Southern Belle/Carbon Black

[Kroars]

So, this idea came to be via request from a gentleman I’ve built a few pedals for. I found myself “testing” it for about 2 1/2 hours and figured I needed one as well. This is a Southern Belle (Greer Southland) and Carbon Black (EQD Black Ash) with an order switch. The order switch is key here. When I first sat down with it and played with the Southern pushing the Carbon I thought “wow, this actually sounds pretty damn great”. Then I hit the order switch and was blown away. Tons of great tones to be had with this combination, not to mention each circuit sounds great by itself. I call it the Dobson Special Drive.

Here’s the one I built for myself:

 

[Dan0h]

That looks great and might have to build one too.

 

[spi]

I thought the Southern Belle has a bit too much unnatural-sounding high-end sizzle. I read somewhere that the LM1458 tames the highs on some circuits, and since I had an extra I swapped it in. I'm skeptical of most IC swaps, and it could just be wishful thinking, but it seemed to improve the SB quite a bit. If you have one, try it.