Note to Self #1
wonder if I’ll be able to maintain numbering these correctly :P
I’m thinking of making another Tube Screamer merged build (Ibanez TS808 and TS9) [credit to “IvIark“ on Tagboard, pretty sure I’ve done a bunch of their builds]
I’ve heard the main difference between the two TS’s are two resistors [essentially], Electrosmash had a good analysis on it, I think the TS9 was the one with higher resistance towards the output (10k > 100k; 100R > 470R).
I was trying to draft out a way to wire a single two-way switch to swap the two resistors in separate areas at the same time using possibly a 2PDT On-On Toggle, but I’ve only really used that to alternate the path for one component (diode selection for clipping). Debating on just wiring two switches that need to be flipped to the same orientation (like Up/Up to be the TS808 and Down/Down to be the TS9). The main issue with that is that I’d have a total of 3 switches mounted on the pedal if I do the diode clipping toggle switch. Also.... that’d clutter up the simple 3-knob layout for a Tube Screamer.
I’m using stripboard, not a PCB, so I think this is more of an “offboard” or layout editing issue.
I might make the main board, omit the two resistors and socket them, then breadboard some options or something.
Regardless, I have other builds I was going to do, so this is a back-burner idea.
Edit: When I made this post I realized that “IvIark” ‘s name is a stylized form of “Mark”.... maybe this occurred to be before, but I saw it even more when I typed it out.