Spaceman Effects Titan II

[HamishR]

Well I finally built one - thought I'd better because I specially ordered some ferrite beads for it.  I like it - like Mulekicker I'm getting some oscillation with gain over half-way but who needs that much gain anyway??  It's very good with a Strat and does remind me a bit of the Lunar Module too.  It has a nice vocal element to it.  

Overall though i prefer my mutant muff based on a Pig Mine.  It's fantastic with a Strat - not as crisp as this but thick and extremely vocal.

[Bonehead1972]

Sounds beautiful..do you use these ferrite beads .thanks!

[Bonehead1972]

I just built the Titam as well.  GREAT dynamics.. sounds like ihe titan has a bit bigger bandwidth than LM.. more bottom and sizzle(in a good way)...they both sound great

[Bonehead1972]

By the way...
I got same oscillation at the highest fuzz knob settings as well.. I think it is due to the lay out.
I doubt  owners  of the original titan get same problem:)

[Mulekicker]

I never got rid of the oscillation in mine either.

[PMowdes]

Must be an issue with the Vero, we have PCBs available over at Deadendfx and they work fine.

[Bonehead1972]

I rebuilt it with very same parts but different  layout.
No oscillation  

[aelling]

Could it be the missing 100nF Capacitor parallel to the 100µF (from power to ground) that is on the schematic but not the layout?

[Bonehead1972]

I don't know... I just pulled out all the parts from this vero and rearranged  the layout on an old blank pcb. Got a messy look..kind of point to point thing but It worked somehow with no oscillation. I can not explain why

[Bonehead1972]

hi again,
 i just checked my new layout for a 0.1uf cap present in parallel with the 100uf one. there was none
it was  100uf alone. i maxed all the pots and  increased amp volume until it got really noisy with still no oscillation.
then i made an experiment - i made 2 extra holes putting the missing 0.1uf cap in parallel- on and off few times and i couldnt hear any difference in sound/noise.
still havent tried this at extreme volume club levels though, so i will store the 100nf cap just in case :) hoever... i hope this helps