Vibrobot

Mentaltossflycoon

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Build Rating
5.00 star(s)
Thank you, @Robert for making this available to us. I frequently talk about my Frantone fandom around here so I was on board for this build immediately. Build out was smooth and easy though I needed some aid when the speed range seemed way off. @DGWVI set me straight telling me to pull pin 6 of the 8038 out of the socket. Seems like we've all been hitting you up this week 😅. I biased by ear and I think I got it but I'm going to take it to buddy of mine who has an oscilloscope to be sure.

I don't know how to describe it or why I feel this way but this trem is "sweet." Maybe it's imparting a slight toan adjustment, maybe it's the shape of the sine wave, maybe it's rose colored glasses but.... ummmm blah blah blah mojo?

I've always kept a tremolo on my board though honestly I don't use the effect all that much as a bassist. It's usually in moments of improv/fuzzed out experimentation and I tend to use a hard chopping square wave 95% of the time. This thing covers my tremolo needs quite well. A sweet simplifier compared to the madbean wavelord I've been using until now, though I may miss the tap tempo.

I bought the green Davies knobs that were on the original but they clashed pretty hard with the "alligator slime." I actually had a hard time finding a knob I liked on this enclosure. I got mildly frustrated trying to keep the led centered in the jewel so it got the hot goop gun.
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This one went right in the wishlist when it came out, but I'm excited to see some build reports and good reviews coming out!

Excellent color too. Where's that from?
It's is a monthly limited edition powder coat from Love My Switches so they're all gone but they haven't done February yet. Something interesting will likely be available soon.
 
But.. the WaveLord..
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Awesome work, dude!
That powder coat reminds me of the Degobah System.
 
Oh-shit.. I just noticed you used the BIG bat!
Not sure how I missed that honker the first time.
Very nice (y)

I've only been able to replace a WaveLord with another WaveLord, so this circuit must be pretty special.
It's got that big bat energy. It certainly doesn't hold a candle to the wonkiness provided by the wavelord. I'm actually considering keeping both in play. Wavelord before envelopes, vibrobot chopping near the end of chain. Feels decadent though.
 
They'd only be decadent if you didn't use them-
I feel like if I'm over here using both the Phase II and Polytrog on my board, you should be allowed two tremolos. 🤷‍♂️
 
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