Tayda's guv'nor

[Mgt280y]

Evening all, I built one of taydas guv'nor pcb and really pleased with it works a treat with a really good tone, only question is the suggested pots
Bass 10ka
Mid 10ka
Treb 10kb

Vol 100kb
Gain 100kb

Now build as per there Bom it sounds great, but I was always under the impression vol should always be log pots ?

[GibsonGM]

Apparently not *always*, Mgt!!   

In the Guv'nor, it IS actually a B taper pot.  Perhaps because of interaction with the tone stack, or the resistor on its output, maybe?  Seems to operate fine, anyway...I"d actually like more info on why that's so, if anyone knows!

[thermionix]

I've never played a Gov'nor, does the volume come up really fast?  Tube Screamers use a linear volume pot, and unity volume is somewhere around 9:00, maybe lower.  I used audio taper in my SoS build and unity is more like 11:00, depending on gain obviously.

[antonis]

Perhaps because of interaction with the tone stack, or the resistor on its output, maybe?

Hmmmm....

The resistor on its output forms a low pass filter with the 470pF at about 15kHz so it shouldn't play a role of "altering" pot's taper
(from Lin to Log)..

Tonestack pots are already Log type but they also shouldn't interact with Level pot, as long as they aren't adjusted simultanesly..

So Sir, don't you presume that it's time for an extra cup of coffee (or beer/spirit perhaps)..?? 

[GibsonGM]

Perhaps because of interaction with the tone stack, or the resistor on its output, maybe?

Hmmmm....

So Sir, don't you presume that it's time for an extra cup of coffee (or beer/spirit perhaps)..?? 

No, it's usually time for me to get lazy and let someone else tell me why they think the post is not log-type    I'm too old to re-build it, change it and see what happens...that's why I asked for more info, Antonis! 

Yeah, I can see (by thinking for 5 seconds) that the load on the vol. pot won't change just by changing the pot's taper, LOL! 

[antonis]

I'm too old to re-build it, change it and see what happens...

Not old enough to avoid suggest me the use of a simple booster at the end of my Guv'nor - which resulted in a stolen by my son pedal..!! 

:beer: :beer: :beer:

[GibsonGM]

I'm too old to re-build it, change it and see what happens...

Not old enough to avoid suggest me the use of a simple booster at the end of my Guv'nor - which resulted in a stolen by my son pedal..!! 

:beer: :beer: :beer:

Ha ha ha! I am a BIG fan of using a Mosfet boost after common pedals...but not before them, usually...