Losing my mind...DIY project files for a single tone control Marshall Guv'nor?

Started by Nocaster Cat, September 28, 2015, 02:46:19 PM

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Nocaster Cat

I would swear that the Tonepad Guv'nor project PDF showed you how and where to bypass the three band EQ in favor of a single tone control but when I checked it recently, there was only a PDF for the stock setup (I emailed them but have not heard back). Did I see it somewhere else? Am I losing my mind? HELP!!!

isher1992

Trace the schematic on the board, find out where the tone stack begins and where it ends.  Use wire jumpers from the beginning and end point to go to a daughter board (Or just run a jumper between those two points or a DPDT switch, however you want to do it).  I don't have the schematic on hand, but Tonepad color codes signal, ground, and power on their PCB PDF's, which should make it easier.

MrStab

to make a Rat-like low-pass filter: i bet you could ignore almost everything after R7, put a resistor for minimum setting where C13 should go, use the Treble pot as the Tone pot (but wired as a variable resistor), make C6 the size you need, and leave everything after the Tone pot intact. Edit: You could just make R7 the appropriate value and short C13's space with a jumper.

ofc, there are better tone controls you can fit in there, but that's just one example of how you could use the spaces on the board without using an external daughterboard.
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