Potentiometers

[mireland]

Hello,
Just started building. Great fun. Love the site. One question. I built an easy one to start. Fulltone Fat Boost V1 Rev2. How can I stop the Gain pot from cutting off the signal when it is turned fully counter clockwise?
Mike

[Neil mcNasty]

Welcome and get ready for the most addictive hobby you can find!

The simplest answer to your question would be: add a small resistor (try a 10K) between the Gain pots lug 1 of the gain pot and the board.
If it is too quiet, raise the value until you like the result.
Since lug 1 connects to ground, it will go quiet at the lowest setting (CCW), and by adding a small resistor there, you prevent it from connecting directly to ground and also prevent it from going totally silent.

Actually I never understood why they always do this... Why a gain setting where it goes dead quiet?
It does not make sense in my mind, so I always mod my builds to avoid that.

Cheers!

[mireland]

Neil,

Awesome thanks. 10k works great. You’re right…crazy addictive!

Cheers,

Mike

 

From: Neil mcNasty [via Guitar FX Layouts] [mailto:[hidden email]]
Sent: Friday, March 17, 2017 3:29 PM
To: mireland
Subject: Re: Potentiometers

 

Welcome and get ready for the most addictive hobby you can find!

The simplest answer to your question would be: add a small resistor (try a 10K) between the Gain pots lug 1 of the gain pot and the board.
If it is too quiet, raise the value until you like the result.
Since lug 1 connects to ground, it will go quiet at the lowest setting (CCW), and by adding a small resistor there, you prevent it from connecting directly to ground and also prevent it from going totally silent.

Actually I never understood why they always do this... Why a gain setting where it goes dead quiet?
It does not make sense in my mind, so I always mod my builds to avoid that.

Cheers!

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