this is an experimental circuit i threw together today. i’ve been working on getting a VOX circuit to work with the Yaesu FT-60R (VX-3R, VX-5, etc.) and Soundmodem on the ol’ Gentoo box. it’s working well, but test packets have been a little iffy.
Tag: bs170
MOSFET overdrive…
a forced contract job for Ryan of Falcon Scott. he’s been having some issues finding an overdrive suitable to his hollow-body guitar. i just got a lot of BS170s and thought this might do the trick. the distortion is pretty squared off on the oscilloscope and crunchy. the left pot is post volume while the right biases the BS170. overall, it sounds pretty good and that’s saying a lot coming from someone who isn’t much into “distortion” (personal bias does make a difference. hah).
a big thanks to Jack Orman at Musique.com for laying out the basis. i modified his schematic a bit to get the “best” results for my ear, but i couldn’t have done it without his work.