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Phil hodson

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Not my first pedal, but my first build report here. This is about number 8 for me. So I’m still learning. A lot!

I have been sitting on this board for a while and eventually got around to starting it!

It went together so well. Even my nemesis of off board wiring! This went so perfectly.

I etched the enclosure. This was my third attempt at that and I’m satisfied. Still working on the technique at the moment though!

Finally though the sound is fantastic. Although the throb doesn’t seem to do much. Is that normal?

More posts to follow as I have a few more in the wings finishing up soon……
 

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Oh man that enclosure is incredible. Really awesome idea and it came out amazing.

I also built one of these and what I noticed (and also read) is that the throb is more prominent on the low end. I feel it more when I switch to my neck pick ups and especially with humbuckers. You should notice even more of an effect depending on what you run in front of it as well. On mine, it's really noticeable after a real meaty fuzz or distortion. Hope that helps.
 
Oh man that enclosure is incredible. Really awesome idea and it came out amazing.

I also built one of these and what I noticed (and also read) is that the throb is more prominent on the low end. I feel it more when I switch to my neck pick ups and especially with humbuckers. You should notice even more of an effect depending on what you run in front of it as well. On mine, it's really noticeable after a real meaty fuzz or distortion. Hope that helps.
Thanks! I’m happy with the way it turned out. I think I need to etch a little bit longer to get it a fraction deeper. But it’s a fine line between etching the parts you want and it starting to etch the parts you don’t want 🤣
I’m still playing with mine so haven’t decided where to put it exactly yet. I’m playing an explorer so two humbuckers. I have a few fuzzes and distortions to put it after 🤦‍♂️🙄
 
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