Low output on an TB MKII. Bias pot to large?

[PurpleStrat]

So I have a second Tone Bender MKII build I am messing around with. The volume seems to be way to low. Unity is all the way up. The only difference in this and another MKII I have is the bias pot. This one has a 100K and I don't have anything closer to use at the moment. Can the higher bias pot effect the out put?

BTW I swaped the transistors from my "good" MKII and the problem is still their.

[kurtlives]

100K seems to large. I always replace the 8K2 with a 10K trim pot to bias.

The only difference in this and another MKII I have is the bias pot.

You sure about that..?

[petemoore]

  100k will make it much hard [if not impossible] to locate a resistance which biases the circuit.
 20k spreads the range of useful resistances across a wider portion of the wafer, making it easier to set up proper bias.
 

[PurpleStrat]

100K seems to large. I always replace the 8K2 with a 10K trim pot to bias.

The only difference in this and another MKII I have is the bias pot.

You sure about that..?

Yep I went at them both with a DMM and everything is the same.

[PurpleStrat]

 100k will make it much hard [if not impossible] to locate a resistance which biases the circuit.
 20k spreads the range of useful resistances across a wider portion of the wafer, making it easier to set up proper bias.
 

It is hard but I can get close enough by ear that it sounds good. Problem is I have to raise it higher to compensate for the low output. Then it does not sound so good.

[PurpleStrat]

Sorry I do have one other difference!  From what I understad though it should not lower the output.