Spaceman Equinox - ie JFET Pultec

[brokenwizard]

I feel like the Pultec is a very underated circuit when it comes to guitar. I think many have not thought to port it to guitar due to the og circuit being tube based. The fact is the inductors are doing most of the work and JFETs can easily replace the tubes in the makeup gain circuit. Spaceman have done just that in the Equinox. Looks like a fairly simple circuit. Would be great to have this in the arsenal.

Equinox

The Equinox packs the power of an iconic studio rack with an abundance of innovations Its architecture features carefully crafted gain staging and highly interactive frequency bands with interdependent cut and boost sections, massive headroom, surgical tone shaping control, and limitless sound...

spacemaneffects.com

Pultec Style EQ in a pedal, why isn’t this a thing?

I understand. My experience with them is strictly mastering - no tracking, mixing or live application. I just don't feel what you're describing will...

www.talkbass.com

 

[Dan0h]

Man I really love spaceman designs. I wish they weren’t $400. But I give them credit for making beautiful stuff. This looks really cool.

 

[Feral Feline]

Many people under-rate and underestimate the value of UTILITY tools — I’d love to have a Pultec pedal on my board.

 

[Robert]

I saw one of these advertised the other day and thought about snagging it.

 

[Bricksnbeatles]

I saw one of these advertised the other day and thought about snagging it.

Looks like you could probably trace it from the image alone

 

[Robert]

Could get pretty dang close, but can't see all of the component values.

 

[Bricksnbeatles]

Could get pretty dang close, but can't see all of the component values.

Just hit Ctrl-Enhance like the hackers and spies on TV do

 

[Feral Feline]

What we want...

What actually happens:

Enhance that cat's eyebrow whisker...

Not clear enough, zoom in, enhance futher...

THAT's IT!

That's how the neuro-toxins were administered, by loading the victim's cat's whiskers with it and then the cat rubbed against the victim or was petted by the victim and the toxins were transferred to the victim's skin, while the cat's hair protected it from the poison — looks like we've solved another murder — and all thanks to the enhance algorithm.

 

[brokenwizard]

I can ask the guy on the forum if he would mind taking a look at the component values? He build his own version of the circuit previously so I think he might be up for it.

 

[Robert]

Had one of these lined up but the seller decided to keep it.

That's a fairly good testimonial for the pedal I suppose.


EDIT: Seller changed his mind again, we're back in business.

 

[Robert]

T-minus 10 .....

 

[Bricksnbeatles]

EDIT: Seller changed his mind again, we're back in business.

Changed his mind once he realized who you are, and that once you trace it he’ll be able to build one for a tenth of what he sold the real one for?

 

[Robert]

Noooo, I don't do pedal deals with my real name. As the Redditors would say, TIL.

Actually, after the deal was in motion I told him I'd gladly sell it back to him for the same price in a week or two if he felt remorse.

 

[Robert]

Gotta give credit to the folks at Spaceman, they actually threaded the enclosure for the jewel lens... it's the little things.

 

[K Pedals]

Can’t wait!!!!

 

[Robert]

9.....

 

[brokenwizard]

9.....

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Arghhhhhh much excite.

And man yeah, Spaceman really do build a quality product.

 

[Feral Feline]

I have but one request for the layout of this wondrous thing:

Top Jacks!


Pedal name suggestion:

EQuiblox

EQuibox

What's another word for "trace": Pull-Tech ...hmm...

... better, PullTEQ

hmm Celestial...

Yeah, this:

Cosmic PullTEQ

 

[brokenwizard]

I would actually love the option to have a choice between XLR line level IO, or high Z IO, but I think that's asking for too much ha ha.

 

[delayed]

9.....

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What does the top side look like?