Members usa83strat Posted February 20, 2007 Members Share Posted February 20, 2007 Got one today for $15 since im selling all my dirt pedal and needed something to hold me over that could cover a lot of ground. stock it didnt. it went from distortion to way more distorted, the tone knob is un usable past 10:00 and not a lot of volume, i needed it to do some OD , and not the cranked marshall Od. I increased r13 in hopes that it would lower the gaina t the lowest setting but it only affected the max gain. so i just removed the Clipping diodes, and voila, it can do OD now and very dynamic too. now is open sounding and wiht the gain at the lowest setting is pretty much clean with moderate picking pick hard and it overdrives nicely. since i got the gain responce i needed , now i need some mods for the tone stack, mainly i want a bit more mids, and to make the tone knob usable past 10:00. can any one help me? thanx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members vigor&kandor Posted February 20, 2007 Members Share Posted February 20, 2007 http://acapella.harmony-central.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1514384 here is what i did and i love her very much. I usually now have my tone knob between 11-2. My ds-1 sounds fuller and crunchier. if you try these out let me know Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members usa83strat Posted February 20, 2007 Author Members Share Posted February 20, 2007 C-1: .1ufC-12: .1uf--> later changed to .047ufC-5: .1ufC-20: .047ufC-21: .047uf D-4: N4002-->later added a .003uf cap across diode.D-5: N4002D-8: 1n34A Ge diode what do these mods affect? is d-8 a clipping diode too? cuase i just removed d4- and d5 and i really like the gain responce so mainly i just need the tone knobs. i got a .1uf cap in my tool box, might need to try that in c12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members usa83strat Posted February 20, 2007 Author Members Share Posted February 20, 2007 also read that if you remove c12 at 0 ther is not alteration, does ti mena the tone stack get cut out? might need to try it for more veratility i could allways install a swtich for it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members IndyGuitarist Posted February 20, 2007 Members Share Posted February 20, 2007 C-1: .1uf C-12: .1uf--> later changed to .047uf C-5: .1uf C-20: .047uf C-21: .047uf D-4: N4002-->later added a .003uf cap across diode. D-5: N4002 D-8: 1n34A Ge diode what do these mods affect? is d-8 a clipping diode too? cuase i just removed d4- and d5 and i really like the gain responce so mainly i just need the tone knobs. i got a .1uf cap in my tool box, might need to try that in c12 Looking at the schem (http://www.indyguitarist.com/schematics/boss/DS1PG2.jpg) D8 is part of the switching circuit. In other words, no effect at all on sound. Removing c12 won't remove the tonestack, but it WILL make it not work very good. That is a big muff style tonestack. Changing C1 isn't going to do much for you, maybe a little better bypass tone. C5 is going to allow more signal into the opamp after the first transistor clipping stage. C20 and C21 is part of the switching circuit. No effect on sound. Hope that helps! bw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members vigor&kandor Posted February 20, 2007 Members Share Posted February 20, 2007 i would try removing c12 just to start out with and see if you like it. it is super easy to go back. like i said i replaced c12 with a .047uf instead of a .01uf because i though the .01uf was to fuzzy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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