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I decided to branch out from PedalPCB and have had an onslaught of PCBs arriving at my house this past month or so. The first one I decided to tackle was the Meridian from Aion FX, based on the Gyuatone/Nady PS-021. I built the bass version (PS-020).
I wasn't able to find out much about the bass version of this pedal online - either the Aion clone of the original units. But it being a bass effect from the 80's got my attention and I had to build one.
I boxed this one up, tried it out, and it didn't work - it wasn't passing signal at all. I pulled it out of the enclosure and tested it for continuity with the DMM and it was working, so I plugged it in outside of the enclosure and it was working fine, so I put it back in the enclosure and it's good to go. Not sure what I was shorting out on but I can't complain now.
I haven't had much time with it and I think it is going to take some time to dial in. I can say that the "Exciter" control is very subtle and seems to be influenced by the "Color" knob. You can go from big, fat woof to lo-fi with this thing. I did find out that it plays *very* well with the Mercurial Boost, and that was when I was having the most fun with it and getting sounds out of it that I liked. I bet it will be fine on it's own, but the Mercurial Boost just seems to liven up everything it touches and has become my favorite pedal in short order. I found that when I was getting the heft I wanted from Max I was missing some drive and grind, and Freddie just brought it right back in.
This was the first time I built a PCB from another builder and it was a different experience. I appreciate PedalPCB's way of handling off-board wiring. It was my first time with Aion but it took me a lot longer to do the wiring than it does with PedalPCB. I'm glad I am branching out to other builders - the more of these I do from different people the more I'll learn.
I wasn't able to find out much about the bass version of this pedal online - either the Aion clone of the original units. But it being a bass effect from the 80's got my attention and I had to build one.
I boxed this one up, tried it out, and it didn't work - it wasn't passing signal at all. I pulled it out of the enclosure and tested it for continuity with the DMM and it was working, so I plugged it in outside of the enclosure and it was working fine, so I put it back in the enclosure and it's good to go. Not sure what I was shorting out on but I can't complain now.
I haven't had much time with it and I think it is going to take some time to dial in. I can say that the "Exciter" control is very subtle and seems to be influenced by the "Color" knob. You can go from big, fat woof to lo-fi with this thing. I did find out that it plays *very* well with the Mercurial Boost, and that was when I was having the most fun with it and getting sounds out of it that I liked. I bet it will be fine on it's own, but the Mercurial Boost just seems to liven up everything it touches and has become my favorite pedal in short order. I found that when I was getting the heft I wanted from Max I was missing some drive and grind, and Freddie just brought it right back in.
This was the first time I built a PCB from another builder and it was a different experience. I appreciate PedalPCB's way of handling off-board wiring. It was my first time with Aion but it took me a lot longer to do the wiring than it does with PedalPCB. I'm glad I am branching out to other builders - the more of these I do from different people the more I'll learn.
