Guardians of the analog
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While working on all these boss pedals I put together an sd-1 and began to ponder every decision I've ever made...why the hell did I use the TS over the sd-1 all these years??? I haven't played an sd-1 since the 90s and I wish I could go back and tell past Chris to get rid of the TS. So that's when the BtRiab started to take form. My RAT/TS Eskimo brother @BuddytheReow will really dig this one.
The Hawkeye drive started when I built the sd-1 and put it in front of a rat and then I said why not do the logical thing and put them together. I had the boards already from another project that had not come to fruition yet and now likely won't. The builds were simple enough with low parts counts and I used all generic non mojo parts to prove it sounds exactly the same. OP07 opamp, generic 4148 diodes and 5088 transistors. I have TH jfets but am using smd jfets if the board has the footprint for them. So how's it sound? It rips. Classic tones, all killer no filler.
I had the idea of doing a Hawkeye themed and having the SD-1 side as Barton and the Rat side being Ronin but thought about it and decided to change the SD-1 to Bishop and reworked my whole design. @SYLV9ST9R said he likes the 60s Bond look of the silhouette and I knew it was a winner if he approved. Matte violet tayda 1590BB2 and UV print. Don't sleep on the SD-1, the Rat or this combo. As Buddy would say, Rat is life.
The Hawkeye drive started when I built the sd-1 and put it in front of a rat and then I said why not do the logical thing and put them together. I had the boards already from another project that had not come to fruition yet and now likely won't. The builds were simple enough with low parts counts and I used all generic non mojo parts to prove it sounds exactly the same. OP07 opamp, generic 4148 diodes and 5088 transistors. I have TH jfets but am using smd jfets if the board has the footprint for them. So how's it sound? It rips. Classic tones, all killer no filler.
I had the idea of doing a Hawkeye themed and having the SD-1 side as Barton and the Rat side being Ronin but thought about it and decided to change the SD-1 to Bishop and reworked my whole design. @SYLV9ST9R said he likes the 60s Bond look of the silhouette and I knew it was a winner if he approved. Matte violet tayda 1590BB2 and UV print. Don't sleep on the SD-1, the Rat or this combo. As Buddy would say, Rat is life.