Tonight, egged on by the folks at Cigar Box Nation I made a little LM386 amp, the “Smokey” amp, as detailed here: http://www.dirtbox.net/diy/projects/1235/smokey-amp/

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It sounded horrible until I disconnected pins 1 and 8, dropping the gain down from 200 to about 20. It had an interesting sound but it wasn’t really my vibe. Plus the only way to adjust the volume was on the guitar itself, so it didn’t lend itself to playing quietly. Fun though, just a lm386 and two 220uf caps.

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