J. Ormans miniboost

[TWANGONE]

just started building.first pedal project.
want to use with p90 semi hollow and modded epi vj.
so far not all parts are in.

tried to look at the beginners project.. but I couldn't find the project.. is there a schematic,layout whatever page?

I think mouser had no footswitch.. small bear have 'em still?

also have a BBE crusher. tried to jumper the red leds.. but it wouldn't work.
was it my bad job or ...? anyone know.
hi and thanks

[.Mike]

Hi there,

tried to look at the beginners project.. but I couldn't find the project.. is there a schematic,layout whatever page?

The beginner project has it's own forum, and the actual project is contained in several posts. Here is a link: http://www.diystompboxes.com/smfforum/index.php?board=6.0

Look for the topics that begin with a number, like 1:Tools, 2:The Schematic and Parts List.

You can buy a kit directly from the forum here. Link: http://diystompboxes.com/zencart/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=20&products_id=55

I think mouser had no footswitch.. small bear have 'em still?

Yes, SmallBear stocks 3PDT footswitches. Link: http://www.smallbearelec.com/Categories.bok?category=Switches%2C+Relays

You can also buy them directly from the forum here, link: http://diystompboxes.com/zencart/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=1

also have a BBE crusher. tried to jumper the red leds.. but it wouldn't work.
was it my bad job or ...? anyone know.

I have no clue about that circuit, but if the diodes are used for clipping and connected to ground, replacing them with a jumper would, in effect, short your signal straight to ground, creating a nice silence effect... but I doubt that is what you're going for.

Good luck!

Mike

[TWANGONE]

that' s what happened when I took the advice of jumpering them.. silence.
checking out the other threads, etc.now..
thanks!

[rockhorst]

Just finished my minibooster and love it. One of the best additions to my pedalboard. Just need to finish up the  box now. I do suggest you leave out capacitor C6 right away. With it, my very hot single coils drove the thing straight into clipping even at low settings, only to be sort of remedied by putting the pedal on 18V. With C6 gone it works like a charm on 9V. So I imagine the same would go for high output P90s.

[anchovie]

that' s what happened when I took the advice of jumpering them.. silence.
checking out the other threads, etc.now..
thanks!

Someone's replied to you in the BBE Crusher thread that you posted in on another forum...
You were only supposed to remove the LEDs, not replace with jumpers.

[TWANGONE]

I tried jumpers and diodes.. but those were guesses by others.
in the end dumping the leds did a good bit of good.
I got a recommendation to try halving the gain pot value. so I'll give that a shot.
mouser is backordered so I'll probably grab some stuff here.. thanks for the info.