MichaelW
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Whoooeeeeey, another interesting name for a pedal! But I suppose it's easy to guess what this pedal is all about!
This is another BoneYard contribution and you can read about it here.
I built the PPCB Jump Drive a while back and initially was underwhelmed with it. But I went back futzed with it a bit, primarily swapping out the Ge diodes for lower forward voltage ones. (And mojo ones
) and the pedal has become one of my favorite for lead tones.
I was pretty excited to see @Chuck D. Bones do his thing with this one. Then I saw how many knobs he has and I got less excited.......
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But there's no gratuitous "knobbing" going on here. Every one of the 6 knobs and 1 toggle serves a purpose and has an affect on the tone.
When I fired this up the first time, I was like "Man this thing is absolutely KILLER!"
It's such a fantastic sounding overdrive. I can't do the "Jump", "Panama", "Hot for Teacher" kind of playing but I'm sure it would do those well.
I've been playing with it side by side with my Jump drive on my desk for a few days now. I really like both pedals but the Hot Teacher definitely has more tonal options and flexibility.
The "Boost" control and the "Gain" control are super interactive. I probably would have called the two controls "Gain I & Gain II". They kind of work that way.
The toggle goes between a less aggressive and gainy channel to a more aggressive one.
But I'm really digging having it on the low gain channel and then playing with the Boost and Gain controls to dial up some fantastic sounds.
This is a really cool project. Thanks @Chuck D. Bones and @szukalski!
I used JRC4558's like the original instead of TL072's. I also used NOS Amperex CV7364 Ge diodes. These are my number one favorite Ge diode.
They're not cheap but man, in the right circuit they sound SOOO good. They typically measure around .250 Vf. Which is pretty low and can have a negative affect in certain circuits. But in the Jump Drive and the Hot Teacher they can make the octave harmonic pop out at certain parts of the fretboard, which is really cool!
Oh also I snapped this pic before realizing I hadn't put a jack ground in yet.
This is another BoneYard contribution and you can read about it here.
I built the PPCB Jump Drive a while back and initially was underwhelmed with it. But I went back futzed with it a bit, primarily swapping out the Ge diodes for lower forward voltage ones. (And mojo ones
) and the pedal has become one of my favorite for lead tones.I was pretty excited to see @Chuck D. Bones do his thing with this one. Then I saw how many knobs he has and I got less excited.......
.But there's no gratuitous "knobbing" going on here. Every one of the 6 knobs and 1 toggle serves a purpose and has an affect on the tone.
When I fired this up the first time, I was like "Man this thing is absolutely KILLER!"
It's such a fantastic sounding overdrive. I can't do the "Jump", "Panama", "Hot for Teacher" kind of playing but I'm sure it would do those well.
I've been playing with it side by side with my Jump drive on my desk for a few days now. I really like both pedals but the Hot Teacher definitely has more tonal options and flexibility.
The "Boost" control and the "Gain" control are super interactive. I probably would have called the two controls "Gain I & Gain II". They kind of work that way.
The toggle goes between a less aggressive and gainy channel to a more aggressive one.
But I'm really digging having it on the low gain channel and then playing with the Boost and Gain controls to dial up some fantastic sounds.
This is a really cool project. Thanks @Chuck D. Bones and @szukalski!
I used JRC4558's like the original instead of TL072's. I also used NOS Amperex CV7364 Ge diodes. These are my number one favorite Ge diode.
They're not cheap but man, in the right circuit they sound SOOO good. They typically measure around .250 Vf. Which is pretty low and can have a negative affect in certain circuits. But in the Jump Drive and the Hot Teacher they can make the octave harmonic pop out at certain parts of the fretboard, which is really cool!
Oh also I snapped this pic before realizing I hadn't put a jack ground in yet.
