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Woodcutter distorting

Started by mattlee0037, December 09, 2016, 10:33:22 PM

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mattlee0037

So I just build up the woodcutter and I'm going with a tele into a blackface style amp and with the compression over about 25% it turns into an overdrive pedal. Not too familiar with the circuit, but I took some voltage readings

J201 (in place of 2sk170 in buffer portion)
S 3.82
G 4.81
D 8.85


Q2 BC560C
C 8.25
B 8.25
E 8.85

Q3 BC550C
C 3.98
B 1.60
E 1.03

Q4 BC550C
C 3.22
B 0
E 0

Q5 BC550C
C 3.22
B 0
E 0

Regulator LM78L05
I 9.15
G 0
O 5.02

AD797
1 7.08
2 4.27
3 3.88
4 0
5 3.62
6 4.27
7 9.15
8 7.11

As far as the opto was concerned I wrapped my LDR and diffuse green LED in electrical tape. Build doc doesn't say whether to wrap or not...

Q2 seems a tad suspect but I'm not quite sure where to begin. Any help is much appreciated

mattlee0037

Any thoughts? Going to try to take another stab at this tomorrow....