jwyles90
Well-known member
Hey all,
I just finished up the Sea Horse and Trembling Loon builds, so I thought I'd share them with y'all. I'm somewhat new to making pedals and up to this point have pretty much only made fuzz/overdrive/distortion builds. Which is a ton of fun, don't get me wrong, but I wanted to try something modulated and digital to see how a homemade modulation would sound compared to something from an actual company.
A Chorus of Abalone (Sea Horse Chorus)
Overall I felt like this build at least was pretty straightforward, and aside from not realizing the resistors were 1/8" instead of 1/4" when sourcing my parts, I didn't have too much trouble with it. The effect itself sounds great, although I'm finding that I still tend to dial it in to as close to a traditional chorus sound as I can. If the rate or animation knobs are up much more than like, 9 o clock it gets a little too warbly for my taste. Although on some settings it reminds me of the underwater temples in Ocarina of Time, which is pretty cool.
Tremolo Garden (Trembling Loon)
This was also a pretty straightforward build. My biggest issue was getting the two LEDs to line up properly, and I struggled with that way more than I would have liked. The drill hole for the bypass LED was just slightly off, so I ended up cutting the bezel in half on the inside to make it a little easier to line up. Both LEDs still sit a little wonky in their bezels, but since it's just for me I don't mind too much. I think this is a fantastic tremolo, it's super versatile and aside from the gain knob having a ton of volume on tap I can't really find anything I don't like about it. I don't use Tremolo all that much to begin with, but given how cool this one sounds it's inspiring me to incorporate it more into my playing. My girlfriend did the art for both of these as well. The Tremolo pedal she used decoupage on, which I think turned out pretty killer and gives it this rad kind of western vibe to it.
I just finished up the Sea Horse and Trembling Loon builds, so I thought I'd share them with y'all. I'm somewhat new to making pedals and up to this point have pretty much only made fuzz/overdrive/distortion builds. Which is a ton of fun, don't get me wrong, but I wanted to try something modulated and digital to see how a homemade modulation would sound compared to something from an actual company.
A Chorus of Abalone (Sea Horse Chorus)
Overall I felt like this build at least was pretty straightforward, and aside from not realizing the resistors were 1/8" instead of 1/4" when sourcing my parts, I didn't have too much trouble with it. The effect itself sounds great, although I'm finding that I still tend to dial it in to as close to a traditional chorus sound as I can. If the rate or animation knobs are up much more than like, 9 o clock it gets a little too warbly for my taste. Although on some settings it reminds me of the underwater temples in Ocarina of Time, which is pretty cool.
Tremolo Garden (Trembling Loon)
This was also a pretty straightforward build. My biggest issue was getting the two LEDs to line up properly, and I struggled with that way more than I would have liked. The drill hole for the bypass LED was just slightly off, so I ended up cutting the bezel in half on the inside to make it a little easier to line up. Both LEDs still sit a little wonky in their bezels, but since it's just for me I don't mind too much. I think this is a fantastic tremolo, it's super versatile and aside from the gain knob having a ton of volume on tap I can't really find anything I don't like about it. I don't use Tremolo all that much to begin with, but given how cool this one sounds it's inspiring me to incorporate it more into my playing. My girlfriend did the art for both of these as well. The Tremolo pedal she used decoupage on, which I think turned out pretty killer and gives it this rad kind of western vibe to it.
