MichaelW
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I've been sitting on this board for at least 3 years and finally got around to building it.
The Abider is a well known Dumble ODS style pedal. In my mind that always says "ahhh it's another Zen drive variant".
Well, this isn't. And given JRD's penchant for squeezing out new pedals based on the same schematic over and over, the Abider is a refreshing change.
Allegedly, the Dude was voiced to match a particular Dumble owned by Keith Urban.
The circuit has some YATS-like blocks but multiple gain stages with both soft and hard clippers.
There are a few mods floating around for this pedal but I didn't do any of them and built this stock. To my ears, it sounds more like one of the later higher gain Dumbles that used EL34's. It's got a more Marshall-like tone to it than most other ODS-style pedals.
Yet at the same time, it does indeed tonally belong in the category of overdrives like the Zen Drive.
This is an older project but still a highly recommended build for a more aggressive Dumble-esque overdrive.
The Abider is a well known Dumble ODS style pedal. In my mind that always says "ahhh it's another Zen drive variant".
Well, this isn't. And given JRD's penchant for squeezing out new pedals based on the same schematic over and over, the Abider is a refreshing change.
Allegedly, the Dude was voiced to match a particular Dumble owned by Keith Urban.
The circuit has some YATS-like blocks but multiple gain stages with both soft and hard clippers.
There are a few mods floating around for this pedal but I didn't do any of them and built this stock. To my ears, it sounds more like one of the later higher gain Dumbles that used EL34's. It's got a more Marshall-like tone to it than most other ODS-style pedals.
Yet at the same time, it does indeed tonally belong in the category of overdrives like the Zen Drive.
This is an older project but still a highly recommended build for a more aggressive Dumble-esque overdrive.
