Effects Layouts Widogast

[Mentaltossflycoon]

This thing brings some meat. Based on the Dunwich Wizard, it provides tons of bass and rolling back the highs brings up the mids nicely, I found some very nice sounds with the treble pot between zero and noon. I don't think it'll dethrone my lo-tone but band context will determine that. A/B tested with a creampie and I think the widogast will get less lost in the mix. Smokes a lot of my other bass oriented fuzzes, actually. I'm pretty impressed, it's a top tier bass muff.

Build went smoothly, it didn't fire up at first but I found the solder bridge quickly. Perhaps some of the pads are a little close together for medium skilled folks like myself but it got there.

 

[Mentaltossflycoon]

That's a chromium box from tayda. I was curious how it would take a clear coat. Still looks nice but you do lose a lot of the reflection. I actually far prefer this as the chromium is a terrible fingerprint magnet, and less durable without.

 

[Dan M]

I didn’t realize there is a pcb for this pedal, I always forget there is a store in addition to the perf board blog.

Very cool.

 

[Mentaltossflycoon]

I didn’t realize there is a pcb for this pedal, I always forget there is a store in addition to the perf board blog.

Very cool.

And this is why we build report. Enablers enabling the enabled.

 

[ckupson]

Did you use regular length mounted pots for this or long pin? When I look at the Alpha rotaries I ordered for this via the build doc they seem too deep to not tower over and potentially stop the other pots from screwing into place all the way. Thanks!

 

[Mentaltossflycoon]

Regular pots soldered partially pulled back out so that they're a little taller. They barely poke through the joint there if you zoom in. The rotary is definitely thicker. Some bending and hole widening may have been necessary, I don't remember at this point. I think long pins would be far too long.

 

[Feral Feline]

Looks great, and your mini-review of it in regards to bass makes me want to finish mine.

Mine's popped, but for one thing or another, I forget which part I'm missing. It was the rotary and then I noticed I'm still missing a cap value or something. Or... maybe I'm confusing that build with another that uses a rotary. Anyway, it's on the back-burner, but gotta put it back on the heat.


So, for yours, questions Sebastion...

Where'd you get the graphic and why did you choose it and how come the controls are just painted on and not part of the graphic?

Same for the name, Manwich/Dunwich but — inspiration for the name came from... font is... ?

 

[Mentaltossflycoon]

So most of my graphics are pulled from Max Ernst - a Weekend of Kindness. It's just a collection of collages that I'm drawn to. I'll flip through it and choose either an image that reminds me of what's inside or that works with the knob layout. This one has a guy levitating a bird monster which is kind of wizardy. That font is literally the manwich logo hastily photoshopped in there. A wizard is a male witch therefore manwich, the rhyme was just icing on that cake... it's stupid but it entertains me. As far as the hand written labels, it's just a preference. I'm not super savvy with sizing and design and I like it to look a little handmade. The looks of that D above the depth knob shows that this isn't always the best plan. I'd be hand painting the entirety like @jjjimi84 if I had the skills.

@peccary mentioned the AI app called wonder and I may use some images from that in the future. I've made some serious nightmare fuel up in there. When I downloaded it, my first thought was "what if trump was a wookie?"

 

[peccary]

I learned of the app from @Paradox916

And yes, it is really great for nightmare fuel.

 

[Feral Feline]

So most of my graphics are pulled from Max Ernst - a Weekend of Kindness. It's just a collection of collages that I'm drawn to. I'll flip through it and choose either an image that reminds me of what's inside or that works with the knob layout. This one has a guy levitating a bird monster which is kind of wizardy. That font is literally the manwich logo hastily photoshopped in there. A wizard is a male witch therefore manwich, the rhyme was just icing on that cake... it's stupid but it entertains me. As far as the hand written labels, it's just a preference. I'm not super savvy with sizing and design and I like it to look a little handmade. The looks of that D above the depth knob shows that this isn't always the best plan. I'd be hand painting the entirety like @jjjimi84 if I had the skills.

@peccary mentioned the AI app called wonder and I may use some images from that in the future. I've made some serious nightmare fuel up in there. When I downloaded it, my first thought was "what if trump was a wookie?"
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That's a great graphic for a Trumpetta Miniclone-bone

 

[Mentaltossflycoon]

 

[Paradox916]

I learned of the app from @Paradox916

And yes, it is really great for nightmare fuel.

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It definitely is a useful tool for my means

 

[Mentaltossflycoon]

My 3yo suggested strawberry dinosaur. Pretty cool, actually...

 

[swyse]

My 3yo suggested strawberry dinosaur. Pretty cool, actually...View attachment 35503

looks surprisingly like a deep sea monstrosity to me, maybe it's the blue.

 

[Mentaltossflycoon]

Lunch meat super villain.

 

[Feral Feline]

looks surprisingly like a deep sea monstrosity to me, maybe it's the blue.

Looks like the planet from whence came Audrey II.



If any of these other graphics were on my stompbox I'd be stomping as hard as I could to try and kill it.

 

[ckupson]

Just finished mine! (Pepperbox on the right)

Did you find the Wizard surprisingly not bassy? I actually kind of dig how articulate it is but when i look at the schematic/read “Bass Muff” i expected it to be huge sounding and this seems much crunchier and more mid-forward than I expected, about as much bass response as my stock Rat and nowhere near as much as the Pepperbox or the Ram’s Head build I have laying around. Cranking the lows just introduces blocking distortion which does seem in line with posts I’ve read from Magic Pedals on I think the Madbean forum. It is actually a cool voicing I just wouldn’t necessarily think of it as a “bass first” effect given the relative cut.

 

[Mentaltossflycoon]

Just finished mine! (Pepperbox on the right)

Did you find the Wizard surprisingly not bassy? I actually kind of dig how articulate it is but when i look at the schematic/read “Bass Muff” i expected it to be huge sounding and this seems much crunchier and more mid-forward than I expected, about as much bass response as my stock Rat and nowhere near as much as the Pepperbox or the Ram’s Head build I have laying around. Cranking the lows just introduces blocking distortion which does seem in line with posts I’ve read from Magic Pedals on I think the Madbean forum. It is actually a cool voicing I just wouldn’t necessarily think of it as a “bass first” effect given the relative cut.

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Those look great!

I'd agree that it isn't as bass heavy as some other bass dirts that I have but I think that's what I was after. Things like the bassweet sound amazing but are either overwhelming or lost in the mix. I seem to prefer the wizard at thicker settings. I would definitely say that mine is more bassy than my green sovtek muff, closest thing to a ram's head i have on hand. It's an appropriate bass fuzz though I'm using my moonn lofran currently.

 

[ckupson]

Yeah agreed! I do actually dig the focus it just surprises when you look at the circuit and it features so many standard Big Muff features that would portend huge bass. My only real guess is that the boosts push the BMP section in such an oversaturated direction that the relative appearance of a bass boost in a regular BMP is diluted by how much mids and highs come through the thing? Not really sure, just of curious to me electronically.

I looked up your Moonn build, it looks awesome! I’m sure it sounds killer too.