DGWVI
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The glorious DOD Grunge, now with assembly required. This and the Danelectro Fab Tone were my first two distortion pedals, so this was a nostalgia trip for me.
Really doesn't remind me of the tone of any of the grunge bands I listen to- they all used Super Fuzzes, Big Muffs, Rats, and DS-1s. It does do exorbitantly heavy and ugly, though. I'd class it as more of a sloppy kinda metal distortion, and it's circuit topology is basically a stripped down Metal Zone. It might be capable of doing tight palm muted stuff, but I'm not.
Distortion levels start at high, and only get wackier from there, and the Grunge pot doesn't have a huge range. But, why should it? This is meant for messy, feedback-laden slopfests.
I did tweak a few values, starting with using the Fab Tone specs (three components difference between the two) and then kept tweaking to get more low end out of the last two gyrators, and have a more usable range on the Face (highs) pot. I'm gonna wait for the official schematic to be posted before I lost my mods. Nothing groundbreaking, but they do help with the range of the EQ. LED clippers, because fuck a 1N4148
Overall, and after 15 or so years, I still dig this circuit. It's just ridiculously harsh, but perfectly useable, and covers quite a lot of ground if you're willing to tweak the EQ and Grunge
Dead simple build, though a sorta high component count given it's just a dirt box. No rare parts. Just load up the board and go.
Really doesn't remind me of the tone of any of the grunge bands I listen to- they all used Super Fuzzes, Big Muffs, Rats, and DS-1s. It does do exorbitantly heavy and ugly, though. I'd class it as more of a sloppy kinda metal distortion, and it's circuit topology is basically a stripped down Metal Zone. It might be capable of doing tight palm muted stuff, but I'm not.
Distortion levels start at high, and only get wackier from there, and the Grunge pot doesn't have a huge range. But, why should it? This is meant for messy, feedback-laden slopfests.
I did tweak a few values, starting with using the Fab Tone specs (three components difference between the two) and then kept tweaking to get more low end out of the last two gyrators, and have a more usable range on the Face (highs) pot. I'm gonna wait for the official schematic to be posted before I lost my mods. Nothing groundbreaking, but they do help with the range of the EQ. LED clippers, because fuck a 1N4148
Overall, and after 15 or so years, I still dig this circuit. It's just ridiculously harsh, but perfectly useable, and covers quite a lot of ground if you're willing to tweak the EQ and Grunge
Dead simple build, though a sorta high component count given it's just a dirt box. No rare parts. Just load up the board and go.
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Great build dude!
