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BetterOffShred wrote:Go look at Steve's breadboard write ups on small bear. Buy a set of Ge trannies from him and do the deal.. you'll learn a ton about biasing and shit.
Dowi wrote:What I'm asking right now is if somebody has some useful links to understand how components behave in certain circuits and what is their function in that specific configuration.
I've found some interesting stuff on diystompboxes and Electrosmash, plus some articles here and there, but I'm hungry for more.
morange wrote:My two favorite circuit simulators:
https://www.falstad.com/circuit/
https://www.analog.com/en/design-center ... lator.html
eatyourguitar wrote:Dowi wrote:What I'm asking right now is if somebody has some useful links to understand how components behave in certain circuits and what is their function in that specific configuration.
I've found some interesting stuff on diystompboxes and Electrosmash, plus some articles here and there, but I'm hungry for more.
yes. start here
https://www.electronics-tutorials.ws/
read in this order
-resistors
-attenuators (optional)
-capacitors
-transistors
-amplifiers
-filters <--- first read page 2 https://www.electronics-tutorials.ws/filter/filter_2.html
page 2 of filters is all you really need for guitar pedals. you can stop there or you can go back and read everything in filters. RC low pass filter is used in a guitar pedal power supply and it is used again in the audio circuits.
more advanced learning
-operational amplifiers
-diodes
-filters
-dc circuits
-ac circuits
also read this http://www.muzique.com/lab/swtc.htm
this will show you how to wire a tone control and how to wire a volume control.
http://www.muzique.com/lab/tips.htm
"Prevent Dull Volume Controls" is a tutorial about something that has another name. I call it a "treble bleed cap". there are ways to calculate the value of the volume pot and the recommended value of the treble bleed cap but that will take some time to learn. if the volume pot is 500K, it is very likely that you will need to add a treble bleed cap or sometimes a treble bleed cap in series with a resistor. common values would be something like (470pF + 22K Ohms) in series bleeding in parallel to a 500K pot pin 3 pin 2.
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