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“…make it sound more Lavender” Hahahaha

I just went to the BYOC website to see about an old pedal I have, and it says that a relaunch is coming soon. Is this info well known? Was the brand purchased by a large corporation? I’ve been out of the loop. What are the rumours? And should we start some? Haha

I recall building a mosfet boost that had the pop. I would stomp it on and off five or six times and the pop would fade. And then it would be good for the set/jam. I would also use the pop, into my delay, to make a beat, into a looper. It was never spot on, but still fun. Just sayin. Lemons...

My must haves are a Reverb and a Tremolo. Cause my amps don’t have either. When I gigged with a Fender Twin, an Overdrive was my must have. I took the tuner off my board a few years ago. As I couldn’t trust the TC electronics tactile switch. After the switch on my Ditto started to fail, I knew...

Two weeks ago I bought my first new bike. It’s last years model, so I paid $800~ CAN. Which was about 30% off. It’s a 2024 Norco Indie. I put about 100kms a week last summer on a $150 POS. That only had rear breaks, and rear gears. Mostly country and subdivision roads. So I knew I wanted to...

I build stock. Unboxed. And try the circuit out. Then read up on suggested mods. Weigh the pros and cons of how much effort those mods would take. But I’d say about a quarter of them get modded. Especially if the mod is adding a bias knob, or a pot swap. All the builds stall before getting...

Ya that’s right.

Did someone ask for more cowbell?

Whoa whoa whoa. Their version of street fighting man is much worse.

The Carcass plays well with all other fuzzes and drives. It’s touch sensitive. And can sound like a warm fuzzy sweater, that doesn’t smother dynamics. It’s the “cleanest” fuzz I’ve tried. But it can also crush. In the good way. Since building one, 6 months ago, I haven’t taken it off my board...

I snap off the tab. And file a little bit. And use the washer if I screw up drilling the hole. …so they end up on most builds with switches.

Haha. Yes he has his polysaturator back on his board. I swapped the chips and gave it back, after I played with it for a hour or so. I like the EQ-ability of the pedal. Many fun settings. My friend is a bass player, and he mentioned that in my next pcb order, that I should get a Polyhog pcb so...

Thank you for clarifying that. Yes I know it’s a CD4049UBE. I should’ve put in the story that I had just one left in my stash, that I had bought for a few other boards. I believe the Dirt Dauber uses one. And the Ample Alpaca.

How does it sound? Have you tried it out in anything ? Maybe it’s just a bad cut, and all the goodness inside is still good.

I’ve been meaning to share something with everyone. A friend dropped off his Pigtronix Polysaturator for me to take a look at. He’s had it for many years, but recently he accidentally powered it with 18v. And it began to emit a bit of smoke. The CMOS was blown. When I opened it up, I couldn’t...

That is a beauty of a build. Welcome back, “Kotter”. There are so many Drives I’ve yet to try. And the half dozen I’ve built were for friends. So my time playing with them was limited. I currently use an AMZ mini-booster. It’s not a high gain circuit, but it can really pump up the volume. High...

The builds look great. I love the large jewels. Why did you decide on 1590g’s? Just curious.

“Why even have a clean blend?” Because having another knob to turn the better. Even if it is pseudo placebo.

The Percolator plays well with others. You mentioned the Fuzz Face, and I’ll second that. I’ve been rockin’ a Fuzz Foundry before the Carcass (which is a Percolator variant I believe) and they get along great. Great report.

Someone better design a DIY Tuner soon. My clip on took a tumble, and I had to zip tie a splint to it. I don’t know how much longer it’ll last.