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Projects => Tech Help - Projects Page => Topic started by: Bucksears on October 25, 2016, 02:29:51 AM

Title: Boneyard/Plexitone Tone Control
Post by: Bucksears on October 25, 2016, 02:29:51 AM
Looking at the Boneyard schem:

(http://www.madbeanpedals.com/EP/schematics/Boneyard.gif)

In the tone section, is the 22K (R10) resistor part of the tone control, or is that something else?
I'm looking at replacing the tone control with the AMZ Presence control (for Big Muffs). Just curious what parts/sections I'll need to replace in the stock Boneyard circuit.

Thx
- Buck

Title: Re: Boneyard/Plexitone Tone Control
Post by: stringsthings on October 25, 2016, 12:41:52 PM
Someone correct me if needed:

the tone section is made up of op amp IC2A, R10, C9 and the Tone pot (5kB)
Title: Re: Boneyard/Plexitone Tone Control
Post by: Bucksears on October 25, 2016, 01:43:39 PM
That's what I'm guessing - taking out R10/C9/tone pot, and (in the example shown) going out of pin 2, into the AMZ/BMP tonestack, then connect the end of the tonestack at pin 1.
Title: Re: Boneyard/Plexitone Tone Control
Post by: drolo on October 27, 2016, 03:50:51 PM
If you remove R10 you remove the feedback resistor that sets the gain of the op amp (sets gain to maximum)
I am not certain how you were going to strap the tone control to the op amp but I don't think it would work the way you expect it.


What you could do is leave R10 in, just remove the tone pot and c9. Then you need to insert the tone control somewhere. The best place in my opinion would be to cut the trace between IC2B and R9 and insert the tone control there. That way you have the benefit of isolating the tone control from the volume pot.
Title: Re: Boneyard/Plexitone Tone Control
Post by: Willybomb on October 27, 2016, 09:34:13 PM
Someone here has done a boneyard with TMB tone controls and a few other mods.... it's in the build reports somewhere.
Title: Re: Boneyard/Plexitone Tone Control
Post by: selfdestroyer on October 27, 2016, 10:37:19 PM
Quote from: Willybomb on October 27, 2016, 09:34:13 PM
Someone here has done a boneyard with TMB tone controls and a few other mods.... it's in the build reports somewhere.

Was it this one?
http://www.madbeanpedals.com/forum/index.php?topic=3139.0 (http://www.madbeanpedals.com/forum/index.php?topic=3139.0)
Title: Re: Boneyard/Plexitone Tone Control
Post by: Willybomb on October 28, 2016, 09:10:56 AM
That's the one!