finebyfine
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I’ve never understood the appeal personally so maybe if it’s more massed produced I’ll have to hear about it less 
Duke of Tone - I guess it's official
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Chuck D. Bones
Circuit Wizard
For diodes to be "magic," they have to be scarce.
Chuck D. Bones
Circuit Wizard
Try working for a big corporation and you'll find out.
Robert
Reverse Engineer
Oh I've had my share of that fun..... but if you're building pedals for profit it'd be silly to pass on that sort of opportunity.
I've had my share of that fun too...
Besides, I doubt Mike (or any of the other boutiquers in these arrangements) is driving in for a 9 to 5, sitting through the morning meetings, or even wielding a soldering iron on the MXR production line. I suspect they paid for the rights to the name. They didn't need the schematic, or the expertise... all they needed was the hype.
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joelorigo
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Duke of Earl of Tone
Chuck D. Bones
Circuit Wizard
Bad batch? More like bad decision. And what ever happened to having a plan B?
One of the best things I learned at work was risk management. Sounds boring, but it can mean the difference between success and the other thing.
One of the best things I learned at work was risk management. Sounds boring, but it can mean the difference between success and the other thing.
Robert
Reverse Engineer
You have any idea how long it takes to overnight some current-production caps from Mouser?
.... oh shit, that's right .... overnight.
Feral Feline
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That's what my Moroccan friend feeds his dog, hare. You're having hare of the dog...
Not to spit hares, but...
Hare we go again...
...another Hare-raising experience.
Not tonight, deer, I have to wash my hare.
Hare today, game tomorrow.
TFW, you have a hare in your mouth.
Wooden eye wooden eye! Hare lip, hare lip! — well, just a little, on the upper corner, yup, nope, okay it's gone...
None taken!
Beauty is in the file of the font-folder...
szukalski
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Once the 1N4148 goes EoL, there’ll be a crap ton of magic pedals around.
For symmetrical clipping I like to have 1N914 going one way and 1N4148 going the other way, but you've got me worried that either or both might go EoL I dread the day of spending $5 for a matched pair of 1N4148s
"Duke of Tone"? To quote Gene hackman in Unforgiven: "I says duck."
I've never understood the hype around this series of pedals. The KoT sounds ok but there are better modded Bluesbreakers around IMO. The KoT is a decent OD which lacks any low-end. It's ok, decent, alright... But it has never been amazing to me.
I've never understood the hype around this series of pedals. The KoT sounds ok but there are better modded Bluesbreakers around IMO. The KoT is a decent OD which lacks any low-end. It's ok, decent, alright... But it has never been amazing to me.
finebyfine
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Couldn’t agree more. Granted anything with less fuzz than a hyper fuzz sounds too clean to me, but still
MichaelW
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Don’t shatter my illusions dude….
MichaelW
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What diodes are being used in the Duke? all SMD I assume?
benny_profane
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Prince of Tone (Pauper) Question
This video was posted a couple of days ago. "That Pedal Guys" compared KoT with Prince of Tone. You can clearly hear the difference. That was a really good episode. It was amusing to me that they seemed to forget that the prince of tone is the high gain version of a king of tone. In the...
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Through-hole actually.
Robert
Reverse Engineer
I have to lift them today, they were all installed with the majority of the part number facing the PCB.
Based on a photo posted earlier in the thread (and the G visible on mine) I suspect they're going to be BA479G.
