Guitar Fetish's Onboard Preamps

[eclipse666]

Has anyone installed any of GFS's onboard pre amps into their guitars and how do they sound?

[Sambo]

Tried the one with 4 sounds on. cant remember its name. and they're alright. Eat batteries alive though. Battery ran out and i havent replaced it.

they're actually really simple circuits Make one

[eclipse666]

they're actually really simple circuits Make one

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How would one go about making one....?

[Sambo]

Well to be honest, it depends what you want on it. If you're just after a booster then go to www.generalguitargadgets.com or www.tonepad.com and have a look. They're pretty self explanatory. If you're after something more than that it might take a bit of research. I would rip the one out of my strat and make a schematic, but its at home (i'm at uni at the mo!).

Let me know if you want some more info.

[eclipse666]

thanks thats all I really wanted anyways...

[Sambo]

Well theres loads of circuits there that will work. Could even put a tube screamer in yer guitar . But theres things like MXR microamps that have small circuit boards. Could replace a tone pot with the gain control and add a switch to turn it on/off

They're about $10 from tonepad so have a look

[ansil]

lpb1 ultra small boards. low parts counts. mine are a little over .5*.5" the newer ones are smaller than that but all the parts stand on end. and i have some ultra tiny .1uf caps. and parts are soldered on both sides of the boards but what do you expect for something nearly the size of .33*.29" pretty darn small

ok LK feel free why i need to hurt my eyes. i have an answer. lol

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