Electric Mistress Deluxe clone ( mix/balance trimpot problem)

[reeko81]

Hi to anyone!
I've recently built my Electric Mistress Deluxe clone.
It started working nicely at the first attempt, than I started tweaking with all five trimpots to adjust better to my taste the sound.
Although you should need an oscilloscope to set it as per factory settings, your ears may be better than oscilloscope cause this trimpots are all really friendly and listener-user...

It has been easy to set them, but I've found useless that balance/mix trimpot... I've tweaked a lot with it but I haven't heard any change ...
Gain trimpot, feedback trimpot, clock and bias all affect the overall sound, but it's really difficult for my ears to distinguish a subtle change when tweaking this balance trimpot!?!!??!?!

Is there something wrong with my build or is this its real function?

Have a good DIYing!

Riccardo

[StephenGiles]

I thought that preset was to set the maximum level of the regeneration (Colour).

[reeko81]

I thought that preset was to set the maximum level of the regeneration (Colour).

You're right...Infact testing it at better volume than last night I've noticed that a full ccw balance control makes the sound more metallic, as if regeneration is at its maximum level...
And that's it!
Thanks for the prompt reply!

[StephenGiles]

Glad to be to be of help

[brunocbicalho]

reeko81

Did you made a pcb? Can you send it?

[mth5044]

Out of curiosity, was it really cheaper to make it then to just buy the pedal?

I mean, the transformer, chords, all those IC's, not to mention the large enclosure needed for the circuit board. Id be curious to see how that compares to the 134$ MF has it up for.

[tiges_ tendres]

Out of curiosity, was it really cheaper to make it then to just buy the pedal?

I mean, the transformer, chords, all those IC's, not to mention the large enclosure needed for the circuit board. Id be curious to see how that compares to the 134$ MF has it up for.

We dont do this because it's cheaper!  we do it for the challenge!

Also, EHX doesnt make a 9 Volt version any more, but there is a DIY 9 Volt version

[mth5044]

We dont do this because it's cheaper!  we do it for the challenge!

Also, EHX doesnt make a 9 Volt version any more, but there is a DIY 9 Volt version

Ehhh  I guess so. Personally, I have a price/challenge ratio that I don't like to break. But I feel that slowly slipping away as I care more about building stuff then working on guitar skills 

Anyway, more power to ya if you can build it. I just like those big ol' enclosures EHX puts some of their pedals in.