Recent content by HamishR

Looks like a Boss pedal to me! Why wouldn't it be genuine? There is some paint chipping on the lower left corner at least. Not all of these played thousands of gigs. Most of them would have sat in a bedroom somewhere. It's no '59 Les Paul - it's just a Boss pedal!

Some good suggestions, but all assume that we want to sound like you! This sounds more like "what is your favourite pedal?". For example I don't mind the Rat but it never worked terribly well in my rockabilly band. Same for the Tubescreamer - well, that never worked in any band I played in...

My theory is that the Timmy was derived from a Tubescreamer. If you take a Tubescreamer, remover the buffers at each end, simplify the tone section and add a bass control - which are all pretty standard things to do when modifying a pedal - you might end up with a Timmy. Of course it's not as...

Wow. I only just discovered this thread, and I too come from the world of amp building. But I guess I'm not as entitled or privileged. What a nutbag! If Mr Tablebeast is as clever as he thinks he is then surely he can work a few things out for himself? As Robert says, there is an emphasis on the...

The Zoom PD-1 is a very good OD. I had one for ages. Then sold it for silly money! This and the Ultrafuzz hold their value and then some.

This may or may not be the answer but what you describe sounds a lot like the Subdecay Variac, the PCB here is called the Brownout. It's capable of quite the variety of pushed sounds. I'm a big fan of the Vemuram Karen (Kadundra) if you make a few simple mods. It uses hard clipping diodes, not...

Makes me super glad I have a sawstop tablesaw. I love my tablesaw but am always a bit scared of it! And it makes me sad that getting your thumb fixed cost you $2000. You guys have a really dumb health system. Anyway I am really impressed with the pedal! You should never be tempted to sell...

A while back I built a Kadundra (Vemuram Karen) with an A500K pot instead of the stock B1M, reduced the size of R4 (150K) to 33K ( the minimum gain resistor) and left the width trimpot off altogether. It turned it into a fantastic overdrive. I'm all for reducing the fizz in dirt pedals. Not...

Probably. But it is important to avoid hairy faceplates, if only for hygiene.

Easily one of the coolest pedal builds I've seen in ages. Wow. And you even used purple sparkle as a backdrop in the photos! Even the battery is cool. Damn!

I wonder what it is abut those old Boss ODs that so many folks love them? Is it just nostalgia or is there more to it? I used to sell them in a shop and it didn't matter how they were used - what guitar, amp or music style - they always sounded terrible to me! And I was no gear snob. In more...

I used to work in a music store with an absolute tyrant for a boss. We had a glass showcase as our counter, and we had a display of various metronomes in that case. My workmate was the fella who did the price cars for the display case, where he would write the model number/name, the features and...

This is all just just opinion dressed as absolutes. Whenever anyone engages in this nonsense I get bored very quickly. Both professionally and as an amateur. And when you use words such as forae my wanker alert starts blinking wildly! I have plenty of opinions on how I like things to be done...

I like desoldering braid but it has to be a good one. The stuff from Tayda isn't very good. The one I have which really works is a brand called Gootwick from Taiyo Electric. I get it from Jaycar in Australia. It works amazingly well, unlike any other I have tried. I think it has flux imbedded in...

Simple can be good! I am often disappointed with pedals with loads of parts - all that work and it doesn't necessarily sound any better than something simpler.