Hello and Noisy Cricket Question

Posted by ham_phist on Sep 16, 2015; 1:02am
URL: http://guitar-fx-layouts.238.s1.nabble.com/Hello-and-Noisy-Cricket-Question-tp24451.html

Hey all, this is my first post but I have been reading this site for a while and just built my first vero layout, a noisy cricket mark II. I am sure many have been here and I've seen people asking some of these questions, but I haven't seen the answer so I figured I'd say HI and ask!

1) the gain thing- this amp sounds really cool for something I slapped together for so little, but I find myself echoing the same question I've been seeing: It's a pretty clean, but there really isn't any grit, especially compared to the two vids listed on the build page. what's happening there, and what kinds of things can you do to make it more distorted? (that being said, it takes pedals pretty well.

2) the tone thing- as mentioned on the build page, the tone knob doesn't really do much. It's actually pretty trebly and I'm wondering if there's something I could do to mitigate that a bit... even wondering about putting a cap between one of the lugs on the pot and ground like you do on a strat (yeah I'm a n00b). anything I can do to give the tone knob some more teeth?

3) speakers: I'm playing it through my 1960 cab, and yes I am impressed with the volume like many! However, my cab is at 16 ohms and I have another cab at my practice space that I can wire for 8. Will there be more volume there?

Thanks all, and I hope someday I can contribute like some of you. Just trying to learn what does what like everyone else.

Phist