ITT: Kelly Rants about Trimpots

[smallsnd/bigsnd]

Slap a little EHX sticker on it and Kelly won't mind either.

[Kellanium]

You can tweak my trimpots any day PP.

true... it's not fun making something that needs/uses trims. it wastes some time and a better design probably wouldn't use them...!
like tom said, there are some components or circuits that trims help to bias/stabilize/etc. for whatever reason or it may be to make a subtle change (maybe not enough to warrant the extra space/cost of a pot+knob+wire)... it just depends on the pedal. it's usually good to at least explain what they are doing in the circuit - that way if people feel the need to mess with them, they'll have an idea of what's happening. ...next pedal i make will NOT have any trims, fwiw.

Oh don't worry, you can keep using trimpots. I understand that it makes life a lot easier with biasing, etc. I just felt like hassling Tom, so if it keeps it fuzzy, use as many as you want. Slap a little EHX sticker on it and Kelly won't mind either.

I will fully confess to being guilty of loving EHX a little bit too much.

[bigchiefbc]

You can tweak my trimpots any day PP.

true... it's not fun making something that needs/uses trims. it wastes some time and a better design probably wouldn't use them...!
like tom said, there are some components or circuits that trims help to bias/stabilize/etc. for whatever reason or it may be to make a subtle change (maybe not enough to warrant the extra space/cost of a pot+knob+wire)... it just depends on the pedal. it's usually good to at least explain what they are doing in the circuit - that way if people feel the need to mess with them, they'll have an idea of what's happening. ...next pedal i make will NOT have any trims, fwiw.

Oh don't worry, you can keep using trimpots. I understand that it makes life a lot easier with biasing, etc. I just felt like hassling Tom, so if it keeps it fuzzy, use as many as you want. Slap a little EHX sticker on it and Kelly won't mind either.

I will fully confess to being guilty of loving EHX a little bit too much.

you and me both. I dread ever meeting Mike Matthews in person, because he could probably talk me into anything.

[Kellanium]

All MM would ever have to do for me is give me a Micro Synth and a HOG and I'd do whatever he wanted.

[futuresailors]

All MM would ever have to do for me is give me a Micro Synth and a HOG and I'd do whatever he wanted.