Furry Sabertooth and 220nf caps

[dumbmonkey]

I hope I'm not treading on touchy ground here, but I have a question for anyone interested.  In my quest for a cool fuzz tone, I built a version of the Sabertooth on perf.  I have to say, I really love this fuzz, but I've found that it's really too bassy for guitar (or at least for my uses).  I was wondering, if I was to replace the 220nf caps with something smaller, say 1uf or even .1uf, might that tighten up the low end a bit?  What if I just change out the input cap and leave the coupling cap alone?

[anchovie]

Try it! Change the input cap first and see if you like it. Carry on experimenting (might be best to replace your caps with sockets on the board for now) until it's tuned the way you want it.

By the way, 1uF = 1000nF so it's not smaller than what you have in there already.

[petemoore]

  Try values 'in the input wire, spliced in right there.
  2x equal value caps in series is 1/2 value.
  Then it's easy to put it on a switch for a 'winter fur' or summer-Sabre fur.

[bumblebee]

To reduce bass in this pedal reduce the output cap to .1uF and the 10nF cap coming off the feedback loop at the 100k resistor junction to 5.6nF (this will reduce the subs) and the 2x 100uF caps to 47uF.

[Rodgre]

  2x equal value caps in series is 1/2 value.

Huh? are you saying that if I put a 100nf in series with another 100nf it equals 50nf? I'm confused.

Correct me if I'm wrong. Unlike resistors, don't capacitors in series or parallel add together? Two 100nf in parallel is the same as one 200nf? The same would be true in series?

Roger

[bumblebee]

2 resistors in series the value doubles. 2 capacitors in series the value halves. 2 resistors in parallel the value halves, 2 capacitors in parallel the value doubles.

[Rodgre]

Thanks for the clarification, Bumblebee.

[dumbmonkey]

Hey!  Thanks for all the suggestions! I'm definitely going to haul out the breadboard and try these out.

[bean]

Changing C1 to 27n and C2 to 100pF will probably help, too.