Re: Pharaoh owners

Posted by rocket88 on Oct 24, 2016; 9:46pm
URL: http://guitar-fx-layouts.238.s1.nabble.com/Pharaoh-owners-tp33717p33748.html

it's not a problem man. just saying, you know i'm always fast with helping and investigating, just now i'm slow, which kills me. i've even got a few orders coming and i told them that right now my build time is about 4-6 weeks, when i used to be able to finish an order in about 1-2.

i don't think mine has that low of an output, but it's significantly lower in the Ge setting. with that being said, i don't think it's a build error. it's got to be that the forward voltage of the Ge diodes you're using is lower then the diodes in the stock pharaoh. also, don't forget that what diode you use will change the character of the distortion. the D9E to me is fairly polite and distort later compared to what i typically like, also not as much lows. i think they also have a higher forward voltage then a lot of other Ge diodes, if i remember correctly. but, in any event, i'll check mine when i get home friday and let you know.

the only way you can do that sphere is if you use a rotary switch. otherwise when you select between Ge and Si you're going to be running with the LEDs as well. it may be cool, idk since i've never tried that.

the idea of 4 Ge diodes wont do it, you'd need 6, cause you're going to want to double each diode keep it the same, so you'll have 4 diodes in one direction, and 2 in the other. this will accomplish getting more output and keeping a similar sound.