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I have the Bass Overdrive, set for bass, and was reviewing the schematic where you can change the caps (C1 and C2) to smaller values for guitar.

I'm wondering if one could change the caps for the Color Booster and have it more suited for bass? Would the caps be C1 and C10? And if so, do you think upping the .22 caps to 1 would be a good place to start?

I love the Color Booster for guitar, hands down my favorite pedal and one I plant to build more of in the future.

Thanks for your input!

You could up C1, 9, and 10. I'm not sure it will make a huge difference, as those aren't really "small" value caps, i.e., I don't suspect they are cutting a lot of lows relative to the spectrum of the human ear. But it couldn't hurt. So yes, you could try a 1uf film cap. .47uF or .33uF might be better though. Too big of a cap, especially at C1 might make it sound too "loose". You could also try increasing the value of C5 and C11. This might actually be more effective. Increasing C1, 9, and 10 will allow more low frequencies to pass. Increasing the emitter bypass capacitors at C5 and C11 will amplify signal at a lower frequency.

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