MichaelW
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So I guess I missed all the controversy as of late for this pedal involving JHS. I'm not exactly sure what the controversy was and too lazy to look into it too much (and really don't care.... 
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But out of curiosity I built the pedal and tbh I think it sounds great!
You could say it's a YATS with a Bandaxall tone stack and wouldn't be too far off but the eq is pretty powerful and can pull some of the mids out.
It reminds me a bit of the Boss OD-1 (Oddity) but with more eq control and more bass. It can be pretty "big" sounding.
But I found that my favorite sound was with the gain turned all the way down in a semi-clean mode on the neck pickup of a strat. So that's mostly what's in my demo.
I did have a very puzzling problem with the build. I built it according to the BOM txt with the JRC4580's but when I first fired it up the gain knob did nothing.
Everything else worked, volume and the tone controls but the gain knob did nothing.
After cursing (because I had already boxed it after checking voltages) I pinged @Robert. He had me measure a couple of things then said "throw a 4558 in and see if it makes any difference". So I did and BAM everything worked!
My first thought was I must have either a) goofed the install of the IC's, or b) had a bad IC. So I pulled two fresh 4580's and put them in carefully. Same problem, no gain. Put the 4558's back in and BAM it works again.
So I have NO clue what's going on but I left the 4558's in it and calling it good.
This "should" be the last of my crappy enclosures. I can't remember where I got them from, maybe LMS? But the powder coat wasn't done very well.
But I decided to use it.
The red chicken head knobs I got at the recent knob sale from AES. First time I've seen "bright red" chicken heads.
Other than the aforementioned issue with the Opamps, the build was smooth and easy.
This demo is the first appearance of my re-built Red Strat with the Lollar 64's in it. (Special S in the bridge).
It doesn't sound a lot different than it did with the old neck and body but it sure plays a lot better. Absolutely love it!
Also LOVE them Wudtone tremolo....thanks for the tip @SillyOctpuss!
Also, using my VHT amp with the new tubes in I post about here. Boy they sound good. And they're squeaky new, can't wait for them to get some hours on them and break in a bit.
)But out of curiosity I built the pedal and tbh I think it sounds great!
You could say it's a YATS with a Bandaxall tone stack and wouldn't be too far off but the eq is pretty powerful and can pull some of the mids out.
It reminds me a bit of the Boss OD-1 (Oddity) but with more eq control and more bass. It can be pretty "big" sounding.
But I found that my favorite sound was with the gain turned all the way down in a semi-clean mode on the neck pickup of a strat. So that's mostly what's in my demo.
I did have a very puzzling problem with the build. I built it according to the BOM txt with the JRC4580's but when I first fired it up the gain knob did nothing.
Everything else worked, volume and the tone controls but the gain knob did nothing.
After cursing (because I had already boxed it after checking voltages) I pinged @Robert. He had me measure a couple of things then said "throw a 4558 in and see if it makes any difference". So I did and BAM everything worked!
My first thought was I must have either a) goofed the install of the IC's, or b) had a bad IC. So I pulled two fresh 4580's and put them in carefully. Same problem, no gain. Put the 4558's back in and BAM it works again.
So I have NO clue what's going on but I left the 4558's in it and calling it good.
This "should" be the last of my crappy enclosures. I can't remember where I got them from, maybe LMS? But the powder coat wasn't done very well.
But I decided to use it.
The red chicken head knobs I got at the recent knob sale from AES. First time I've seen "bright red" chicken heads.
Other than the aforementioned issue with the Opamps, the build was smooth and easy.
This demo is the first appearance of my re-built Red Strat with the Lollar 64's in it. (Special S in the bridge).
It doesn't sound a lot different than it did with the old neck and body but it sure plays a lot better. Absolutely love it!
Also LOVE them Wudtone tremolo....thanks for the tip @SillyOctpuss!
Also, using my VHT amp with the new tubes in I post about here. Boy they sound good. And they're squeaky new, can't wait for them to get some hours on them and break in a bit.
" And that was the end of that
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