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Post by mr_sooty on Nov 9, 2007 15:47:42 GMT -5
Has anyone hear heard about this? Apparently you can clip off the c4 capasitor off the TR-2 circuit board to fix the volmue drop and give the pedal more life. I've also heard it doesn't work as well with newer pedals. I have just bought a TR-2, and I don't notice any volume drop. Is it fair to assume I have the newer version? Sure, I just bought it, but I have no idea how long it's been on the shelf. I looked, and there's a c4 capasitor in there. To chop or not to chop?
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Post by sumgai on Nov 10, 2007 2:10:13 GMT -5
sooty,
Done correctly, any "chop job" should be reversible - you no like, you no keep. ;D
Don't hack it all the way out, just snip one lead, making sure that there's enough left to solder on a short jumper wire that will make good contact on both sides of the break. Or you could just de-solder the capacitor from the board, leaving the unit intact, and ready for re-insertion, should you feel the need.
HTH
sumgai
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Post by mr_sooty on Nov 10, 2007 14:32:20 GMT -5
sooty, Done correctly, any "chop job" should be reversible - you no like, you no keep. ;D True. I'm pretty happy with the way the pedal sounds, so I may not bother, but then again I may give it a go at some stage and see if it makes any difference. |
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Post by mr_sooty on Nov 24, 2007 14:28:15 GMT -5
I just did this mod, actually completely desoldered the C4 so I could put it back in if I needed to. Like I said, I wasn't getting any volume drop before, so I really did this out of curiosity. I haven't noticed any difference at all. So they must've changed something in the newer versions, but it's not the C4 that they've changed!
Really makes me wonder what the heck that capasitor is there for in the first place, as it seems to have a negative effect in older versions of the pedal, and no effect at all in newer ones. They could save themselves a few cents a pedal by just leaving it out!
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Post by sumgai on Nov 24, 2007 21:30:20 GMT -5
sooty, Without seeing a schematic of the thing, I'm speaking out of turn, but......... The cap doesn't necessarily have to be there to some some affect on the sound/tone, it can as easily be 'necessary' for some power conditioning, such as when the switch is stomped - there might be a small spike on the power line. You might not hear it, but the circuit's life may be considerably shortened, were that cap not present. Things like that, ya know what I'm sayin' here?  sumgai |
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Post by mr_sooty on Nov 24, 2007 23:56:05 GMT -5
Hmmm, in that case, maybe I should put it back, seeing as how it doesn't seem to have changed anything anyway.
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