Phil hodson
Well-known member
So the second of my recent builds that will be given away. This one I haven’t built before and am thinking I already need to build one for myself.
This one is going to a friend of my wife who is obsessed with Lemmy and is a part time bass player in a band.
He has been helping my wife with her work so as a thank you she volunteered me to build him a pedal! How could I refuse.
I reached out on here and it pretty quickly was decided that the Covert was the way to go to get that Lemmy cranked Marshall sound.
It was also mentioned about some mods that could make it more controllable. Especially the bass. Which I believe some think can be quite muddy.
Will (@Harry Klippton) at outskirts pedals suggested about missing the super lead section of the pedal and just running it as a super bass.
So with that in mind it also meant it wouldn’t screw up my artwork with a switch!
Taking to him and reading the mods done here: https://forum.pedalpcb.com/threads/covert-overdrive-too-wooly.1289/#post-14388
He also pushed/led me into missing out the components used in the super lead. So using my trusty DMM I traced from the 4PDT to various components using the schematic and decided to leave out C3/C13 and R15 that seemed enough to me! Was a fantastic lesson in reading schematics for me too.
I jumped the 4PDT switch to make it permanently on the super bass setting.
As per @Chuck D. Bones suggestion I changed the volume pot to an A50k and following the suggestions in the thread above I changed:
C18 to 22nf
R4/R11 to 220ohm
C19 to 220nf
R3/R10 to 1Kohm
Finally it’s in an etched enclosure with the Motörhead made in England logo. It seemed fitting to have that and also some Marshall knobs on there.
And wow! Firstly it actually works. Which is great for my first kind of solo mod board. Thanks to everyone for their help though. I couldn’t have done other with out all the fantastic help on here and information on the forum too.
I’m very happy with that and just after an initial play it sounds exactly what I’m looking for for him to unleash his inner Lemmy.
I will dust off my bass in the morning and put it through its paces before sending it on its merry way. And hope I will get to see it live in action sometime soon.
Also it’s a homage to a true hero and inspiration of mine for many years. God rest his soul.
You know I'm born to lose
And gambling's for fools
But that's the way I like it, baby
I don't want to live forever
And don't forget the joker
Have fun out there.
This one is going to a friend of my wife who is obsessed with Lemmy and is a part time bass player in a band.
He has been helping my wife with her work so as a thank you she volunteered me to build him a pedal! How could I refuse.
I reached out on here and it pretty quickly was decided that the Covert was the way to go to get that Lemmy cranked Marshall sound.
It was also mentioned about some mods that could make it more controllable. Especially the bass. Which I believe some think can be quite muddy.
Will (@Harry Klippton) at outskirts pedals suggested about missing the super lead section of the pedal and just running it as a super bass.
So with that in mind it also meant it wouldn’t screw up my artwork with a switch!
Taking to him and reading the mods done here: https://forum.pedalpcb.com/threads/covert-overdrive-too-wooly.1289/#post-14388
He also pushed/led me into missing out the components used in the super lead. So using my trusty DMM I traced from the 4PDT to various components using the schematic and decided to leave out C3/C13 and R15 that seemed enough to me! Was a fantastic lesson in reading schematics for me too.
I jumped the 4PDT switch to make it permanently on the super bass setting.
As per @Chuck D. Bones suggestion I changed the volume pot to an A50k and following the suggestions in the thread above I changed:
C18 to 22nf
R4/R11 to 220ohm
C19 to 220nf
R3/R10 to 1Kohm
Finally it’s in an etched enclosure with the Motörhead made in England logo. It seemed fitting to have that and also some Marshall knobs on there.
And wow! Firstly it actually works. Which is great for my first kind of solo mod board. Thanks to everyone for their help though. I couldn’t have done other with out all the fantastic help on here and information on the forum too.
I’m very happy with that and just after an initial play it sounds exactly what I’m looking for for him to unleash his inner Lemmy.
I will dust off my bass in the morning and put it through its paces before sending it on its merry way. And hope I will get to see it live in action sometime soon.
Also it’s a homage to a true hero and inspiration of mine for many years. God rest his soul.
You know I'm born to lose
And gambling's for fools
But that's the way I like it, baby
I don't want to live forever
And don't forget the joker
Have fun out there.