Testbed
OK, the first logical step to making sure I'm doing what I want to be doing is to strip things back to their essentials and make sure the fundamentals (no pun intended) are where they should be.
For me that means voicing. Now, I know I'm going to rely on the, "Hendrix" mods for gain, so that's retained in this build. I replaced the tiny Output Cap I had in place with a more substantial Philips, "Chicklet" cap. Same value, just a high-quality cap. Just to make sure that component quality isn't a factor.
The Bypass Cap continues to be a Roederstein, "Golden Bullet."
I plan to start by messing with the Input Cap values to see how that influences the overall voicing of the circuit.
You may have noticed that the Treble Bleed cap is missing from Q2 now. That will be another series of tests to determine which value works best once the Si transistor is in place there. I was using a 500 pF, but I have a 330 pF and a 100 pF that I'd like to try out, as well.
I know this is probably overkill, but I don't want to finalize this project until I'm sure I've poked around all its dark corners thoroughly. I'd like to know exactly what I'm building and feel secure that I can keep banging it out exactly the same way for the foreseeable future without wondering if I should have tried out a different this or that.
Testbed
OK, the first logical step to making sure I'm doing what I want to be doing is to strip things back to their essentials and make sure the fundamentals (no pun intended) are where they should be.
For me that means voicing. Now, I know I'm going to rely on the, "Hendrix" mods for gain, so that's retained in this build. I replaced the tiny Output Cap I had in place with a more substantial Philips, "Chicklet" cap. Same value, just a high-quality cap. Just to make sure that component quality isn't a factor.
The Bypass Cap continues to be a Roederstein, "Golden Bullet."
I plan to start by messing with the Input Cap values to see how that influences the overall voicing of the circuit.
You may have noticed that the Treble Bleed cap is missing from Q2 now. That will be another series of tests to determine which value works best once the Si transistor is in place there. I was using a 500 pF, but I have a 330 pF and a 100 pF that I'd like to try out, as well.
I know this is probably overkill, but I don't want to finalize this project until I'm sure I've poked around all its dark corners thoroughly. I'd like to know exactly what I'm building and feel secure that I can keep banging it out exactly the same way for the foreseeable future without wondering if I should have tried out a different this or that.