Re: Chaos distortion as a preamp with LM386 as power amp
Your diagram looks ok.
Questions:
1. Did you test each circuit separately before you combined them?
2. What is the Smokey output plugged into?
3. Can you post photos and voltages?
Re: Chaos distortion as a preamp with LM386 as power amp
That's correct (technically, the red lead is not necessarily negative or positive, so you could say black to ground and red to measurement point, but that's just terminology). When choosing a ground point for the black lead, go with the adapter or battery ground.