Mentaltossflycoon
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Looks like I'm drawing first blood on this one.
I've made a point to avoid building screamers. No hate, I just never liked the sound. In fact it's rare for me to mess with what I consider guitar specific circuits. I've only built a pauper, a chop shop, an odr1 and the mojito. I'm also not all that drawn to eqd circuits these days but I've heard a few bass players talk up the plumes so I I've been increasingly tempted to mess with a greengage. Having the bass version develop into an available project so quickly, I was oddly motivated.
As it goes, this thing is nothing like the screamers I've played in years past. No honky mids, better tone control, much much more gain, approaching full on fuzz. In fact at the cleanest setting there's some dirt but I don't love it for the lowest "edge of" type of dirt. LED setting (mode 1) with the gain around noon is the winner here with my rig. Big and warm but also sweet and crusty articulate distortion. A really nice compliment to the Chuck D Bones bass klon. The stack works for me in both directions. Has me thinking about a combo build with an order switcher. I do like all 3 modes but when I want fuzz, i have better fuzz so I'm not really diming mode 3.
The only way I could think to improve upon this design would be a bass control. I'm sure someone out there would like to dial the low end. If I end up making the dual pedal, I'll likely add a clean blend but it's probably gilding the lilly.
The blumes has been given maximum hype for bass pedal nerds and eqd fans alike. This pedal is an amalgamation of several things I've called "shit." Sometimes that shit turns out to be hot shit so I gave it the flaming port-a-potty treatment. Looks decent on the SBP Teridium enclosure.
I've made a point to avoid building screamers. No hate, I just never liked the sound. In fact it's rare for me to mess with what I consider guitar specific circuits. I've only built a pauper, a chop shop, an odr1 and the mojito. I'm also not all that drawn to eqd circuits these days but I've heard a few bass players talk up the plumes so I I've been increasingly tempted to mess with a greengage. Having the bass version develop into an available project so quickly, I was oddly motivated.
As it goes, this thing is nothing like the screamers I've played in years past. No honky mids, better tone control, much much more gain, approaching full on fuzz. In fact at the cleanest setting there's some dirt but I don't love it for the lowest "edge of" type of dirt. LED setting (mode 1) with the gain around noon is the winner here with my rig. Big and warm but also sweet and crusty articulate distortion. A really nice compliment to the Chuck D Bones bass klon. The stack works for me in both directions. Has me thinking about a combo build with an order switcher. I do like all 3 modes but when I want fuzz, i have better fuzz so I'm not really diming mode 3.
The only way I could think to improve upon this design would be a bass control. I'm sure someone out there would like to dial the low end. If I end up making the dual pedal, I'll likely add a clean blend but it's probably gilding the lilly.
The blumes has been given maximum hype for bass pedal nerds and eqd fans alike. This pedal is an amalgamation of several things I've called "shit." Sometimes that shit turns out to be hot shit so I gave it the flaming port-a-potty treatment. Looks decent on the SBP Teridium enclosure.
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