Madbean Man O’ War (Maxon AD-900)

[blackhatboojum]

This… is my holy grail delay pedal. Everything about it… is what I’ve been looking for… for years. I wanted a delay that sounded good in front of a distorted amp, without adding noise and hiss, and had natural, degrading, and organic sounding repeats. I finally found it with this beast. It was expensive to build. It was a challenge to build, and it was a challenge to set up. I used an audio probe, 2 multimeters, a signal generator, and an oscilloscope to dial her in just right. I really tried to bring my “A” game with this build and push my skills to the limit. There are a few things I could have done better aesthetically but, overall… I think it’s probably my best work.

 

[cooder]

Top notch, great stuff indeed!

 

[blackhatboojum]

Top notch, great stuff indeed!

Thanks!

 

[Mentaltossflycoon]

So many trimpots, makes my eyes cross a little. This looks excellent!

 

[JamieJ]

Very nice work @blackhatboojum this looks awesome.

 

[Harry Klippton]

Tight grapes

 

[szukalski]

Looks delicious!

 

[blackhatboojum]

So many trimpots, makes my eyes cross a little. This looks excellent!

Thanks! The amount of trim pots is pretty intimidating but, the circuit is actually pretty easy to calibrate once you get the hang of it and know what to listen for. Brian’s build docs for this circuit include by ear, audio probe instructions that are more than adequate. I just went way overboard and used every piece electronical gadgetry I have to get it absolutely perfect. Sometimes I’m anal like that .

Very nice work @blackhatboojum this looks awesome.

Tight grapes

Looks delicious!

Huge thanks everyone!

 

[Feral Feline]

If it were JAD (just another delay) it's a Damn-Nice Build, but the fact that it's turned out so well after considerable effort AND is your holy-grail delay elevates it to royalty-status.

 

[blackhatboojum]

If it were JAD (just another delay) it's a Damn-Nice Build, but the fact that it's turned out so well after considerable effort AND is your holy-grail delay elevates it to royalty-status.

Absolutely!