spi
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I was never that interested in a Klon style pedal. None of the demos or descriptions of what it does appealed to me much. Last year, when there was some attention on the $500K one on Reverb (from the JHS guy--it was mostly a publicity stunt), I got interested despite not wanting to. I figured I should try one.
Overall, I kind of like it. Due to this hobby, I have enough ODs that any of them is pretty much redundant with something, so it's not essential. But I can definitely see why this pedal has fans--it has a more pleasing boost tone than I expected.
I did a waterslide decal on this one with the original logo. In retrospect, I wish I did something more creative with the design--now it looks too much like a cheap Chinese knockoff.
It has a few mods too: The tone cap was changed 3.9n to 6.8n (based on many mod recommendations). The pull down/up resistors were changed to 2M. I used LF353 in IC1 and 5332 in IC2. I changed the volume pot to logarithmic. The diodes are some unlabeled germaniums (probably 1n34a) I had from many years ago--they measured about 0.325 Vf on my mm.
Overall, I kind of like it. Due to this hobby, I have enough ODs that any of them is pretty much redundant with something, so it's not essential. But I can definitely see why this pedal has fans--it has a more pleasing boost tone than I expected.
I did a waterslide decal on this one with the original logo. In retrospect, I wish I did something more creative with the design--now it looks too much like a cheap Chinese knockoff.
It has a few mods too: The tone cap was changed 3.9n to 6.8n (based on many mod recommendations). The pull down/up resistors were changed to 2M. I used LF353 in IC1 and 5332 in IC2. I changed the volume pot to logarithmic. The diodes are some unlabeled germaniums (probably 1n34a) I had from many years ago--they measured about 0.325 Vf on my mm.
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