jwyles90
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Hey all! I finished up this Desolate fuzz build the other day, and had a ton of fun both putting it together and playing with it once it was completed. I put it in a 1590b enclosure, and was finally able to bust out the top-jack drill guide which is freaking awesome and a huge help with those tiny builds. I've also been messing around with decorating enclosures with things other than waterslide decals. For this one I got some mod podge and used that to adhere the paper to the enclosure. I was worried about how it would look once it was all dried up, but I think it came out pretty great and doesn't feel all tacky and gross. I found this crazy-looking tissue paper a while back at an art store. It reminds me of a weird cross between burnt wood, leather, and like, maybe a satanic book wrapped in skin or something? Everyone I've shown it to has had an unpleasant reaction to it, so it felt like the perfect pairing for a pedal called the "unpleasant surprise".
As for the pedal itself, I've got a couple sound clips here. The first clip is a little more 'straightforward' in terms of fuzz sounds. It's gating a bit, but is still really heavy and full and awesome. The second clip is definitely a more extreme setting. With the "crush" toggle on it gets suuuuuper compressed and farty, which I really like but I can see how it wouldn't be everyone's cup of tea. I also found that engaging the crush mode really strengthens the gate, so I had to either crank the onset knob for it to open up, or run some kind of boost or something behind it to push the signal. Either way though, the pedal is surprisingly versatile and has a lot of crazy sounds in it. Super rad overall!
As for the pedal itself, I've got a couple sound clips here. The first clip is a little more 'straightforward' in terms of fuzz sounds. It's gating a bit, but is still really heavy and full and awesome. The second clip is definitely a more extreme setting. With the "crush" toggle on it gets suuuuuper compressed and farty, which I really like but I can see how it wouldn't be everyone's cup of tea. I also found that engaging the crush mode really strengthens the gate, so I had to either crank the onset knob for it to open up, or run some kind of boost or something behind it to push the signal. Either way though, the pedal is surprisingly versatile and has a lot of crazy sounds in it. Super rad overall!
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