Hi Folks!
I'm a electrical engineer (more on the building/power side than audio/micro/signals though) and I got an electric guitar a couple years ago. I thought that building my own amp would be a great project, so I decided to start small, with an LM386-based amp. I followed the basic schematics used by the following links: http://www.electrosmash.com/noisy-cricket-analysis
http://diystrat.blogspot.com/2014/03/building-noisy-cricket-mk-ii-and-mini.html
I ordered parts, dug out my old breadboard from college, threw it together, and promptly ran into a wall.
When I plug in my guitar and hook it up to a bookshelf speaker (or headphones), it occassionally makes some buzzing sounds, but that's about it. I'm afraid that the LM386 chip I bought (off ebay) might be a counterfeit. Or my 9V battery might not be up to snuff. If anybody has any general tips, I'd appreciate it, because otherwise I'm stumped for while. Thanks!
I'm a electrical engineer (more on the building/power side than audio/micro/signals though) and I got an electric guitar a couple years ago. I thought that building my own amp would be a great project, so I decided to start small, with an LM386-based amp. I followed the basic schematics used by the following links: http://www.electrosmash.com/noisy-cricket-analysis
http://diystrat.blogspot.com/2014/03/building-noisy-cricket-mk-ii-and-mini.html
I ordered parts, dug out my old breadboard from college, threw it together, and promptly ran into a wall.
When I plug in my guitar and hook it up to a bookshelf speaker (or headphones), it occassionally makes some buzzing sounds, but that's about it. I'm afraid that the LM386 chip I bought (off ebay) might be a counterfeit. Or my 9V battery might not be up to snuff. If anybody has any general tips, I'd appreciate it, because otherwise I'm stumped for while. Thanks!