Guv´nor clone project

[arma61]

I have been thinking a little about clipping, the switch i have now is a SPDT that is connected to the Circuit board,  i used the wiring diagram from GGG.

I have been searching on the internet for this two empty diode places  D3 and D5 and cant find any information about it... so what difference will it make is i install diodes in there.. ?

As i said before, i allready have a SPDT switch installed for clipping and it seems to work fine..

I think D3 and D5 are in series with D4 and D6

read this for info

http://www.diystompboxes.com/wiki/index.php?title=Simplemods#Simple.2C_Easy_Mods.2FTips_.26_Techniques

Cheers
Armando

[Perkla]

Very interesting article.... so what i will do now is: Change the 250k gainpot to 500k (to get some more gain possibly), and i will install two 1N914 (D3 and D5) and see if that will give me some more gain and/or any different sound at all, the LED´s will still be there cus i will not remove or replace them yet..

Anyone think that will make any difference.. ?

[Perkla]

And now its done.. it was a big difference to add a 1N914 in D5 and D3 + replace the 250k gain pot to a 500k, i am very happy with this pedal now and i will not make any more changes or mods to it.

Soundclip (if i am allowed to post in in here ?)

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[Perkla]

Sorry.. here is the link

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jAVgED3wTZg&feature=channel_video_title

[arma61]

well done m8!!!

and yes, keep it like it's now, no mods anymore! at a ceratin stage you need to enjoy your "creation" 


post the video also here (you can add the pedal's lables if you can edit your video  )

http://www.diystompboxes.com/smfforum/index.php?topic=84608.0

[Perkla]

Yes i have posted a link in there now..

What did u mean about lebels.. ?

[arma61]

nothing special, just that you are turning knobs and who's looking at the video doesn't know if you are adjusting treble, mid, gain or whatsoever !

Armando

[Perkla]

Ohh i c.. i have been thinking about how to label this enclosure.. i dont know how... :S

Any ideas that are simple.. ?

[Perkla]

I have been thinking about what different it will make to replace the IC with a RC4558     

Even if i am happy with it as it is right now.. it would be fun to know if anyone have replaced the IC..

[Perkla]

So this is what the final product sounds like..  i have made some topsecret mods to it.. hahaha

[charmonder]

Your build is intriguing!

What is the SPST clipping switch exactly? and I noticed that the section with diodes is different than the PCB at tonepad(which has no diodes apart from the two LEDs)

thanks

[Perkla]

Your build is intriguing!

What is the SPST clipping switch exactly? and I noticed that the section with diodes is different than the PCB at tonepad(which has no diodes apart from the two LEDs)

thanks

Thanx

Well, the switch is basicly a clipping switch between asymetric and symetric sound pattern, and yes this pedal have a very angry sound, i have made some other changes to this pedal to get some more gain out of it than the basic guvnor, i dont think its possible to get an more "angry" guvnor clone than this one..

What do u think about it ?

[Perkla]

This is what the circuit looks like now...

[charmonder]

Thanx

Well, the switch is basicly a clipping switch between asymetric and symetric sound pattern, and yes this pedal have a very angry sound, i have made some other changes to this pedal to get some more gain out of it than the basic guvnor, i dont think its possible to get an more "angry" guvnor clone than this one..

What do u think about it ?

Im very interested in this so I'm a huge fan of guv'nor, I actually have an original but it craps out on sometimes, I think the pots are suspect. Now that I see this thread I think I will replace the pots anyway so I can add a 500k pot for more gain!  

But the original guvnors don't have the extra diodes at all? Maybe I want to see if I want to add it to the circuit... though I hate to admit I have some nerd stigma about modifying vintage pedals.
EDIT: even despite the fact guvnors only vintage circa 1980something

[Perkla]

Thanx

Well, the switch is basicly a clipping switch between asymetric and symetric sound pattern, and yes this pedal have a very angry sound, i have made some other changes to this pedal to get some more gain out of it than the basic guvnor, i dont think its possible to get an more "angry" guvnor clone than this one..

What do u think about it ?

Im very interested in this so I'm a huge fan of guv'nor, I actually have an original but it craps out on sometimes, I think the pots are suspect. Now that I see this thread I think I will replace the pots anyway so I can add a 500k pot for more gain! 

But the original guvnors don't have the extra diodes at all? Maybe I want to see if I want to add it to the circuit... though I hate to admit I have some nerd stigma about modifying vintage pedals.
EDIT: even despite the fact guvnors only vintage circa 1980something

I dont think u should mod a Marshall Guvnor... build a clone and make some mods and try out what u like most, and yes a 500k pot on the gain will give u a little more gain, and 2 more diodes to, and of course the SPDT switch as well, so.. just build one, its fun and not very $$$$   

[Perkla]

I was thinking about trying 1N4001 for the clipping section.. now i use 1N914.. does anyone think it will be any different sound with the 1N4001 diodes ?

[Perkla]

So i just saw that the green clipping LED´s only are active in one mode on the clipping switch, so if i would not have a clipping switch i could choose what clipping section i would like to use, the diode section or the LED diode section... so is it possible to have both those sections active at the same time ? or is it only one at the time if the pedal are gona sound good ?

[Ice-9]

Hi perkla, nice video, huge amount of reverb though. Replacing the LED's with 1n4148 or similar will give a more distorted sound, harsher so to speak. LED's give a smooth crunch. I used to have one of the original Guv'nors when they first came out, great pedal.

[Perkla]

Been a long time since i posted anything here, for the past year i have been working on many different way to mod my version of Marshall Guvnor clone, its pretty much the same on the inside as my prototype.. but i made a great look out of the enclosure, and of course i made some changes on the clipping area as well..  this is what it looks like now, the finish product so to speak.