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Hey All!
So been using my lil breaker for some time but just picked up the Marshall reissue blues breaker pedal. The Marshall has a tad bit more mids. Not tube screamer, but enough that makes my lil breaker sound a little thin. Any idea what cap change might add a tad bit more mids?

I'd try increasing the value of the C4 cap (see PCB map below). I'd start by going to 47n and see how that sounds. If too much mids, decrease to 22n; if not enough, go up to 100n. You could also increase C1 to let more bass frequencies in at the input of the circuit, but I wouldn't do that until you've tried changing C4. BTW, using break-off single inline (SIL) sockets on the C4 eyelets will let you audition different cap values without constantly needing to desolder/resolder.

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Thanks for the quick response. Looks like I know what I am doing Friday night.

Also.. does it really matter what type of caps to use? I have a kit of various parts I bought on Amazon like a year ago.

Very little. In that capacitance range, you're looking at some kind of non-polar film cap, but any of those should work.

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One last question. If I wanted to tame a tiny tad of high end. Which cap does high end?

Try increasing C2, the little ceramic cap.

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