Enclosure material, ground plane, and influence on sound

[jimilee]

While we're on the subject of woo peddlers and pedal mumbo jumbo, is it "crystal lettuce" or "crystal lattice"?
I need to know if I have to go to a farmer's market or a blacksmith when I finally build my first tube amp.

Depends on where you’re from, I think.

 

[Coda]

Howard Gee was the one of the Main Designers behind the original Catalinbread Pedals.
He is also a Wicked guitarist that demoed a lot of their Gear.
Lets hope he is still building Great pedals without all the shenanigans to sell a product!

This is what is a little sad about this. Gee- Era Catalinbread was peak. They were killing it back then. Gee moves on, and now is convinced that only wore with grey insulation sounds best, and that if you tighten the footswitch nut with your left hand your pedal won’t work with a buffer. Meanwhile Catalinbread has basically faded away…

 

[Robert]

Meanwhile Catalinbread has basically faded away…

They've been putting out all kinds of... things... lately.

Yeah, you're right. Point taken.


I know some folks who believe a 1/4" jack can be too tight, not because of physical stress, but because somehow it becomes so tight the electrons can't pass through the metal or something like that.

 

[Coda]

They've been putting out all kinds of... things... lately.

Yeah, you're right. Point taken.


I know some folks who believe a 1/4" jack can be too tight, not because of physical stress, but because somehow it becomes so tight the electrons can't pass through the metal or something like that.

You have to watch out for those counterfeit electrons on EBay…

 

[music6000]

You have to watch out for those counterfeit electrons on EBay…

That's why I like using Ferrite Bead Axial Leads :

 

[Bricksnbeatles]

Back in the Gee days, before Nick Harris passed away, catalinbread was putting awesome stuff out at a monstrous pace. The Anticthon, Bicycle Delay, and Zero Point were the objects of my GAS fantasies for ages back when they came out.
I’m pretty sure I made an anticthon wishlist thread on the old wishlist, and a work-alike bicycle delay will be my first attempted delay projects for both the FV-1 ( and Daisy seed with tap tempo for the Daisy one!)

 

[Robert]

I believe the Bicycle was designed by Jack Deville... At least that's what it says on the PCB.

 

[Boba7]

I believe the Bicycle was designed by Jack Deville... At least that's what it says on the PCB.

I think he designed pretty much every pcb for Catalinbread in that era (dont know about now). Pretty sure he was also involved in the programming.
I really like that guy. I had a few Mr Black pedals that I loved. Great sounds and always very easy to use.

 

[cdwillis]

Jack seems like a pretty good dude. I built an op amp booster based off the schematic he shared for his Boost Tiger.