DGWVI
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- Build Rating
Preface- these are the first demos with my recently acquired Simplifier clone, so still trying to match the EQ and response of my 2x12 combo. Neighbors were giving me guff about my rodent summonings 
All three built according to the docs, except I used On/On spdts on the XT-2
XT-2 Xtortion. Think I like this one the most of this bunch for it's clangy aggression. Seems almost like a more fine-tunable DS-1, it can get both heavier and more obnoxious. Fairly wide range of tones on the stock positions, but I prefer the sound and feel of the IR LEDs in the hard spot. The soft clipping option is pretty underwhelming to me, as I'm not a fan of that particular vein of clean bleed.
PW-2 Power Driver. With its added Mid and Bright controls, and how much mileage you can get out of all the controls, this one almost seems more like an amp sim to me. I quite like it's responsiveness to picking dynamics, but not really a huge fan of this many pots on a dirt pedal. This thing can cover a ton of ground with its 4 band gyrator EQ, from mostly clean and sparkly up to heavy, sludgy doom
FX92 Bass Grunge. I'm just gonna call this one the Metal Klon. I definitely have the most fun jamming on this one, even though I'm not big on the clean blended tones
All were super easy to put together, despite the parts counts, and the build docs include some alternate components values, but I didn't mess with any of those. All three sound great, have a fairly wide range of tones, and all do something special. Definitely recommend them and Dirt Monger in general for the more obscure pedals from Boss and DODs lineups
The offset footswitches weren't originally intentional- I hadn't realized the templates printed out backward for some reason and just went with it
All three built according to the docs, except I used On/On spdts on the XT-2
XT-2 Xtortion. Think I like this one the most of this bunch for it's clangy aggression. Seems almost like a more fine-tunable DS-1, it can get both heavier and more obnoxious. Fairly wide range of tones on the stock positions, but I prefer the sound and feel of the IR LEDs in the hard spot. The soft clipping option is pretty underwhelming to me, as I'm not a fan of that particular vein of clean bleed.
PW-2 Power Driver. With its added Mid and Bright controls, and how much mileage you can get out of all the controls, this one almost seems more like an amp sim to me. I quite like it's responsiveness to picking dynamics, but not really a huge fan of this many pots on a dirt pedal. This thing can cover a ton of ground with its 4 band gyrator EQ, from mostly clean and sparkly up to heavy, sludgy doom
FX92 Bass Grunge. I'm just gonna call this one the Metal Klon. I definitely have the most fun jamming on this one, even though I'm not big on the clean blended tones
All were super easy to put together, despite the parts counts, and the build docs include some alternate components values, but I didn't mess with any of those. All three sound great, have a fairly wide range of tones, and all do something special. Definitely recommend them and Dirt Monger in general for the more obscure pedals from Boss and DODs lineups
The offset footswitches weren't originally intentional- I hadn't realized the templates printed out backward for some reason and just went with it
. Let's see what 20+ years has done to my judgement of it.
