DGWVI
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These boards all came courtesy of @finebyfine, as part of his delve into the Rabbit Hole. They're built mostly according to the screen prints on the board, except I used 1N5817s in most of the spots calling for silicons, and 2N5089s in all transistor spots (I ordered them for some reason, so felt I may as well use em, as I can't recall what I ordered em for).
All boards laid out beautifully, and on par with PedalPCB's offerings.
The most notably modded circuit is the Green Ringer Redux- I opted to use the component values from the Ringer section of the Life / Parentheses circuit where applicable. I also increased C1 from 100pf to 10n
If I had to pick a favorite from this bunch, I'd probably go with the Ringer Redux, though I don't feel the dual Null pots add anything of real value as external controls. But as a beefed up Green Ringer otherwise, I really like it as a sorta clean Octave up to full on Octave fuzz.
My second choice would easily be the Octave Up Sick Box simply for how brutal it is. I'd liken it to a Foxx Tone Machine that forgot all of it's etiquette training. For the hard clippers I used 1N914 and Bat85, but I might open it back up and swap all the hard clippers for something with an even lower vf, as this thing is ridiculously loud
The Super Full Wave Octaver is fun, and definitely the "cleanest" of the bunch. This one definitely benefits from being driven by other pedals. It wouldn't be my first pick for my tastes, but I'm going to enjoy having it around.
The Clean Octave Blend is awesome, too. Reminds me of a Mayer Octavia, but I think this one gets quite a bit nastier.
The Optofet compressor compresses, and I don't know how to use compressors
This one doesn't seem to color the tone too much, and it's dead simple as far as controls go. But, I think I rely too heavily on my playing dynamics to really get much use out of any compressor circuit, and having endless clean sustain isn't terribly important to me.
I start the video off with all pedals set to the strongest octave up according to my strobe tuner. I start with the neck pickup using those settings, then move on to each pedals most extremes. After that, I begin switching from the neck to bridge pickup
All boards laid out beautifully, and on par with PedalPCB's offerings.
The most notably modded circuit is the Green Ringer Redux- I opted to use the component values from the Ringer section of the Life / Parentheses circuit where applicable. I also increased C1 from 100pf to 10n
If I had to pick a favorite from this bunch, I'd probably go with the Ringer Redux, though I don't feel the dual Null pots add anything of real value as external controls. But as a beefed up Green Ringer otherwise, I really like it as a sorta clean Octave up to full on Octave fuzz.
My second choice would easily be the Octave Up Sick Box simply for how brutal it is. I'd liken it to a Foxx Tone Machine that forgot all of it's etiquette training. For the hard clippers I used 1N914 and Bat85, but I might open it back up and swap all the hard clippers for something with an even lower vf, as this thing is ridiculously loud
The Super Full Wave Octaver is fun, and definitely the "cleanest" of the bunch. This one definitely benefits from being driven by other pedals. It wouldn't be my first pick for my tastes, but I'm going to enjoy having it around.
The Clean Octave Blend is awesome, too. Reminds me of a Mayer Octavia, but I think this one gets quite a bit nastier.
The Optofet compressor compresses, and I don't know how to use compressors
This one doesn't seem to color the tone too much, and it's dead simple as far as controls go. But, I think I rely too heavily on my playing dynamics to really get much use out of any compressor circuit, and having endless clean sustain isn't terribly important to me.
I start the video off with all pedals set to the strongest octave up according to my strobe tuner. I start with the neck pickup using those settings, then move on to each pedals most extremes. After that, I begin switching from the neck to bridge pickup
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