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Wednesday, November 19, 2014

Fulltone Fat Boost v1

There was some controversy over this pedal from Fulltone as the circuit is practically identical to the Jack Orman Mini-Booster. Fulltone no longer makes this version of the Fat Boost and now makes a 4-control version with an extra FET stage and more EQ controls. Regardless, it's a great pedal for beefing up your tone. 



The perf and PCB layouts are slightly different. I was able to give the components more breathing room on the PCB that wouldn't be feasible on perf.

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  2. I think you should reverse the 3u3 cap.
    Q2 gate voltage is lower than the source.

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  3. I’ve been getting a popping noise. I am fairly new to this so is the 1M my pull down resistor?

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    1. You can try upping the 1M resistor coming off Pre-Gain 2 or add another pull down resistor to the output. Sometimes though it's just a poppy switch. YMMV

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    2. Thanks, man. I’ll try it today. Long time listener, first time caller. Lol thanks for doing all these. It’s been really fun to get into.

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