How can I add an INPUT Gain knob to my Orange Squeeze?

[sevenisthenumber]

How can I add an INPUT Gain knob to my Orange Squeeze?

[John Lyons]

Volume pot at the input (same as turning the guitar down.)

[sevenisthenumber]

Volume pot at the input (same as turning the guitar down.)

What I thought... Would this work with active basses etc.. without altering the tone?

[Mark Hammer]

What the devil is an "input gain" knob?  Do you want something to attenuate the input signal?  Do you want something to up the gain and cause more squish?

Explain.

[sevenisthenumber]

Im getting distortion from active basses.. Any ideas?

[John Lyons]

Turn the bass down a little.
If the distortion goes away then
put in a level pot which would effectively
do the same thing.

[ppatchmods]

could you place it on the input and set it up like a volume pot on a strat with a treble mod? i do it to my guitars so i can roll the volume back and keep my tone similar with lower volume.
http://www.seymourduncan.com/support/wiring-diagrams/schematics.php?schematic=treble_bleed

[liquids]

Or, you could run it off a LT1054 charge pump (or Max1044 if you have that on hand though the former chip is in all ways superior if you have neither on hand) and nearly doubled voltage, bipolar voltages, etc.  Overall voltage increase = an increase in available headroom.

Keep in mind that the input gain level is a factor in the circuit 'determining' how much it compresses...putting a volume-type control at the input will not ONLY reduce distortion and overall volume...it will affect the way the whole thing works.