  That cap should indeed be turned around or else a nonpolar cap used in its place.

[taang]

thanks guys