EHX Electric Mistress
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dan.schumaker
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Just going to leave this here... two Mistresses, one small... one smaller
Barry
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Heck, most want a 1590AI will never understand why everyone needs everything in a 125b
Barry
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Hey buddy, I only need one, and you got four
pcb rookie
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I've never tried building any of the Madbean projects. Not that I don't have trust in them but I kind of got used to the PedalPCB layout.
Just looked documentation of the Current Lover. I see what you mean about being tight with the pots and jacks ... and the toggle not being lined-up.
If it's in the plans for PedalPCB to eventually get to it, I don't mind waiting. I already have a couple of projects to keep my head and hands busy. If it's not, I might give the Current Lover a try.
benny_profane
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You’re doing yourself a disservice. Madbean makes great projects with amazing documentation.
Bricksnbeatles
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One of the old discontinued Madbean freq analyzer PCBs, or something else?
jimilee
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This^^^ You can build more than one, it’s cool.
jimilee
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Brian was doing it before it was cool, or so the website says.
pcb rookie
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You convinced me ... it's worth experimenting!
Chrisq206
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Looks like you got them from Jawas
Big Monk
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I'm gonna throw this out there: I love my Mooer E-Lady. It's a great pedal that captures ALOT (not all of course) of that Electric Mistress magic. And it's cheap. They can be had for $40 all day if you look around.
If you are not familiar with the Mistress sound, try the E-Lady to see if you like it. A circuit that is truer to the OG Mistress will be brighter than the E-Lady but the hallmarks are there.
I plan on making the Madbean Current Lover because I'm a EM convert because of the E-Lady
If you are not familiar with the Mistress sound, try the E-Lady to see if you like it. A circuit that is truer to the OG Mistress will be brighter than the E-Lady but the hallmarks are there.
I plan on making the Madbean Current Lover because I'm a EM convert because of the E-Lady
Big Monk
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Right. Bjorn over at Gilmourish describes it as a combination of the best qualities of the V2 and the Deluxe in the sense that it’s a touch brighter than the Deluxe but now where near that rich, sparkly tone of the 18v V1.
I’ve got my Electrovibe in such good shape now that instead of building the mini, I think my first non-Fuzz 2022 build is going to be the Current Lover.
I’ll still keep the E-Lady because it’s another flavor but I need that V1 tone.
jeffwhitfield
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Got one myself. Also got the Ninety Script which isn’t bad either. Most of the Mooer mini pedals are good. Not really a bad one in the bunch. They cheap for sure. Can find better…but still cool to get for stacking.
Big Monk
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A version of the big box deluxe?
I have to correct you here, the madbean is a recreation of what's usually called the V6, which is a 9V lower noise redesign of the original 18V electric mistress, the e-lady is also a copy of this unit (as are the Hartman and most of the mistress clones out there).
The re-issue EHX deluxe electric mistress (using the R5106) is also basically a V6.
The vintage 70s DEM is a 15v design with the same basic LFO/Clock design as the 9V mistress but giving a much wider sweep range while the audio is totally different, not as bright as the smaller box mistresses but yes, a bit more frequency range.
The 18V V1 is rarely ever cloned as it ticks by design, is finicky to clone and horrendously noisy.
Yes, the 70's model.
Big Monk
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So if I own the E-Lady already, is there a point in having the current lover as well? If they are cloned from the same circuit?
I imagine the build quality would be more robust but I love the E-Lady as it is so I would t want to search out a chip set for a pedal that’s going to be similar to what I already have.
jimilee
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Well hell yeah there is, you need both!
Big Monk
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Recently there was a guy on TGP selling an original V1 model that had a blend control professionally added.
It was crazy but it also was not in my price range.
Big Monk
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I was pretty much sold anyway!
My 8 year old son LOVES the E-Lady so it can go on his board when the Current Liver gets built.
I can't claim they're exactly the same as I haven't seen the schematic of the E-Lady or directly compared them, but probably pretty close in sound, yeah...
That reminds me, the output boost he added, that 220n/10k is going to end up cutting some bass from the signal and make things thinner than necessary... I'd make them 470n/22k to still get a decent range on the output trimmer.
Also, looking at his schematic, it's not exactly a V6, there's some tweaks, C7 should be 82n, R17 should be 510R and C11 removed to make it a true copy.
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