140th Circuit Built

In the month since I've last updated everyone on my builds, I've built my 140th circuit build in total, which is nice. After the purple smoke I built a treble booster, that didn't turn out sounding too trebly, so at some point I'll need to go back over that one and adjust it. Then I built a Menatone Red Snapper, which is actually a really nice overdrive. Then I built a Caline White Heat clone, which is an op-amp based booster, which is also pretty nice. I socketed the op-amp and tested an NE5532, then an LF353, and finally one of the fake TL072 I have an abundance of, and I couldn't tell any difference. This excites me to no end, as I've been hunting high and low for a circuit that I can use these fake TL072s in without them sounding horrible. Now, not all of the fake TL072s sounded bad, but a majority of them do. I figure at some point I may test a few mods to this circuit and see if I can come up with something useful, that way the fake TL072s will finally have a purpose.

My 140th build is my latest project, which is another Lovepedal JTM Electra-based circuit. I'm playing around with it to see where I can take it. I've tested different clipping diodes to see what sounds best, and right now I'm liking 1N60P diodes. I added a volume control to the output, which isn't on the original. Using the 1N60P diodes quiets the circuit down quite a bit, so I'm not sure how useful the volume control is now, but it's a nice option to have. I might try some more clipping options, but that's for future testing. I knew this circuit was an experiment, so I mainly wanted it to be functional. There is still a lot I want to try with this one, and a lot I'll need to adjust. Regardless it is my 140th build.

I would like to say I'm going to stop building at 150 builds in total, but I'm sure I'll continue to build the occasional circuit beyond that. Currently I only have nine more kits ready to build, and I have two or three more that I want to put together, but I'll need to make another parts order. That might take a little while before I can make that happen, so I'm not sure when that will be. After the main 150 builds, my main focus will become to get the circuits that aren't currently working, or aren't working properly, finalized. Lately when a circuit doesn't work it's just been a silly mistake, so that's what I'm hoping for when it comes to everything that's been waiting years to be fixed. Although I may put together some more builds, I don't foresee myself building another fifty circuits to reach a total of 200. It's time I wrap this up and get my prototypes finished, housed, and fully ready to be used, as they were intended.