PPCB Article 59 and PPCB Chop Shop 125b

[OD is Glorious]

Build Rating

5.00 star(s)

I love both of these circuits. The Article 59 is in the Tayda black hammer 125b enclosure with a blackout LED bezel a black footswitch and dark gray anodized aluminum knobs. It sounds absolutely terrific. It is the fifth time I built an Article 59 and I wanted to make this one a bit more classy. It has dress nuts on the Switcraft jacks as well. Both of these pedals had vinyl decals applied and then a clear coat was sprayed over the decals.

For the Chop Shop I have built three of these but I wanted to make a classier version so I used a Tayda Metallic Golden water texture 125b I painted a sun over the sag pot and used white vinyl letters. The footswitch is gold, the switchcraft jack nuts are also gold.Two knobs are gold anodized aluminum and the one on the sag pot is red to match the sun. The tone switch is a Taiway black short bat on/off/on and the corresponding vinyl T for tone is also black.

If you like dirt or overdrive you will love these pedals. The article 59 is my 70th build and the Chop Shop is my 72nd build.

 

[jimilee]

Daaammnn! I like the easy to read labels.

 

[bluedmc777]

What’s your favorite setting on the 59?

 

[OD is Glorious]

What’s your favorite setting on the 59?

I like it right here where it’s growling and rolling. I tend to like more low so treble dialed back; this is good break up right here

 

[HamishR]

I agree with @jimilee - the labelling is great! Makes me wonder why this isn't more common. But I sometimes struggle with those knobs because in some light in can be difficult to see where the indicator line is. It's a pain because I have heaps of knobs like those!

 

[Feral Feline]

+3
Yup, great to see BIG labelling.

 

[HamishR]

Mind you, I look at the Article 59 and hear a voice saying " It's treble, Norm!" and wonder who is Norm?

 

[Feral Feline]

 

[bluedmc777]

I like it right here where it’s growling and rolling. I tend to like more low so treble dialed back; this is good break up right here

Is it me or does the pedal have plenty of mids?! It has a bite to it for sure that you can feel in your ears after playing for some time. Or maybe it presence from the tone control.

 

[OD is Glorious]

Is it me or does the pedal have plenty of mids?! It has a bite to it for sure that you can feel in your ears after playing for some time. Or maybe it presence from the tone control.

It does have mids and I think it could serve most guitarists who like dirt. It is sweet to my ears but I prefer a circuit that can also have more options: transparent option/mid option/OD and dirt option - so my number one favorite od is a the ADHD, and the Tommy III is a close second.

 

[bluedmc777]

I like a good OCD myself. I haven’t tried the ADHD but do have several different versions excluding version 2 which I just didn’t care for.

 

[OD is Glorious]

I like a good OCD myself. I haven’t tried the ADHD but do have several different versions excluding version 2 which I just didn’t care for.

I am going to build my third ADHD. The two others I built made their way to players.