Thorpyfx Electric Lightning
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The name does strike me as tautological. What else is lightning of not electric? Being the name of a warplane makes sense for Thorpy I guess - but with the chances of me buying one I'd call it the Mirage.
Chris Buck is a very talented player and gets a killer sound whenever I have seen his videos. I really don't care for his playing/style of music but acknowledge that he knows what he is doing. I find that online demos are extremely unreliable sources for judging the sound of a pedal though. So many times I hear a great sound on a demo only to hear some shrill whimper from same pedal when played through my rig. The opposite occurred when I built a Lollar OD though - all the demos sounded tragic to me but the pedal sounds decent when played through my amps. So you really have to suck it and see. I'm sceptical of a starved-plate tube OD sounding any good but who knows? It could be the sound I've been looking for all these years!
Chris Buck is a very talented player and gets a killer sound whenever I have seen his videos. I really don't care for his playing/style of music but acknowledge that he knows what he is doing. I find that online demos are extremely unreliable sources for judging the sound of a pedal though. So many times I hear a great sound on a demo only to hear some shrill whimper from same pedal when played through my rig. The opposite occurred when I built a Lollar OD though - all the demos sounded tragic to me but the pedal sounds decent when played through my amps. So you really have to suck it and see. I'm sceptical of a starved-plate tube OD sounding any good but who knows? It could be the sound I've been looking for all these years!
bluedmc777
Active member
There’s gotta be a tube pedal first on PedalPCB at some time or another. Not saying it has to be this one. It just needs a tube section.
If @Robert ever chooses to do one. I’d be willing to open up a go fund me or whatever if people wanted to chip in to get the pedal for him. I’ve absolutely no clue how that works but I’m sure I could figure it out. There’s plenty of ways to send money though.
If @Robert ever chooses to do one. I’d be willing to open up a go fund me or whatever if people wanted to chip in to get the pedal for him. I’ve absolutely no clue how that works but I’m sure I could figure it out. There’s plenty of ways to send money though.
Robert
Reverse Engineer
That's greatly appreciated but not necessary.
When I get around to it I'll just buy one. Less pressure that way.
chris.knudson
Well-known member
I'd fund this if it meant that Robert would keep doing what he's doing (pressure applied).That's greatly appreciated but not necessary.
When I get around to it I'll just buy one. Less pressure that way.
vigilante398
Authorized Vendor
vigilante398
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vigilante398
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1215D1 is dual output so you have ±15V, that's where the negative rail is coming from.
With ±15V rails your plate voltages would be much higher than 1.8V and 3.7V if you were using the tube as a cathode-follower buffer. Based on these voltages it looks like he's using it as a pair of gainstages, almost certainly being pushed by opamps with *shudders* diode clipping.
Feral Feline
Well-known member
CLIPPING DIODES????? IN A TUBE PEDAL????
You're looking at it all wrong.
Frankly, I'm impressed Thorpy was able to fit more tubes into the pedal than most tube-amps have in their chassis.
bluedmc777
Active member
I gotcha brother. No more tube talk from me.
Here is a a response regarding the Tube Voltage.
vigilante398
Authorized Vendor
My legal counsel has advised that I do not comment on that.
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