MichaelW
Well-known member
Well, I after a slight delay waiting for 1590BBS to arrive (missed that part initially in the build docs) I put my DuoCast together and buttoned it up this morning.
I'm not quite sure what to make of it. It's like an odd, angular, juxtaposition of overdrive, distortion and fuzz.
I used a TG55/OC71 with HFe of 63.
I have the internal gain trimpots barely cracked as any higher, the gain sounds just weren't very appealing to me, too splatty and farty. I definitely prefer running it at 9v as opposed to the 27v setting.
It sounds better on some guitars than others.
Sounded the best with my Nash Tele when I was messing around with it today.
I have to admit, even though I got some cool sounds out of it, it's not my favorite pedal. But I need to play around with it some more.
Build went very smooth although I totally goofed on the 330U caps. Somehow I missed the part when I was ordering them where it said "12.5mm", those are some BIG suckers! I managed to get them on with some inventive lead bending.
I'm not quite sure what to make of it. It's like an odd, angular, juxtaposition of overdrive, distortion and fuzz.
I used a TG55/OC71 with HFe of 63.
I have the internal gain trimpots barely cracked as any higher, the gain sounds just weren't very appealing to me, too splatty and farty. I definitely prefer running it at 9v as opposed to the 27v setting.
It sounds better on some guitars than others.
Sounded the best with my Nash Tele when I was messing around with it today.
I have to admit, even though I got some cool sounds out of it, it's not my favorite pedal. But I need to play around with it some more.
Build went very smooth although I totally goofed on the 330U caps. Somehow I missed the part when I was ordering them where it said "12.5mm", those are some BIG suckers! I managed to get them on with some inventive lead bending.