pot sub question....

[danwelsh]

Can I use a 25kb pot in place of a trimpot? I'm building the hipster and don't have a trimpot.

[croquet hoop]

A trimpot is nothing more than a smaller, pcb-mounted pot. So yes, you can use a regular pot (linear).

[danwelsh]

A trimpot is nothing more than a smaller, pcb-mounted pot. So yes, you can use a regular pot (linear).

Thanks a million for the fast answer

[midwayfair]

You'd get better results in this case by measuring the "good" range of the bias pot and then altering R5 to get you close to the lower end, then using a smaller value pot (say, 10K) for the bias. This will give you some interesting sounds but no dead spots. Bumping a bias knob without noticing and wondering why your signal is dead isn't fun.