Buzzaround Sustain pot and diode?

[m7b52000]

Here are 2 freely available versions of the Burns Buzzaround. In 1 the sustain pot is grounded directly and in the other it is grounded via the Ge diode. Is one correct? Does it matter?

Thanks,


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[PRR]

Who knows? Who even remembers that far back?

It's one wire. Try both ways.

[idy]

I have seen quite a few schematics of that, that's the first one I've seen with the pot grounded through the diode. I don't think that makes sense. I think it's supposed to be leaky diode to base of Q3 for bias. Can't see a reason for the sustain pot to find ground through it. I've made a few that work, and not that way.

But like the man says, it's only one wire, go ahead and try it. Tell us what you find.