I'll be doing my TG with Jensen JT-11P- 1 10K/10K at the input - if necessary, I can change that to a stepup.
And nice Jensen JT-11SP-6M 600/600 at the outputs.
These are impressive!
It's the Igor tg set and I'll be using the traffo-doa-bypass pcb set up for doa+traffo output.
Pretty sure that lot will be 'clean as they come' - no crunch from these traffos at all
I'll be interested to hear the result - I've not done a diode bridge compressor before.
......
At the moment, I'm bashing the 'clean' e-guitar around with the 'Joe Weak' build I did. (similar to an LA4).
The 'Joe Weak' is really a smash-it-all type of compressor, but the 'Blend' control lets you .. blend ... with the dry path, so it can be made quite unique.
It has the ability to really make the leading edge of a note 'pop', (in a good way) - not really noticed that in another comp - it's not the annoying 'time delay' type 'quack' from a plug-in, like. But more similar to the popping of a bass note, or kick hit - it has a lot of impact on a 'walking jazz' type of guitar picking thing
I have to try it on the bass.
But the 'joe weak' definately takes a lot more time to dial in than I like ....
The 'jlm opto' is much more refined, imho - it has a lot less control-age too, so one can 'set and forget'. Super smooth at all times. Everytime! I racked with a fet DI and neotek strip and it gets a lot of usage for the clean-smooth thing on acoustic. Preamp ain't much, but the EQ is quite good.
....
Ahh .. some many compressors ... so little time! I use the 'la2a type' build more than anything else, with the 'doac opto' more or less next in line! It makes me a little sad that I don't use the other ones so much ...
In truth, for real 'must-get-right-first-time' stuff, the 'companders' in my yamaha 03D blitz anything - for just 'safe sound' type of thing when tracking
mmmmmm ... sacriligeous!
.....
Anyway - my tgs will be a while before completion : I have a powered rack with rear panel and I/O sorted, and am just now starting the pcb populations and front panel - I have the fine discretes kit and heat sinks from one of our esteemed members
Thanks!
My TG is a 3ru affair, with the wonderful 'mci tripplet' for vu meters (with buffer!) and some awesome 'simpson' edge wise VU that I will rig for GR indication.
eta might be a while off yet - the winter is slow to let go down here at world's (southern) end - too cold for these old fingers to solder itsy-bitsy transistors and the like. But I'll post a washup of how it goes for sure.,