szukalski
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- Build Rating
- 5.00 star(s)
This has been finished for months, but I've been waiting to put in a Tayda order and the UV printing side was waiting on me to pull finger.
I finally did it and got the enclosures today, so I boxed it right away.
What can I say about the pedal, I spent a lot of time tweaking the components (before I had my breadboard setup, that's how long it's been unboxed) but ultimately it wasn't that complicated. Low gain PNP Ge and NPN Si, and test the diodes to find the tone you like. Worked for me.
Play-wise, it's a really lovely pedal. It's quiet, so balance is always cranked almost full. The magic comes in the Harmonics knob. I came into this, thinking of it as a fuzz. But now I think of it as increasing the richness of the tone. Having this too far up can be over-powering on bassy (neck) pickups, but find the sweet spot and it is a great pedal for making magical noises. Stacking with low/mid gain drives is also really nice.
It truly is a pleasure to play.
I finally did it and got the enclosures today, so I boxed it right away.
What can I say about the pedal, I spent a lot of time tweaking the components (before I had my breadboard setup, that's how long it's been unboxed) but ultimately it wasn't that complicated. Low gain PNP Ge and NPN Si, and test the diodes to find the tone you like. Worked for me.
Play-wise, it's a really lovely pedal. It's quiet, so balance is always cranked almost full. The magic comes in the Harmonics knob. I came into this, thinking of it as a fuzz. But now I think of it as increasing the richness of the tone. Having this too far up can be over-powering on bassy (neck) pickups, but find the sweet spot and it is a great pedal for making magical noises. Stacking with low/mid gain drives is also really nice.
It truly is a pleasure to play.