MichaelW
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I can’t recall what or who inspired me to buy this board but i’ve been sitting on it for quite some time. Rather uncharacteristic of me being the “boost freak” that I am….haha.
Was chatting with my Chief Enabler @szukalski and we’ve been talking about the Modus Operandi boost. We’re both huge fans of this boost (actually @szukalski was the one that turned me into it). Hard to put into words why it sounds so good. Might be the eq, or the “faux compression” like effect it has but it makes any overdrive just sound better to me. Anyway, the discussion has been around what boost out there would knock the Modus off the board. So I asked if he had built the Varioboost yet. To which his prompt reply was to whip it up on a breadboard. (I look forward to the day when I get around to learning how to do that, just too much going on right now with builds heh….waiting for a break in the action….). Anyway, he was pretty glowing with his results and opined that this might be “the one” that could finally top the modus, so of course I had to build it!
Super straightforward and easy build. Low component count, perfect for a “just before dinner” build. I had drilled a bunch of enclosures and painted them yesterday so it all went together pretty quickly,. I was just starting to mess with it when I got the call for dinner then got busy afterwards and never got back to it. But what I did hear sounded really promising. I really like the notion of being able to dial up the frequency you want to boost but it’s not an EQ per se. It’s not as precise as that for tone shaping but rather the frequency knob seems to change the characterof the boost. So in a sense it’s many boosts in one. Still figuring out how to use it, i think i need to go look up the manual. I‘m not quite sure what the 12db knob does exactly, but will definitely be playing with it more tomorrow.
I painted this one a flat gray then put a coat of satin gloss over it for easier handling. Not completely sure I like this satin gloss paint, seems to leave a bit of milkiness to the color. But it could also be from uneven spraying technique.
I’m building up a pretty healthy collection of rattle can paints and the experimentation continues,
Oh and if you look closely you can see an extra center punch mark, which was where the drill template located the led. I noticed how far off it was from the led pads on the board before drilling and decided to relocate the led. Initially the color coats of gray paint filled the hole but once it dried it reappeared. But I think i can live with it.
Was chatting with my Chief Enabler @szukalski and we’ve been talking about the Modus Operandi boost. We’re both huge fans of this boost (actually @szukalski was the one that turned me into it). Hard to put into words why it sounds so good. Might be the eq, or the “faux compression” like effect it has but it makes any overdrive just sound better to me. Anyway, the discussion has been around what boost out there would knock the Modus off the board. So I asked if he had built the Varioboost yet. To which his prompt reply was to whip it up on a breadboard. (I look forward to the day when I get around to learning how to do that, just too much going on right now with builds heh….waiting for a break in the action….). Anyway, he was pretty glowing with his results and opined that this might be “the one” that could finally top the modus, so of course I had to build it!
Super straightforward and easy build. Low component count, perfect for a “just before dinner” build. I had drilled a bunch of enclosures and painted them yesterday so it all went together pretty quickly,. I was just starting to mess with it when I got the call for dinner then got busy afterwards and never got back to it. But what I did hear sounded really promising. I really like the notion of being able to dial up the frequency you want to boost but it’s not an EQ per se. It’s not as precise as that for tone shaping but rather the frequency knob seems to change the characterof the boost. So in a sense it’s many boosts in one. Still figuring out how to use it, i think i need to go look up the manual. I‘m not quite sure what the 12db knob does exactly, but will definitely be playing with it more tomorrow.
I painted this one a flat gray then put a coat of satin gloss over it for easier handling. Not completely sure I like this satin gloss paint, seems to leave a bit of milkiness to the color. But it could also be from uneven spraying technique.
I’m building up a pretty healthy collection of rattle can paints and the experimentation continues,
Oh and if you look closely you can see an extra center punch mark, which was where the drill template located the led. I noticed how far off it was from the led pads on the board before drilling and decided to relocate the led. Initially the color coats of gray paint filled the hole but once it dried it reappeared. But I think i can live with it.
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