using a fet follower for a little clean boost

[swingarm]

Hi there guys. I was wondering if this is possible or would it just end up driving the power amp into distortion?


I built a supro clone and decided i did'nt want tremolo. I inserted those two gain stages into the normal channel and made it switchable with the clean channel on a dpdt switch. The distortion channel is very loud and the clean channel is moderate. I know the limitations in the circuit but was wondering if i could use the fet follower to increase the clean signal some. Any thoughts?

[sluckey]

A follower, whether cathode, emitter, or source, always has slightly less output than input. Gain is typically 0.9.  Nothing to be gained here.

[swingarm]

Thank you sluckey. It is what it is then :)

[sluckey]

There may be other options. Can you post a schematic that shows what you have now?

[swingarm]

I tried to post a schematic but it must not like my browser. I tried 3 time

[swingarm]

ok im going to try again

[swingarm]

There should be another coupling cap before the switch . The amp is working presently. Thanks for any ideas you might add.

[d95err]

I would add a voltage divider to the output of the additional gain stages (before the second half of the switch), to make the level more balanced.

[swingarm]

Oh okay, yeah that makes sense. Thank you!