MXR El Grande mod for less fuzz?

If the idea is to reduce the level of your signal on the way in to the circuit, then you could put a resistor in series between the bypass switch and the input stage of the effect. I'm not sure what value would work best for you, some experimentation may be necessary.

 

maybe look into a lower gain pedal, or wack a volume pedal infront of it

 

yeah man, I really wanted to like the El Grande but I found that it was just WAY too much with no middle ground....

 

I suspect you may need to change the clipping (and possibly the filtering that follows) to achieve a more moderate effect.

Nothing that cannot be done but it is not easy.

 

I am not sure I understand... Could you take a picture?

 

He's talking about traces on the circuitboard. The solution is to make your connections at the points where the previous and following components join the board. So instead of cutting the trace and trying to solder a wire to the ends of the trace, you'd just attach one leg of your resistor to the last leg of the previous component in line, and the second leg of your resistor to the first leg of the next component. And cut the trace between them, since current follows the path of least resistance.