Recent content by HamishR

I think (and hope!) you'll be fine. :)

Tayda is in Thailand. So when you buy from there you are dealing with a different language, different culture, a completely different set of expectations. Your experience will be very different from dealing with a local business. I think it's worth persevering because what you get is usually an...

I was looking at the schematic for the Brownout OD (Subdecay Variac) because it sounds excellent. I noticed that it uses an entire JRC4558 dual opamp IC just for VREF. Why would it be necessary when in most OD circuits just a simple two resistor voltage divider and a filter cap is used? Is it...

I may be wrong but I believe the Doxie preamp was designed by Thorpy FX. Thorpy is ex-army and in the UK and they design stuff to be electronically bulletproof. I would imagine this is part of that philosophy. You could probably leave the diodes out as most pedal manufacturers do and never...

I just visited the Subdecay website. I notice that the guy behind Subdecay is named Brian Marshall. I wonder why he didn't call his company Marshall?

Haha! Yeah, compare it to the fuss about the Bad Monkey, Klon, OCD, TS, etc etc... I would take this one over any of those.

Ha! I was a professional photographer for 30 years and I can't be bothered setting anything up to photograph pedals! Spent too many hours in the studio shooting wine bottles then retouching the crap out of them. Wine bottles have so many flaws which all show up in the photo. iPhone for the win...

Thanks for writing such a detailed summery of your build! I agree that the Bee Sting is a kinda specialised OD - It's quite hifi sounding and no MIAB. Initially it was simply an experiment in seeing what would happen if I used a dual opamp to supply both gain stages rather than a single opamp...

I always knew them as ripple knobs because that's what Tayda calls them. Whatever, I like them and use them a lot.

The trickiest part of close-up photography is depth of field. Sometimes the limited depth of field can work in your favour by making it clearer what bits are in the same plane. At other times it's annoying that you can't get everything sharp. And in these days of digital photography just...

"Um - Germany?"

I love building amps more than building pedals. It's just got too expensive for me these days. BTW you have lovely legs.

I just noticed this on the home page: I guess shipping to Australia won't be cheap but still - a free tuner to build yourself sounds good to me!!

I've been thinking about this concept for a while now and mulling it over in my mind... I hate to say it but I really don't think a Rat would make good sorbet.

Enshittification is the entire raison d'etre of the past few years..