Brown Sound In A Box...............again...........

[Bucksears]

I put my BSIAB back together tonight as a result of boxing up a few 'keepers'; I had a borrowed a few pots and a jack off of it since it wasn't boxed up yet.
I haven't played this thing in at least a year or so, but it is a lead pedal to be reckoned with. I swapped out the .047uF cap for a .1uF film cap and the bass is nice now; not overwhelming, 16-year-old-in-Guitar-Center-on-a-Recto bassiness, but very tastefully present.
Ever-so-slightly scooped midrange sound, yet cuts through nicely on leads. I swapped out the 1000pF cap for a .0047uF and it became MUCH darker, so I swapped it back; might be a nice toggle option there as the darker sound was still usable.
I'm so happy with the BSIAB that I seriously don't know if I'm going to bother with another lead pedal, but I might. If I ever get around to it, I'll post some samples on my site.

- Buck
www.bucksears.com

[snorky]

Excellent!  I just bought a BSIAB populated PCB from Ansil.  I'll post my impressions when I get it together...

- Mark

[Paul Marossy]

Yep. That's a great circuit! I certainly like mine.  

[Jered]

Snorky, what you bought from Ansil is a Bennett brown sound (a Distortion +)
 The BSIAB is a completely different JFET based circuit. Just so you don't get the two confused.
 Jered

[snorky]

Oh, thanks Jered!  I just found the BSIAB files on GGG...

- Mark

[MattAnonymous]

Is this the same circuit as the one on www.tonefrenzy.com 's sound files?  If so I'm definately going to build this pedal.