Cosmo board: Screwdriver or Lunar Module?

[wolfingsworth]

I etched up a board last night and am looking for some tips from somebody who has used both variations of the circuit. I heard there is info on the forum to change the cosmo into a Lunar module, can someone point me in the right direction?

[juansolo]

Didn't realise you could do that. Though IMO, the Screwdriver is the daddy of the two effects if you're choosing one or the other.

[wolfingsworth]

I did some digging and found it: http://www.madbeanpedals.com/forum/index.php?topic=2219.0

Didn't realise you could do that. Though IMO, the Screwdriver is the daddy of the two effects if you're choosing one or the other.

thanks for the feedback JS! I was kinda leaning that way.

Anyone else have an opinion? It seems like the biggest difference is the germanium and a variation on most of the cap values.

[wolfingsworth]

Dammit! This is starting to be a one sided converation... I found a thread from a couple years ago with this same question. http://www.madbeanpedals.com/forum/index.php?topic=1884.0

Hopefully this helps anyone else who was wondering.

[JakeFuzz]

I think it will depend on what you are looking for. The LM is very high gain and more aggressive sounding (but not much) than the SD. Personally I use my SD a lot more but I don't consider myself a high gain player. I find the LM gets a little dull when the gain is turned down so I like to crank the brightness knob or whatever it is called when I am using it as an overdrive. I would say if you are going for an all out, high gain, boosted fuzz face sound go for the LM. If a warmer "I wish my fuzz face face would do overdrive" sort of sound is what you want, I would go with the SD. Also note that the SD will change depending on the Ge you use. I like dark sounding NPNs with gains from 60-100 for that position but lower will work as well.

[juansolo]

The simple answer is to etch two boards and build both

[wolfingsworth]

The simple answer is to etch two boards and build both

this logic is sound.