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Re: Wanted LOVETONE schematics

8/11/2000 1:57 PM
consensus	Re: Wanted LOVETONE schematics The consensus votes yes. Seriously- I've seen people state that although they have traced some lovetones, they would not post them out of respect for the company. Ok- lovetone makes fantastic pedals. I have two. However- they are not reliable. They are ridiculously expensive. $400+ a pedal? Direct from the company?! C'mon! It better work, dammit! Given the relative complexity of their pedals, there aren't even that many people here that could make them. I just can't feel bad for them. Post them. please. Have you tried racing them before? The real genius of the pedal design is that you must remove everything to get to the pcb. I tried this on my Big Cheese. I had to remove all the jacks, pots, the stompswitch, and even the ac adapter just remove the pcb. Unbelievable. Even then, I was unable to trace the effect. The IC has a little red sticker over the name. I was too shy to remove it. I saw a few parts I had never seen before. They were shaped exactly like a resistor, yet were tan, and had a single black stripe. What the hell was that? There was one silicon and one germanium diode. All three of the transistors were silicon bc549c. The non-electrolytic caps were impossible to read in the lighting I had. There were about 4 electros, with values of 47uf or so. I gave up. I was just glad it worked when I put it back together. I can't imagine how difficult it would be dismantling the bigger pedals.

8/11/2000 1:57 PM

consensus

Re: Wanted LOVETONE schematics

The consensus votes yes.
Seriously- I've seen people state that although they have traced some lovetones, they would not post them out of respect for the company.
Ok- lovetone makes fantastic pedals. I have two.
However- they are not reliable. They are ridiculously expensive. $400+ a pedal? Direct from the company?! C'mon! It better work, dammit!
Given the relative complexity of their pedals, there aren't even that many people here that could make them.
I just can't feel bad for them.
Post them. please.

Have you tried racing them before? The real genius of the pedal design is that you must remove everything to get to the pcb. I tried this on my Big Cheese. I had to remove all the jacks, pots, the stompswitch, and even the ac adapter just remove the pcb. Unbelievable. Even then, I was unable to trace the effect. The IC has a little red sticker over the name. I was too shy to remove it. I saw a few parts I had never seen before. They were shaped exactly like a resistor, yet were tan, and had a single black stripe. What the hell was that?
There was one silicon and one germanium diode. All three of the transistors were silicon bc549c.
The non-electrolytic caps were impossible to read in the lighting I had. There were about 4 electros, with values of 47uf or so.
I gave up. I was just glad it worked when I put it back together.
I can't imagine how difficult it would be dismantling the bigger pedals.

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