Glitterrattii Volume - so loud...

[kacperpawluk]

Hi everyone! I just made BB Preamp from Glitterrattii project. It's working but I have some problems with volume. Effect is so loud even when I set volume pot at 1. I just can't set the same overdrive volume as bypass volume. Anyone had this problem? I checked everything and don't have idea what can be wrong. IC1 is JRC4558, IC2 is TL072, and op amps are 2N5088.

[gtr2]

Double check your resistor values.  You may have mixed one up that would increase the gain on one of the IC's

[kacperpawluk]

I just did that. R16 was 470k not 47k. I changed it but it is still loud. Not so much as it was before and now i can set at 2 or 3 similar volume to bypass volume. Maybe it have to be like that?

[gtr2]

Yeah, that would do it...

That circuit is how you describe it now.

You could lower R16 more to something like 22k that would be around a gain of 2x instead of 4x.

[kacperpawluk]

Thank's a lot for help! I will try it tomorrow with my Marshall Superlead

[rullywowr]

It's a great circuit, love the sound.

[kacperpawluk]

I have one more question. What kind of resistors and capacitors are you using to get that thick tone as original one bb have?
I made whiteface rat clone and tried to use the same capacitors and resistors like in original one but at all original still have more bigger tone than clone.