My original description was too vague and perhaps not fitting. Finally got to put the box through it's paces in band practice. I'm playing through a plexi-ish master volume amp with reasonably low output humbuckers.
The asymmetric clipping and added mids are the current highlights of this circuit for me. I believe when modded accordingly this one will be able to produce the tones that I am after.
Intended method of usage is to boost clean to slightly overdriven sounds to mild crunch/full-blown chunky rhythms.
I am somewhat able to accomplish this, but with very specific settings dialed in.
With my rig, the pedal is barely usable with the level control around noon and definitely sounds best from 3 o'clock to max (more low ends gets through at higher settings?).
Tone knob does not seem very usable at all. Just kind of have to set it somewhere it does the least "damage" (~11 to 2 o'clock).
Higher gain settings introduces more compression than I would like. Mids starting from 1k (maybe slightly lower) also tend to get "boxy" and "plasticky". Maybe this happens in conjuction with the weird tone control?
This may come across as me disliking the circuit, but that's not the case. I simply think there is much untapped potential here.
Ideally I'd like:
- More usable settings range overall.
- Top-end "bloom" instead of "boxy" mids at higher gain settings.
- Retain original signals low end girth and add slight compression for palm mutes.
- More open overall character.
If something akin to this can be achieved, this thing will make it to the board.
Need to look up on TS mods.
edit. Also open for suggestions about other circuits/pedals to check out.