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I have a cycle of expanding my pedalboard, adding more sophisticated programmability along the way, and then I hit a threshold where it’s too much and it distracts from just playing the instrument.
I pared down over the weekend, and I found myself wanting to add a fuzz to the board. I have some fuzzes I like, but a lot of them were not what I was looking for.
I went into my box of mostly populated PCBs, and saw the Raincoat. If you search the forums, you will see a lot of praise for this.
What is it? From what I understand, a muff variant with the clipping diodes and some resistors removed.
There’s only one change from stock. I didn’t have a 10nf cap on hand, but did have a 12nf.
Some pedals feel good from the first note you hit. For me, this is one of those. Thick saturation, and less mid-scoop than a muff. Double stops and chords sound amazing. Rather than clash and clang, it grinds and beats. It’s really satisfying. I put a Squidward (green ringer) in front of it and it brings that attack back, and sounds super rad.
I like it as much as I liked the Kewpie. Bonus points for less controls and being able to fit in a 1590B. It’s gonna hang out on my new pedalboard setup so I can test drive it at a jam session.
I pared down over the weekend, and I found myself wanting to add a fuzz to the board. I have some fuzzes I like, but a lot of them were not what I was looking for.
I went into my box of mostly populated PCBs, and saw the Raincoat. If you search the forums, you will see a lot of praise for this.
What is it? From what I understand, a muff variant with the clipping diodes and some resistors removed.
There’s only one change from stock. I didn’t have a 10nf cap on hand, but did have a 12nf.
Some pedals feel good from the first note you hit. For me, this is one of those. Thick saturation, and less mid-scoop than a muff. Double stops and chords sound amazing. Rather than clash and clang, it grinds and beats. It’s really satisfying. I put a Squidward (green ringer) in front of it and it brings that attack back, and sounds super rad.
I like it as much as I liked the Kewpie. Bonus points for less controls and being able to fit in a 1590B. It’s gonna hang out on my new pedalboard setup so I can test drive it at a jam session.
