I tried out this octave up module for my crown jewel. Seemed liked a pretty straight-forward build. It seems way too quiet though. I have to crank the boost channel volume all the way up, and it's still quieter than bypass. Same thing if I also have the drive channel on, the boost circuit is sucking the volume out.
I also don't think it sounds like it should. It does have an effect on the tone, but doesn't sound like I'm getting any "octave up" effect.
I already reflowed all the joints, to no effect.
The only part I'm not quite sure about is the diodes. The instructions say "if they have a gray stripe and a white stripe, gray goes to square hole". But the diodes I got don't look like that. One end has two black stripes, so I figured those went to the square hole.
Any idea if these are the right diodes, and if the orientation is correct?
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