La Vache: Not that loud, hard to clip

[Tdub]

Hi Folks,

Just finished a La Vache build and I've found that it's not as loud as I expected and doesn't seem to clip at all, until you REALLY smash the input and then it has a horrible torn/gated fuzz sound that dies pretty quickly.

From memory (not at home currently) the transistor is getting Q1 3.11v Q2 .63v Q3 .53v. I've seen other voltage readings and Q1 seems like it should be around 7v (I may have my Q1 and Q3 mixed up; which ever one is meant to get the most voltage is getting half of what it should I think. I've checked all resistor values and they match up. The c4 cap is getting 9v too.

Any thoughts or help would be appreciated!

[midwayfair]

Flip the transistor. And/or triple check R4.

[Tdub]

I didn't have a 330R so I subbed in 2x 680R in parallel to get it to 340R.
Should I try to get another 10R in parallel?

[midwayfair]

I didn't have a 330R so I subbed in 2x 680R in parallel to get it to 340R.
Should I try to get another 10R in parallel?

No, it should be fine. There must be something else wrong. Try some other transistors, reflow solder joints, that sort of thing.