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Been sitting on this board for a bit. Finally had the gumption to build it out. Another MIAB from Wampler. From what I can tell this is an earlier version without the mid-bump toggle. I've mentioned before that I'm not the biggest fan of JFET based MIAB emulations, I think my preference is...

Put this together yesterday. It's a BluesBreaker. It sounds like a BluesBreaker. And.........that's probably why I don't like it much. heh. If you like the classic MBB sound then this is a great variant with some tricks up the sleeve with some subtle voicing mods and extra gain and of course...

Of course since @Robert released another compressor, I had to build it hahaha. This is the older version of the Keeley 4 knob. I did some comparisons to my retail Keeley current version and I actually like the old one a lot better. The 401k has a clipping control for input trim instead of the...

Catching up on a couple recent builds. I put this one together yesterday and thought it sounded like crap. Really muffled, wooly and bass-y. First thought was that I did something wrong but doing a quick search I found some old threads where it seems I'm not the only one who felt this way, I...

I had mentioned in some post or other that I had a couple of "re-builds" in the pipeline. This is one of them. My Classic Vibe Thinline which was sporting the Zhangbucker Lollipop P90 in the neck and had a rosewood neck. I decided to move the Lollipop to my Gold Top where I think it sounds...

I had mentioned in the Mailbox thread that this was a board that I had requested from @Robert and he made it happen ,woot! I've had a V1 Barber Direct Drive forever (well at least 20 years or so). Still is one of my favorite overdrives. The Compact version that is the Candid Drive is slightly...

As I mentioned in my MailBox post, this was one I requested and sent @Robert a link to consider, next thing I know (like 2 minutes later) I get a message from him that he bought it heh. As I recall it was on Reverb as these are Japanese pedals and don't seem to have much a retail outlet here...

Last one.... Despite my general abhorrence of anything related to Vertex and Mason Doucheralla I decided since I went down the rabbit hole of building all the various pedals with "Steel String" in it's name (Comprehensive Drive, NUX-SSS, etc) that I may as well round out the collection and...

Next up is an MIAB. There was an earlier thread about how someone built it and it doesn't sound like the real thing. I'm not sure what became of that but it's a nice sounding MIAB albeit a bit bright. I can only run it with the Presence control all the way off and just a touch of the treble...

Catching up on some build reports. Nothing exciting enough for a demo. First up, from @music6000 's most favorite PCB vendor...... :ROFLMAO:, the AionFX Lithium. Essentially another Small Clone clone but with a mix control. The EHX Small Clone is my favorite chorus pedal and the MadBean...

Man, I love these pickups! Been chatting with Wade at Victory. He's sending me another pickup that's a prototype he hasn't offered for sale yet. It's got some different kind of rubberized magnet that's supposed to add a bit more focus to the sound. Haven't decided what guitar to put it in...

I recently got a sweet care package from my Kiwi friend @szukalski . Lot's of goodies in there including this one. The "California Red" is a @Chuck D. Bones circuit from his bread board thread called "The Celestial Boost". The name is misleading as it's so much more than a boost. There is SO...

Finally! I'm ready to do some tone demo's of my Tele Deluxe build. What bit of drama with pickups being seized by customs, returned to Australia. Replacement pickups of the "real deal" Fender CuNiFe WRHB's not cutting the mustard, and finally breaking down and putting out the $$ for a set of...

Hard for me to resist yet another D style pedal. I'd never heard of this pedal before and TBH didn't look into it too much before ordering the board. When I took a closer look at the schematic, it's essentially a stripped down Zen drive with a boost. The clipping is solely a pair of red LEDs...

Wrapping up my little foray into the world of the PedalPCB Red Herring, I built another Clark Gainster on this board but used "mojo" parts like the original Clark pedal. That said, it was not without issues. Getting all the parts to fit in a 1590B was a bit of a challenge, especially the...

This was one that I recently built. Interesting circuit. Tonally it's similar sounding to the Thorpy Peacekeeper (PPCB Guardian) as there's overlap although the Gunshot is capable of more gain. They both sound best to me as low gain applications. Circuit wise it's interesting in that it's a...

Catching up on a couple of builds. Been slow going last week or so. Been distracted with all the guitarded pursuits....heh. This one is a stock Red Herring. As you may recall, I built the first one as the Clark Gainster. So it definitely shares some common DNA as the Red Snapper but it also...

This one I built because it's such a rare pedal. Much like the Dan Coggin's Tube Bender (PPCB Pipestretcher). The Tube Bender was Dan's pedal that was supposed to be a cross between a Tube Screamer and Tone Bender. (Although circuit wise it doesn't really have much to do with either, except...

Catching up on some build reports. Nothing interesting enough for a demo yet. First up is the Boteh Drive. I think it was @ChrsGuit that recommended this drive to me. I didn't know anything about this pedal before ordering the board, but looking into it a bit, it's supposed to sound like Brad...

Jumping on the bandwagon here, with @Guardians of the analog 's generosity in sharing his collaborations with @szukalsi. Between @Guardians of the analog and @blackhatboojum 's recent build reports, you'll know that this is a Boss PH-1 (as opposed to the PH-1r). Of course I have no killer...