Schoon Toon clean blend problem

[pryde]

Hello people

I believe the Schoon Toon was jubal81's and I PMed him as well. But I thought I would post here as well in case anyone has had experience with this one. I am having a problem using it with a muff circuit.

There still is some fuzz/dirt in the circuit when blend is all the way to clean. Also the fuzz in general doesn't sound right (muffled, less gain) when used with the schoon toon.

Is this normal or did I jack something up? I verified all values and solder so I am certain I am good. Honestly I never have built anything with a clean blend so not sure what to expect?

Thanks for any advice!

[pryde]

Uh-oh

I think I have the pcb upside down. The components are supposed to be face down? If so I have them right side up (print side up). Should have dawned on me that the in/out pads were on the opposite sides 

[selfdestroyer]

Uh-oh

I think I have the pcb upside down. The components are supposed to be face down? If so I have them right side up (print side up). Should have dawned on me that the in/out pads were on the opposite sides 

I did that with my first one I built also. The switch goes on the part side..

Cody

[pryde]

Uh-oh

I think I have the pcb upside down. The components are supposed to be face down? If so I have them right side up (print side up). Should have dawned on me that the in/out pads were on the opposite sides 

I did that with my first one I built also. The switch goes on the part side..

Cody

Thanks. I got everything flipped around the correct way and it is better but still not 100% clean and the fuzz still doesn't sound right? I wonder if the buffer is messing with it. It is almost as if there is muffled clean tone mixed in with the fuzz when full-wet. Doesn't sound good. Hmmm.

[pryde]

Just an FYI on this one. The dry signal is never completely out of the wet signal and vice-versa. The best thing I found to do is put a switch to ground on lug 1 of the blend pot which will completely kill the dry signal and allow use of the full effect signal.

[jubal81]

You can try a higher value blend pot, too. Say, 100K.


The schooner is a simple 'clean blend' designed to be small and add an extra 'gear' to ODs and comps. For sophisticated panning, it takes a more sophisticated setup. JMK offers a PCB for something like that.

[pryde]

You can try a higher value blend pot, too. Say, 100K.


The schooner is a simple 'clean blend' designed to be small and add an extra 'gear' to ODs and comps. For sophisticated panning, it takes a more sophisticated setup. JMK offers a PCB for something like that.

Good to know thanks for the info. I am pretty happy with the dry kill switch so will leave alone for now but keep the different pot in mind for next time.