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Pork Loin mod
- Thread starter johnk_10
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- Feb 16, 2008
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- John K Custom Basses
on the Pork Loin's pcb it's labeled C6. (the schematic's cap numbering system is incorrect).
i replaced it with a 35V 100uf one that's the same size as the original:
i replaced it with a 35V 100uf one that's the same size as the original:
Good stuff. I needed to break out the soldering iron this weekend to make some patch cables, so I'll replace this cap too. Thanks again!
Just completed the cap swap. The one I was able to find was quite beefier than the original but still fit nicely on the board.
Digikey (link below). It works pretty well considering how affordable it is.
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I got mine from Taobao, very inexpensive and cheap delivery fee.
You can also find them on Amazon and various other online electronics suppliers.
- Feb 16, 2008
- 21,240
- 23,633
- Disclosures
- John K Custom Basses
The previous mod opened up the top end, perhaps that is what you’re thinking? Maybe it sounded like it was reducing low end?
- Feb 16, 2008
- 21,240
- 23,633
- Disclosures
- John K Custom Basses
Right. I should have been more specific. The extra top end may have the effect of it seeming that the bass was reduced, even though it is not. Like how some high gain pedals add so much harmonic content in the highs and mids that lows seem to suffer, but are just obscured by the extra volume of the added frequencies.
If the mod reduced bass, I wouldn’t have done it.
If the mod reduced bass, I wouldn’t have done it.
Sorry I’m so late gettin back to you. I didn’t like it. It was too clean and couldn’t get any dirt.
I actually swapped the new cap for the original one after few months of use - the distortion was actually too bright for me, so I rolled the "Tone" knob back and realized that with these settings I got the sound of the original Pork Loin 
But I don't use the pedal as a standard distortion, more like a preamp with "Clean" knob maxed and "Overdrive" between 11 and 2 o'clock. It's always on.
Also I found the solution for the clipping - compressor in front, with reduced level.
Very pleased with the overall tone
But I don't use the pedal as a standard distortion, more like a preamp with "Clean" knob maxed and "Overdrive" between 11 and 2 o'clock. It's always on.
Also I found the solution for the clipping - compressor in front, with reduced level.
Very pleased with the overall tone
I had a guitarst buy one of the pedals modded by me (that's how I found out this) and after fiddling with few different cap values, he restored the original cap. His words are that the original cap was much better choice for his (soft) playing style and guitar (strat).
Just a reminder that because something is modded doesn't make it better, just different. It's all preference.
I’m reviving the thread just to say that I’m still loving my Pork Loin with the mod. Hands down, it’s my favorite overdrive, and I have zero GAS to find another. I really enjoyed the Barbershop, Bearfoot Blueberry, and Grizzly Bass when I owned them, but the Pork Loin with JohnK mod is THE overdrive sound for my ears.
