MichaelW
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Been sitting on this one for a bit now. For one reason or another it just kept getting pushed to the back of the queue until yesterday.
We had another post-season hurricane here in my neck of Florida pass through yesterday and I didn't want to start a more involved project in case we lost power.
(Mostly it just flickered a few times, otherwise no impact to me, but some parts of the coast got hit pretty bad)
I've been using the Gravitation Reverb as my main reverb for my amp-less rig since I built. Absolutely my favorite reverb pedal ever, retail or otherwise.
I converted the previous reverb I was using (Spatialist) into a Daydream pedal and needed another reverb for my AMP rig so I wouldn't need to swap the Gravitation back and forth.
I toyed with the idea of just building another Gravitation, and I still might, since I like it so much, but I thought I'd try something different. Based on recommendations here on the forum, I decided to build the Spirit Box.
So this is a bit of an unusual reverb, there seems to be some slight modulation going on with this version of the Belton brick and as the EQD name suggests (Ghost Echo) there's a bit of a slapjack delay going on as well. Not quite what I was expecting. I am able to dial that slapjack effect out by turning down the dwell and attack settings. It's a nice sounding reverb but not as rich in features or capabilities as the Gravitation.
Straightforward build, used a PT2399 that came in a goodie bag from my neighbor @steviejr92, Thanks Stevie!!
It's sitting in my amp efx loop right now with my Hydra. Will mess around with it later today to see if it stays or I build another Gravitation.
For this enclosure, I stole the idea from @jjjimi84 to mask off the sides and only paint the top. What a great idea! I love it! I love the two tone color and certainly makes handling a lot easier for home painted enclosures. I used a new color, kind of a Seafoam Green "chalk" texture. But to be on the safe side I hit it with a very light coat of a satin gloss finish over the top. It does not seem to have impacted the "chalky" effect of the green. It's been a bit dicey trying to paint in the humidity of a tropical weather system, but it came out pretty good and dried in a few hours.
I'm liking how this turned out!
We had another post-season hurricane here in my neck of Florida pass through yesterday and I didn't want to start a more involved project in case we lost power.
(Mostly it just flickered a few times, otherwise no impact to me, but some parts of the coast got hit pretty bad)
I've been using the Gravitation Reverb as my main reverb for my amp-less rig since I built. Absolutely my favorite reverb pedal ever, retail or otherwise.
I converted the previous reverb I was using (Spatialist) into a Daydream pedal and needed another reverb for my AMP rig so I wouldn't need to swap the Gravitation back and forth.
I toyed with the idea of just building another Gravitation, and I still might, since I like it so much, but I thought I'd try something different. Based on recommendations here on the forum, I decided to build the Spirit Box.
So this is a bit of an unusual reverb, there seems to be some slight modulation going on with this version of the Belton brick and as the EQD name suggests (Ghost Echo) there's a bit of a slapjack delay going on as well. Not quite what I was expecting. I am able to dial that slapjack effect out by turning down the dwell and attack settings. It's a nice sounding reverb but not as rich in features or capabilities as the Gravitation.
Straightforward build, used a PT2399 that came in a goodie bag from my neighbor @steviejr92, Thanks Stevie!!
It's sitting in my amp efx loop right now with my Hydra. Will mess around with it later today to see if it stays or I build another Gravitation.
For this enclosure, I stole the idea from @jjjimi84 to mask off the sides and only paint the top. What a great idea! I love it! I love the two tone color and certainly makes handling a lot easier for home painted enclosures. I used a new color, kind of a Seafoam Green "chalk" texture. But to be on the safe side I hit it with a very light coat of a satin gloss finish over the top. It does not seem to have impacted the "chalky" effect of the green. It's been a bit dicey trying to paint in the humidity of a tropical weather system, but it came out pretty good and dried in a few hours.
I'm liking how this turned out!
