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I’m going to use this thread to document the design, production, and results of this project.
I approached some old friends who’ve been playing since the 90s in a Chicago punk rock band the Bollweevils.
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I got the idea after seeing Oneder’s Less than Jake pedal and thought it would be an awesome idea to do with one of my favorite bands and donate all the proceeds to a charity that we’ll decide on. My band played countless benefits with them back in the day, and it only seemed fitting. We even put out a split 7” back in 96(?) together.
I decided to go the Guv’nor and its variants route to replicate high gain punk driving sound.
Here’s what I put together as some ideas:
1. the Guv’nor with two clipping options
2. The Guv’nor with the Angry Charlie V3 tone stack using 2 red LEDs for clipping.
3. Is my simplified version of the Gov’nor circuit which turned out to basically the Crunch Box after I compared them looking for another alternative. Who knew? Ha.
4. PPCB’s JCM800 emulator
5. Is my version of a Rat with different clipping options like the other two. Just thought I’d throw that in and see what they thought.
After I sent them to the band, they decided on the Guv’nor/AC pedal. It sounds rad and has tons of high gain and tone control. I also swapped the Bass and Treble pots so it’s B/M/T from the front.
Now it’s time to start on the design and figure out how many we want to start with. I’ll probably end up moving the clipping LEDs so we can make them part of the design.
Looking forward to this!
I approached some old friends who’ve been playing since the 90s in a Chicago punk rock band the Bollweevils.
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The Bollweevils are the rare pop-punk band aging gracefully - Chicago Reader
Without pretending they're younger than their years, the Bollweevils retain the urgent ferocity that made them a phenomenon.
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I got the idea after seeing Oneder’s Less than Jake pedal and thought it would be an awesome idea to do with one of my favorite bands and donate all the proceeds to a charity that we’ll decide on. My band played countless benefits with them back in the day, and it only seemed fitting. We even put out a split 7” back in 96(?) together.
![Photoroom_20240305_110456.jpeg Photoroom_20240305_110456.jpeg](https://forum.pedalpcb.com/data/attachments/71/71121-e97bf0116488dec7b19291f878f3f4d6.jpg)
I decided to go the Guv’nor and its variants route to replicate high gain punk driving sound.
Here’s what I put together as some ideas:
![image0.jpeg image0.jpeg](https://forum.pedalpcb.com/data/attachments/71/71118-652453cddef3c59de34da868c95221c5.jpg)
1. the Guv’nor with two clipping options
2. The Guv’nor with the Angry Charlie V3 tone stack using 2 red LEDs for clipping.
3. Is my simplified version of the Gov’nor circuit which turned out to basically the Crunch Box after I compared them looking for another alternative. Who knew? Ha.
4. PPCB’s JCM800 emulator
5. Is my version of a Rat with different clipping options like the other two. Just thought I’d throw that in and see what they thought.
After I sent them to the band, they decided on the Guv’nor/AC pedal. It sounds rad and has tons of high gain and tone control. I also swapped the Bass and Treble pots so it’s B/M/T from the front.
![IMG_1138.jpeg IMG_1138.jpeg](https://forum.pedalpcb.com/data/attachments/71/71119-74037052c0a09e64919466207df62e06.jpg)
![IMG_1149.jpeg IMG_1149.jpeg](https://forum.pedalpcb.com/data/attachments/71/71120-ce7b38ad84fe4d4a7110553749384bdd.jpg)
Now it’s time to start on the design and figure out how many we want to start with. I’ll probably end up moving the clipping LEDs so we can make them part of the design.
Looking forward to this!
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