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Title: Pharoah
Post by: Jmilla on September 27, 2017, 07:33:27 PM
Got the board populated by Droogie, changed out a few components to fit better with my guitar and amp. First completed project in over a year.(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170927/29b52851b4321eac0ff13303c5bbf410.jpg)(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170927/d5f36da5310d46c7ab093de905b246a2.jpg)


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Title: Re: Pharoah
Post by: NFX on September 27, 2017, 08:24:04 PM
cool build, what sort of fuzz sounds can you get out of this circuit?
Title: Re: Pharoah
Post by: Jmilla on September 28, 2017, 01:46:48 AM
It's a rullywow king tut. I really like big fluff variants and this one is awesome to my ears. Clipping diode choice gives nice variation. Only thing I forgot about this circuit when playing is that I went to the no diode position without adjusting volume and scared my dog Reggie half to death lol.
Title: Re: Pharoah
Post by: diablochris6 on September 28, 2017, 01:58:09 AM
NIce and roomy. I dig the color. Are the gears a decal or stamp?
Title: Re: Pharoah
Post by: Jmilla on September 28, 2017, 03:47:06 AM
Stamp with stazon ink. Testors green with polyacrylic over the top.
Title: Re: Pharoah
Post by: mrclean77 on September 28, 2017, 12:19:14 PM
Cool build and I like the gears down the middle. Just curious/nosy, what all did you change to suit your preferences (what were you going for)?


I am not a fan of the ole diode lift option in ANY circuit 99% b/c I "Reggie" myself every time.

Every. Time.
Title: Re: Pharoah
Post by: Jmilla on September 28, 2017, 05:28:57 PM
Don't know how much of a difference it made but to my ears not using the tantalum caps reduced a little bass and swapped out the diodes in the germanium spot. May go back to 1n34a though as I got a bunch of them from a friend.
Title: Re: Pharoah
Post by: orbitbot on September 28, 2017, 05:33:49 PM
I have this PCB, but haven't started the build yet. There's a mod out there somewhere that adds a resistor to even out the volume difference in the no diode mode that you might be interested in.
Title: Re: Pharoah
Post by: Rockhorst on September 28, 2017, 08:49:49 PM
This is one of the best muffs I've tried. Love my build! It works very nicely on both strats and humbuckers and, to my ears, isn't a more well rounded distortion than the standard muff. Much more usable.
Title: Re: Pharoah
Post by: selfdestroyer on September 29, 2017, 03:28:52 PM
Nice stamp work and great color choice. The Pharaoh is in my top 5 for BMP variants. Great sounding circuit for sure.

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