Small Clone Mix knob?

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Just picked up a small clone but I'd really like to be able to effect the mix. I don't need 100% to 100% wet control, but something along the lines of 30-70% wet would be nice. Any idea how to do that?

Also, if you do know how, could you also explain why it works? I have a limit understanding of electrical engineering and I love to learn more.

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Here is a schematic for the original small clone: http://www.tonepad.com/fpstuff/smallclone1024.gif

See the two resistors in the top right, 22k and 27k? These are the mixer resistors, giving a nearly equal blend of dry (through the 22k) and wet (through the 27k. If you replaced these two with a 50kB pot, with lug one taking the dry signal, lug three taking the wet, lug two would send a blend to the 10k resistor. If your small clone matches this version, the lack of true bypass might be a drawback, since the wet is simply cut off in bypass, and your blend pot might affect the bypass volume level. It wouldn't be hard to true bypass at the same time as adding a blend pot. You could just replace the 27k with a 15k + 25k pot for a little more or less wet in the mix, although this might affect the output level of the effect.
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Nocentelli wrote:Here is a schematic for the original small clone: http://www.tonepad.com/fpstuff/smallclone1024.gif

See the two resistors in the top right, 22k and 27k? These are the mixer resistors, giving a nearly equal blend of dry (through the 22k) and wet (through the 27k. If you replaced these two with a 50kB pot, with lug one taking the dry signal, lug three taking the wet, lug two would send a blend to the 10k resistor. If your small clone matches this version, the lack of true bypass might be a drawback, since the wet is simply cut off in bypass, and your blend pot might affect the bypass volume level. It wouldn't be hard to true bypass at the same time as adding a blend pot. You could just replace the 27k with a 15k + 25k pot for a little more or less wet in the mix, although this might affect the output level of the effect.
I believe I have the reissue with true bypass.

So I would pull the 22k and 27k resistors, wire leads from them to lugs 1 and 3, and then wire lug 2 to node with the 10k? Cool I can do that easy. Would it end up being able to do 100% wet/dry?

Any other mods that are cool with these pedals?

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ejendres wrote:So I would pull the 22k and 27k resistors, wire leads from them to lugs 1 and 3, and then wire lug 2 to node with the 10k? Cool I can do that easy. Would it end up being able to do 100% wet/dry?

Any other mods that are cool with these pedals?
yep, you remove the resistors, and connect from where they were previously connected to either side of the pot: the wiper replaces the common node with the 10k, and so the stock wet/dry mix will be just below 12 noon. At full clockwise/5 o'clock, the wet resistor is zero but the dry resistor is 50kB, so pretty much 100% wet, and at minimum the situation is reversed.
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