Maleficent Mids switch position

[giovanni]

Just built this and I’m working on graphics. It sounds to me that when the switch is in the up position, the filter is narrower, but I wanted to double check that I’m hearing this correctly before I label it. Can anybody confirm this?
Thank you!

 

[giovanni]

@Robert am I hearing it right? Is it really so subtle that I can barely tell? Paging @MichaelW and @Chuck D. Bones who are familiar with this.

 

[giovanni]

I recorded a very short demo with my phone, hopefully the difference between the two switch positions comes through:

Maleficent mids demo

Listen to Maleficent mids demo by Giovanni X Botta #np on #SoundCloud

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[MichaelW]

I recorded a very short demo with my phone, hopefully the difference between the two switch positions comes through:

Maleficent mids demo

Listen to Maleficent mids demo by Giovanni X Botta #np on #SoundCloud

on.soundcloud.com

I'll pull mine out today and see how my switch works. Gotta find it in the pile....heh

 

[kristopher]

A very subtle difference can be heard between the two positions. If I recall, I found that at much higher volumes, it was more noticeable.
Or maybe with a fuzz in front, and at higher volumes..?.?
Good luck.

 

[jwin615]

I'll pull mine out today and see how my switch works. Gotta find it in the pile....heh

It's the one with no labels on it.

 

[giovanni]

Alright after some more clever testing I got my answer. Posting here in case others need to figure this out. I put an overdrive in front of the Maleficent Mids and tested the switch in the two positions. The overdrive makes it a lot more obvious which frequency is being boosted/cut and what the Q is. The up position is the narrow Q filter, more nasal and almost like a cocked wah in some settings (the resonance is not as pronounced as in a wah though). The down position is more slack and broad, as expected.

Cutting mids can lead to some mid-scooped metal tone with a distortion in front. Pushing mids brings you in TS and even Klon territory (without the clean blend of course). With a clean sound, the pedal can “fix” a Strat sound, giving it more mid bite (less “hollow” sounding if that makes any sense).

Anyways, working on graphics now, will post a build report next year.