Pepperbox (Volt Thrower)

[Fuzzonaut]

This thread derails and delivers at the same time! Love it.

all of their Dunwitch boards

I also built his newer Boss HM-2 with clean blend that used to be on Osh Park, and is currently sold by God City.

Now Dunwich ... I'm a big fan and have several of Nicks pedals, including some one-offs. So, just for the record, I've been building lots of his designs:
- Pepperbox, Widogast and Grizzle Grime from Effects Layout
- From Osh (now God City): Apostle, Bass Overdrive, CTG, HM-2 (and now I just learned that there arrived more Dunwich stuff @ God City, damn it never ends ....)
- PCB from Nick (via Osh): Mondo Power

No, but I made the earlier Brutalist Jr. which inspired it. I tried some of the mods in the instructions and it's a very saturated metal-type distortion now, not anemic at all. Stock, it was more of a heavy overdrive I'd boost an amp with. Back to the forum topic, it's also "designed by Nick Williams of Dunwich Amps"

Looking at the v1.1 Socialist instructions, it says the values are now closer to the original Brutalist Jr., but you can also apply them to the v1.0 PCB you have.

Yeah, that’s why it seemed relavant. I’ve built the brutalist jr as well. I may revisit the socialist jr and modify things a bit.

I've made a Bass Brutalist, added clipping options (stock LED – none -si) and I really dig it. "Very saturated metal-type distortion" is a good decription, I'd say.

You doing a bassifrass?

I did, highly recommended (as anything Frantone). Added clipping options in both spots (Schottky - none - SI / Schottky - none - GE).
Fun fact: if you lift all the diodes, it can sound very similar to the Gamechanger Plasma Pedal!

Carry on!

 

[benny_profane]

(Sorry for the derail!)

If you dig the brutalist, the providence stampede project here retains the baxandall tonestack instead of the loudness control. Very worthwhile project! Just be careful about the electro cap between the ICs—I had to mount it on the underside.

 

[Fuzzonaut]

(Sorry for the derail!)

If you dig the brutalist, the providence stampede project here retains the baxandall tonestack instead of the loudness control. Very worthwhile project! Just be careful about the electro cap between the ICs—I has to mount it on the underside.

Derail is a good thing! And thanks for the heads up about the stampede.

 

[Mir9]

Now Dunwich ... I'm a big fan and have several of Nicks pedals, including some one-offs. So, just for the record, I've been building lots of his designs:
- Pepperbox, Widogast and Grizzle Grime from Effects Layout
- From Osh (now God City): Apostle, Bass Overdrive, CTG, HM-2 (and now I just learned that there arrived more Dunwich stuff @ God City, damn it never ends ....)
- PCB from Nick (via Osh): Mondo Power

Where is the Mondo Power? What did you think of the Apostle, do you run it into an amp or as a preamp?
A couple of the new things are a modded Metal Zone and a Mesa Mark IV emulation with graphic and paramatric EQ's for the Master of Puppets sound.

 

[Fuzzonaut]

Where is the Mondo Power? What did you think of the Apostle, do you run it into an amp or as a preamp?
A couple of the new things are a modded Metal Zone and a Mesa Mark IV emulation with graphic and paramatric EQ's for the Master of Puppets sound.

Yeah, that Master of Puppets Thing is insane .... not my cup of tea though. The Buzzaround on the other hand will probably end up on my bench one day.

The Apostle has so much volume on tap, that it should drive a power amp easily ... but I only tried it before an amp so far. It can also deliver all sorts of tasty OD sounds. Here's a quick clip on bass, just playing around with boost and gain - and flipping the tone switch.
I had to sort out some (grounding?) issues with this build ... and there still is some oscillation occurring at rather extreme settings, when Gain and Boost are past a certain point ... but those settings are too much any way, at least for me, so I'm fine with it.

The Mondo is with Magic Pedals, I think, like a lot of his other designs.

 

[Feral Feline]

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I've made a Bass Brutalist, added clipping options (stock LED – none -si) and I really dig it. "Very saturated metal-type distortion" is a good decription, I'd say.
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You built the Bass Brutalist on the Brutalist Jr PCB?

 

[Fuzzonaut]

You built the Bass Brutalist on the Brutalist Jr PCB?

Nope, on the Bass Brutalist PCB ...

 

[Mir9]

Now Dunwich ... I'm a big fan and have several of Nicks pedals, including some one-offs.

What are some of the customs you have? The Wraith is a Rat with HM-2 tone, that's interesting. The one I'd really like to see some day is the Fuzzthrone Deluxe (Fuzz Face+Muff gain stage) with the rotary caps/clipping.

- PCB from Nick (via Osh): Mondo Power

I must have missed that one, though I did see the PCB on the big Talkbass Dunwich thread.

 

[Fuzzonaut]

What are some of the customs you have? The Wraith is a Rat with HM-2 tone, that's interesting. The one I'd really like to see some day is the Fuzzthrone Deluxe (Fuzz Face+Muff gain stage) with the rotary caps/clipping.

I must have missed that one, though I did see the PCB on the big Talkbass Dunwich thread.

You know the TB thread? That's a good one. I posted a family pic there, shortly after he closed shop.

Blackblood is a Fuzz Throne DLX then with those extras (mids, clipping and depth on rotary switches)
Doomfinder is a basically a Witchfinder paired (series or parallel) with a Meatbox type of sub voice, like the one in the Temporal Rift.
The Terminator pedal (Phasor) is a prototype (Electric Funeral).
The Al Cisneros pedal is a germanium bass OD, also a prototype, I think?
The DA 120 has also some extras, IIRC, a blend, a bass boost trimpot, ...,

 

[Mir9]

Blackblood is a Fuzz Throne DLX then with those extras (mids, clipping and depth on rotary switches)

Yes, that's it. I'll try to draw what I think is going on. The mid control is the one I'm least sure of. Was the character/art part of your order?

The rest sound wild. The stock Witchfinder alone has so much going on.

 

[Fuzzonaut]

Was the character/art part of your order?

No, that one, I got used.

 

[ckupson]

Hey Fuzzonaut! when you built this (and your Widogast) did you use regular length pots or long pin? The Alphas rotaries seem too tall and I want to doublecheck before my next parts order. Thanks!

 

[benny_profane]

Regular pots work, but they are shorter than the rotary and cannot extend through the pad all the way.

With this type of rotary, I typically reflow pots from the bottom (i.e., non-component side) to ensure a good joint.

 

[Fuzzonaut]

Hey Fuzzonaut! when you built this (and your Widogast) did you use regular length pots or long pin? The Alphas rotaries seem too tall and I want to doublecheck before my next parts order. Thanks!

Yes, regular pots do the job, it's a tiny bit trickier than usual, but easily doable, soldering one pin of each pot and adjusting if needed.

 

[ericsinsideout]

apparently the bassist in my band really wants one of these, so I'm about to order the PCB and knock one out as a dual pedal with some sort of OD added. Any chance you have a drill template or know the points for a Tayda drill job?

 

[Fuzzonaut]

apparently the bassist in my band really wants one of these, so I'm about to order the PCB and knock one out as a dual pedal with some sort of OD added. Any chance you have a drill template or know the points for a Tayda drill job?

I don't use drill templates, I actually measure things on the PCB itself, then incororate that into the graphics (and drill myself, by hand).

But there's a drill template in the build doc.