I just built mine over the weekend, and I want to start by saying "thanks" for adding a project to all the conversations and information on the forum. This is a good way to bring it all together and stimulate more discussion.
Next, stuff I like: Excellent board, quality components...real pro stuff and I appreciate that. The distortion sound is smoother than I expected, especially on the higher-gain end of the tone range. The tone control mellows out any fizziness which could be a problem depending on your guitar/headphones/speaker.
And, my criticisms: Too much distortion, and not enough volume with the gain turned down to the edge of breakup. I'll modify it to the clean buffer preamp option one of these days. No power switch, but I can understand the omission, since this is supposed to be highly customizable. I have to pop the battery connectors to power down, but my enclosure choice makes that easy enough. Finally, what can you say about the lack of volume from a LM386 that hasn't been said before? I'm running two 9v in series for +18-ish volts, and this is sufficient for headphones, but just. I haven't tried a speaker yet.
That's my experience, and I look forward to more SSGuitar projects and discussions!
Next, stuff I like: Excellent board, quality components...real pro stuff and I appreciate that. The distortion sound is smoother than I expected, especially on the higher-gain end of the tone range. The tone control mellows out any fizziness which could be a problem depending on your guitar/headphones/speaker.
And, my criticisms: Too much distortion, and not enough volume with the gain turned down to the edge of breakup. I'll modify it to the clean buffer preamp option one of these days. No power switch, but I can understand the omission, since this is supposed to be highly customizable. I have to pop the battery connectors to power down, but my enclosure choice makes that easy enough. Finally, what can you say about the lack of volume from a LM386 that hasn't been said before? I'm running two 9v in series for +18-ish volts, and this is sufficient for headphones, but just. I haven't tried a speaker yet.
That's my experience, and I look forward to more SSGuitar projects and discussions!