Danbieranowski
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Moving along with my Amp/Cab-in-a-Box projects, I wanted to do something lower gain than last time (Sanguine into UniCab), so I decided to go with the Super '64. I wanted to have an easy way to hit it harder, so I decided to throw an Amentum in front of it. So the signal flow is Amentum into Super '64 into UniCab to provide that cabinet simulation so it can be plugged right into the computer or front of house, or (in the case of my demo video) an iRig into my phone. Then I can just capture the video and audio directly on my phone without having to worry about my crappy iPhone mic capturing the sound with decent quality. Plus I can do it silently, which is a nice plus for just sitting back and jamming or trying not to bum out my wife and dogs with my nonsense noise.
Overall the build was a lot of fun, albeit a little messy inside due to the wiring routing. I've never biased JFETs before, so after some searching on this board I was able to figure out what I assume was the appropriate way to do this. Another thread said to just bias them as close to 9v as possible for this board, so that's what I did. It does sound awesome, so I'm assuming that was right, although it does seem higher gain than I expected...
Gave it a kind of rustic look for fun, which I think turned out kind of cool.
Here's what it looks like on the outside:
Here's what it looks like on the inside:
And here's a direct-in demo of what it sounds like:
I really love the way it sounds with the gain pulled back and the boost engaged. The UniCab is a super handy circuit. It's not a perfect cab emulation of course, but it does make testing and doing quick demos infinitely more palatable and decent sounding. I would guess that an amp with minimal tone-shaping options could have this dropped into the FX loop to do some real nice work making the amp a little more magical. Anyways, party on everyone.
Overall the build was a lot of fun, albeit a little messy inside due to the wiring routing. I've never biased JFETs before, so after some searching on this board I was able to figure out what I assume was the appropriate way to do this. Another thread said to just bias them as close to 9v as possible for this board, so that's what I did. It does sound awesome, so I'm assuming that was right, although it does seem higher gain than I expected...
Gave it a kind of rustic look for fun, which I think turned out kind of cool.
Here's what it looks like on the outside:
Here's what it looks like on the inside:
And here's a direct-in demo of what it sounds like:
I really love the way it sounds with the gain pulled back and the boost engaged. The UniCab is a super handy circuit. It's not a perfect cab emulation of course, but it does make testing and doing quick demos infinitely more palatable and decent sounding. I would guess that an amp with minimal tone-shaping options could have this dropped into the FX loop to do some real nice work making the amp a little more magical. Anyways, party on everyone.
