DEMO MadBean Charlatan (EHX The Worm)

[DGWVI]

Build Rating

4.00 star(s)

A fairly quick and simple build with great documentation. Quite versatile with the different modes and wide range of the Rate and Range pots. While it sounds great, I honestly don't find it terribly exciting.
I will say it is much less noisy than the older big box version I briefly had.
Only mod is the Headroom tweak suggested in the build doc

 

[bean]

It very much is the "jack of all trades, master of none" type effect but it does have a little bit something special. As do so many of the old EHX pedals often do.

 

[DGWVI]

It very much is the "jack of all trades, master of none" type effect but it does have a little bit something special. As do so many of the old EHX pedals often do.

That's true. It probably doesn't help and is totally unfair to most other circuits that I use the Phasor II / Bi-Phase as my baseline .

Playing around with it a bit more, the Vibe and Trem settings are actually pretty nice. The trem has a pseudo harmonic thing going on, and I like that both can be dialed for a lil bit of asymmetry

Anyway, here's a poopy demo -

 

[Guardians of the analog]

When I built mine I changed the taper of the speed pot from linear to logarithmic to give a better range. Classic ehx using linear for everything

 

[DGWVI]

When I built mine I changed the taper of the speed pot from linear to logarithmic to give a better range. Classic ehx using linear for everything

I might pop this one back open to do that. The jump from glacial to supersonic is rather abrupt

 

[DGWVI]

Swapped the Rate out for a Log taper, and it's a vast improvement. Much more gradual, and a lot easier to dial in settings

Overall, the controls are a lot smoother.

 

[jimilee]

Swapped the Rate out for a Log taper, and it's a vast improvement. Much more gradual, and a lot easier to dial in settings

Overall, the controls are a lot smoother.

Those are some sexy socks you got there.