Any way to sort OD pedals by “type”?

[spacecadetcharlie]

Spoiled for choice is the problem!

I was looking to build a Bluesbreaker type OD (with my own dinky mods) and as usual my first thought was to come to PedalPCB. But because there are so, so many OD options I was struggling to sort through which choices are in the “Bluesbreaker” camp (as opposed to TS, Klon, Timmy, Nobels, etc.) Given that I don’t have an encyclopedic knowledge of all the options on the page, it would be handy to be able to further sort into “families of OD,” if you will.

If I missed something obvious please slap me.

Don’t get me wrong - this is a great problem to have.

 

[Guardians of the analog]

Paging Dr. Drive, @MichaelW we need your knowledge of OD pedals.

If anyone could steer you in the right direction it's Micheal

 

[Harry Klippton]

Just off the top of my head, there's the paragon, pot and kettle, and one of the pro 10 options but idk which

 

[spacecadetcharlie]

I have the names of about 5-6 BB style pedals that I’m aware of… it’s a good start but my neuroticism requires certainty! Hahaha.

 

[Guardians of the analog]

The morning glory, POT, pantheon, blue note, I'm sure there are more.

 

[spi]

There's probably even more since this thread, but a bunch of them are listed here:

What's your favorite Bluesbreaker-based PedalPCB circuit? | PedalPCB Community Forum

(edit: I just added Pot and Kettle to the list--let me know if you find others)

 

[phi1]

FYI - there two versions of the Bluesbreaker that delineated pedals are based on. The main difference is two resistors in the first op amp stage. For example, KoT is based on the V1, and the Morning Glory is based on the V2 and has more aggressive upper mids and treble. It is possible to put the options for these two resistors on a dpdt switch and it’ll go a long way to covering both types!

The aion fx cerulean build docs explain this very well.

 

[spacecadetcharlie]

There's probably even more since this thread, but a bunch of them are listed here:

What's your favorite Bluesbreaker-based PedalPCB circuit? | PedalPCB Community Forum

(edit: I just added Pot and Kettle to the list--let me know if you find others)

Brilliant, thanks

 

[spacecadetcharlie]

FYI - there two versions of the Bluesbreaker that delineated pedals are based on.

The aion fx cerulean build docs explain this very well.

Great suggestion, I have my eye on those build documents as well as the BYOC and GGG. It seems the V1 vs V2 debate is the “Centaur magic diodes“ for this style of pedal.

 

[spi]

V1 FTW

 

[phi1]

Except that V1 vs V2 you can actually hear easily, unlike the magic diodes haha (my opinion).

 

[spacecadetcharlie]

I just triggered half the forum

 

[Guardians of the analog]

I just triggered half the forum

 

[Guardians of the analog]

We all know the best of any pedal is the newest release. The real question is red side or yellow side of KOT?

 

[jimilee]

We all know the best of any pedal is the newest release. The real question is red side or yellow side of KOT?

Red

 

[scheffehcs]

Just throwing my two cents in - I’ve built the standard bluesbreaker, king of tone, pantheon, and Aion’s older version (they just released a new version recently).

I thought the Pantheon was the most useful, because it has a bunch of the mods and they’re all on the outside (volume boost, bass control, clipping options, gain range, and the internal treble/presence knob is also on the outside).

After playing with that one, I realized I don’t need most of the mods, and I’m happy with the standard gain range. The only thing I need is the extra volume, which most (if not all) the non-standard versions of the bluesbreaker will have. So I’ve been using the Aion one. It has soft/hard clipping options, but I don’t really change them!