Comments on: Forty-Niner http://gaussmarkov.net/wordpress/circuits/forty-niner/ guitar stompboxes and electronics Fri, 03 Feb 2012 03:55:27 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: BlackAdder http://gaussmarkov.net/wordpress/circuits/forty-niner/comment-page-1/#comment-1457 BlackAdder Fri, 17 Dec 2010 00:56:24 +0000 http://gaussmarkov.net/wordpress/circuits/forty-niner/#comment-1457 Hey Matt, As far as that cap is concerned, I used a metal film and it sounds real nice. Your post is a few months old so I'm sure you figured it out. This is a nice build. Thanks gaussmarkov for this very entertaining web site! -Black Hey Matt,

As far as that cap is concerned, I used a metal film and it sounds real nice.
Your post is a few months old so I’m sure you figured it out.

This is a nice build. Thanks gaussmarkov for this very entertaining web site!

-Black

]]> By: Matt http://gaussmarkov.net/wordpress/circuits/forty-niner/comment-page-1/#comment-1418 Matt Mon, 30 Aug 2010 15:46:19 +0000 http://gaussmarkov.net/wordpress/circuits/forty-niner/#comment-1418 Hi! I was wondering about the 560pf "chicklet" style cap; I assume these are the green ones that look like...well, a chicklet? Going to Pedal Parts Plus as well as Small Bear yielded not much since Small Bear doesn't provide many pictures, and certainly doesn't use the "chicklet" description, and PPP doesn't have these in the pf range. I have a ceramic version. I know caps are to a large extent interchangeable, but would I suffer any ill results using the ceramic? I've heard people say the ceramics are harsh. Thanks, Matt Hi! I was wondering about the 560pf “chicklet” style cap; I assume these are the green ones that look like…well, a chicklet? Going to Pedal Parts Plus as well as Small Bear yielded not much since Small Bear doesn’t provide many pictures, and certainly doesn’t use the “chicklet” description, and PPP doesn’t have these in the pf range. I have a ceramic version. I know caps are to a large extent interchangeable, but would I suffer any ill results using the ceramic? I’ve heard people say the ceramics are harsh. Thanks, Matt

]]> By: metalero http://gaussmarkov.net/wordpress/circuits/forty-niner/comment-page-1/#comment-1277 metalero Fri, 15 Jan 2010 14:47:47 +0000 http://gaussmarkov.net/wordpress/circuits/forty-niner/#comment-1277 thanks Mark thanks Mark

]]> By: Mark Hammer http://gaussmarkov.net/wordpress/circuits/forty-niner/comment-page-1/#comment-1257 Mark Hammer Mon, 14 Dec 2009 19:11:58 +0000 http://gaussmarkov.net/wordpress/circuits/forty-niner/#comment-1257 In response to metalero... This is an overdrive pedal, but the gain in the 4049 has been tamed down quite a bit, compared to the Anderton TSF. Having built a bunch of 4049-based pedals, I have to say that I prefer the sound of a 4049 that is being hit with a hot signal, but uses low-ish gain itself, rather than producing the gain in the 4049. The little op-amp section with the 3-position toggle is simply the Anderton Frequency Booster circuit that allows you to insert some pre-emphasis before the clipping to achieve different kinds of resonances. It is not critical to include. I can't begin to count the number of overdrive pedals I've made and customized, and I often come back to this little design, simply because it sounds great with my rig and playng style. If you like the tone of players like Mike Campbell (Tom Petty), this is capable of achieving it. In response to metalero…

This is an overdrive pedal, but the gain in the 4049 has been tamed down quite a bit, compared to the Anderton TSF. Having built a bunch of 4049-based pedals, I have to say that I prefer the sound of a 4049 that is being hit with a hot signal, but uses low-ish gain itself, rather than producing the gain in the 4049.

The little op-amp section with the 3-position toggle is simply the Anderton Frequency Booster circuit that allows you to insert some pre-emphasis before the clipping to achieve different kinds of resonances. It is not critical to include.

I can’t begin to count the number of overdrive pedals I’ve made and customized, and I often come back to this little design, simply because it sounds great with my rig and playng style. If you like the tone of players like Mike Campbell (Tom Petty), this is capable of achieving it.

]]> By: metalero http://gaussmarkov.net/wordpress/circuits/forty-niner/comment-page-1/#comment-1180 metalero Tue, 25 Aug 2009 17:14:12 +0000 http://gaussmarkov.net/wordpress/circuits/forty-niner/#comment-1180 Hi gaussmarkov could you put a little description of each proyect??? coz i dont know what is a 49er. its a delay, a fuzz, a chorus??? what is a Gristleizer? maybe talk about the aplications. if the pedal is great to play metal, rock or blues. coz a tubescreamer is great for blues, but combined with the distorted channel of an amp, could help to compress a little bit and control the tone and result a better distortion. thanks Hi gaussmarkov
could you put a little description of each proyect???

coz i dont know what is a 49er. its a delay, a fuzz, a chorus???

what is a Gristleizer?

maybe talk about the aplications. if the pedal is great to play metal, rock or blues.

coz a tubescreamer is great for blues, but combined with the distorted channel of an amp, could help to compress a little bit and control the tone and result a better distortion.

thanks

]]> By: Thaxt http://gaussmarkov.net/wordpress/circuits/forty-niner/comment-page-1/#comment-932 Thaxt Sun, 21 Sep 2008 13:05:40 +0000 http://gaussmarkov.net/wordpress/circuits/forty-niner/#comment-932 It looks like the 4049 IC has gained new life beyond Craig Anderton's original Tube Sounding Fuzz. The Boscorelli Stompbox Cookbook uses one in his Distort-O-Matic I. It looks like the 4049 IC has gained new life beyond Craig Anderton’s original Tube Sounding Fuzz.

The Boscorelli Stompbox Cookbook uses one in his Distort-O-Matic I.

]]> By: javier http://gaussmarkov.net/wordpress/circuits/forty-niner/comment-page-1/#comment-357 javier Mon, 31 Dec 2007 09:03:22 +0000 http://gaussmarkov.net/wordpress/circuits/forty-niner/#comment-357 ok thanks i found it and read it those 4049 projects are really interesting you can play around with a lot of settings thanks again javi ok thanks
i found it and read it
those 4049 projects are really interesting
you can play around with a lot of settings
thanks again
javi

]]> By: gaussmarkov http://gaussmarkov.net/wordpress/circuits/forty-niner/comment-page-1/#comment-348 gaussmarkov Sun, 30 Dec 2007 15:18:17 +0000 http://gaussmarkov.net/wordpress/circuits/forty-niner/#comment-348 as i recall, mark and brett actually discussed this in a thread on diystompboxes.com. it's been a while since i read it, but i think mark hammer used the name first and brett was going to change the name of his circuit. probably, the smooth-o-matic is the new name that brett chose. as i recall, mark and brett actually discussed this in a thread on diystompboxes.com. it’s been a while since i read it, but i think mark hammer used the name first and brett was going to change the name of his circuit. probably, the smooth-o-matic is the new name that brett chose.

]]> By: javier http://gaussmarkov.net/wordpress/circuits/forty-niner/comment-page-1/#comment-346 javier Sun, 30 Dec 2007 09:10:55 +0000 http://gaussmarkov.net/wordpress/circuits/forty-niner/#comment-346 hi first of all great page!!!! i´ve found another forty niner on the web by Brett Robinson, almost equal to his Smooth-o-matic ( the only difference being a capacitor the first at input) i wonder wich one is the good one, i mean the original!!! thanks a lot javi hi
first of all great page!!!!
i´ve found another forty niner on the web by Brett Robinson, almost equal to his Smooth-o-matic ( the only difference being a capacitor the first at input)
i wonder wich one is the good one, i mean the original!!!
thanks a lot
javi

]]> By: gaussmarkov http://gaussmarkov.net/wordpress/circuits/forty-niner/comment-page-1/#comment-38 gaussmarkov Sun, 09 Sep 2007 05:44:38 +0000 http://gaussmarkov.net/wordpress/circuits/forty-niner/#comment-38 Hi! ;-) Hi! ;-)

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