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BluesBreaker effect

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10/25/2002 4:04 PM
Beppe	BluesBreaker effect Hi! I have built the BluesBreaker . The sound is good but I would like to know what component to modify and how to get a sound with great presence of low frequencies and middle, and in way that they make less ringing the sound produced by the 1 2 3 strings Thanks for help! Beppe tadorna@libero.it

10/26/2002 7:40 AM
Skreddy	My first suggestion is to use a bigger input capacitor. The original schematic calls for a .01uf input cap; increase that to .02uf, and you should get a fatter sound. For slightly more gain/distortion, reduce the 10k resistor between the two opamp stages to 5k. http://www.guitarkit.com/distortion/Bluesbreaker.html

10/30/2002 9:17 PM

Thanks for your suggestion with which I have resolved my problem.
I would have another question however.
When I position the effect in bypass (millenium 2) with the mass of the guitar-amplifier connected to the mass of the circuit BluesBreaker and to the negative pole of the battery I have a light but well perceptible suction of tone. (the sound becomes less corposos and ringing).
This doesn't happen if I disconnect the mass from the effect. What's happening? How can I obviate to this problem?
Between the guitar and the effect I have an input buffer realized according to the scheme in way to feed it with a only battery from 9V
With mine TS-9 self-mades I have the same problem of suction of tone to second that connects or not the TS-9 battery. All worsens if the effects I connect them in series.
Thanks for help.

10/30/2002 9:25 PM

Thanks for your suggestion with which I have resolved my problem.
I would have another question however.
When I position the effect in bypass (millenium 2) with the mass of the guitar-amplifier connected to the mass of the circuit BluesBreaker and to the negative pole of the battery I have a light but well perceptible suction of tone. (the sound becomes less corposos and ringing).
This doesn't happen if I disconnect the mass from the effect. What's happening? How can I obviate to this problem?
Between the guitar and the effect I have an input buffer realized according to the scheme www.threepoundsofbakon.com/guitarsfx/buffer.htm in way to feed it with a only battery from 9V
With mine TS-9 self-mades I have the same problem of suction of tone to second that connects or not the TS-9 battery. All worsens if the effects I connect them in series.
Thanks for help

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