Recent content by kristopher

My must haves are a Reverb and a Tremolo. Cause my amps don’t have either. When I gigged with a Fender Twin, an Overdrive was my must have. I took the tuner off my board a few years ago. As I couldn’t trust the TC electronics tactile switch. After the switch on my Ditto started to fail, I knew...

I build stock. Unboxed. And try the circuit out. Then read up on suggested mods. Weigh the pros and cons of how much effort those mods would take. But I’d say about a quarter of them get modded. Especially if the mod is adding a bias knob, or a pot swap. All the builds stall before getting...

The Carcass plays well with all other fuzzes and drives. It’s touch sensitive. And can sound like a warm fuzzy sweater, that doesn’t smother dynamics. It’s the “cleanest” fuzz I’ve tried. But it can also crush. In the good way. Since building one, 6 months ago, I haven’t taken it off my board...

I snap off the tab. And file a little bit. And use the washer if I screw up drilling the hole. …so they end up on most builds with switches.

How does it sound? Have you tried it out in anything ? Maybe it’s just a bad cut, and all the goodness inside is still good.

The builds look great. I love the large jewels. Why did you decide on 1590g’s? Just curious.

The Percolator plays well with others. You mentioned the Fuzz Face, and I’ll second that. I’ve been rockin’ a Fuzz Foundry before the Carcass (which is a Percolator variant I believe) and they get along great. Great report.

Also, when I had the guitar all apart, I shielded the body cavity. And a little while later, I upgraded the bridge and pickups. It’s a great guitar that was my main squeeze for years. But I don’t play it much now. It was a great project. I’m glad I did it. And it didn’t cost much more then my...

A set up would help for sure. I have stripped the poly off a Mexican strat. It doesn’t take too long with a heat gun and a putty knife. But then you have to sand the glue that held the poly on. And that took a while. Perhaps an hour or more with a palm sander. When you think it’s all off, run...

That’s pretty. Why did you decide to mount the jacks on the face ?

Check the cable? The output plug end.

I have not tried it. My friend wanted to know, I believe he wanted to be able to blend the two together. I didn’t mean to distract from the Charge Pump talk.

Would there be a way of running/switching the two channels to run in parallel? A friend asked a few years back when I built the Paragon Mini for him.

Can you have one boxed up and in my hands before the new year? Or is there a “waitlist”?? Seriously though. I love these informative posts. Thank you Mr Bones.

I’ve used the amp jewel. I had accidentally over drilled the hole, and it was a perfect fit. It was a Propolis, and looked great with just the jewel and the footswitch. If I remember correctly I used a blue jewel and a red led, so it glowed purple. I gave it to a buddy. I’ll look for photos… The...