Hetari Gotoh
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My journey into madness continues with this heroic attempt to fight my addiction and assemble something that is not a Timmy.
Nauseous and sweaty from the withdrawal I popped a bunch of 2N5458 into my trusty TC1 and compared the resulting useless values, then I matched a couple of them using tibetan karmic numerology. Pervaded by a sense of blissful exhilaration I decided not to socket the two fated JFET soulmates, bonding them with rings of leaded solder instead. My faith in their blessed union was so strong that I barely had to turn the trim pots to bias them to 9V.
Why is there an intelligent relay bypass in there? In fact, why do I have an intelligent relay bypass module in the first place? I have no idea. Like many others in here I must have made an order while drunk. It probably seemed like a good idea at the time.
Anyway, I threw it in there including the useless optional parts and wired an ST Professional momentary switch to it. I like this switch. It feels like something that was made when things made sense and people had pride in their job. It also has a writing that reads "Made in Italy" on it.
There's a katana-wielding character from a legendary PTSD-inducing visual novel printed on the Tayda metallic dark gold enclosure that encases the circuit board. There are two kinds of people in the world: those who played the whole Muv-Luv trilogy and those who didn't. The writing above the knob reads "JFET BOOST" for those who didn't, while it reads "PTSD BOOST" for the others.
The pedal itself has a QUACKLOAD of gain on tap and it makes me wonder the meaning of the term "clean boost". I understand that the human brain always prefers what it perceives as louder, but this thing doesn't just make the sound quantitatively louder, it makes it qualitatively better. Why would I want to turn it off? And keeping it always on makes the whole intelligent bypass thing even more useless than I thought. I love it.
EPILOGUE: Tibetan karmic numerology is fun, but using a "greatly improved JFET matcher" proved to be a more practical choice for when one actually needs to match those components. Similarly, the Katana boost is fun, but using a Timmy proved to be a more practical choice for when one actually needs a clean boost. FML.
Nauseous and sweaty from the withdrawal I popped a bunch of 2N5458 into my trusty TC1 and compared the resulting useless values, then I matched a couple of them using tibetan karmic numerology. Pervaded by a sense of blissful exhilaration I decided not to socket the two fated JFET soulmates, bonding them with rings of leaded solder instead. My faith in their blessed union was so strong that I barely had to turn the trim pots to bias them to 9V.
Why is there an intelligent relay bypass in there? In fact, why do I have an intelligent relay bypass module in the first place? I have no idea. Like many others in here I must have made an order while drunk. It probably seemed like a good idea at the time.
Anyway, I threw it in there including the useless optional parts and wired an ST Professional momentary switch to it. I like this switch. It feels like something that was made when things made sense and people had pride in their job. It also has a writing that reads "Made in Italy" on it.
There's a katana-wielding character from a legendary PTSD-inducing visual novel printed on the Tayda metallic dark gold enclosure that encases the circuit board. There are two kinds of people in the world: those who played the whole Muv-Luv trilogy and those who didn't. The writing above the knob reads "JFET BOOST" for those who didn't, while it reads "PTSD BOOST" for the others.
The pedal itself has a QUACKLOAD of gain on tap and it makes me wonder the meaning of the term "clean boost". I understand that the human brain always prefers what it perceives as louder, but this thing doesn't just make the sound quantitatively louder, it makes it qualitatively better. Why would I want to turn it off? And keeping it always on makes the whole intelligent bypass thing even more useless than I thought. I love it.
EPILOGUE: Tibetan karmic numerology is fun, but using a "greatly improved JFET matcher" proved to be a more practical choice for when one actually needs to match those components. Similarly, the Katana boost is fun, but using a Timmy proved to be a more practical choice for when one actually needs a clean boost. FML.
