What's in the mailbox? 📬 📦
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Mentaltossflycoon
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Feral Feline
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I hope this works for you better than the "CHROME" spray paint I bought (looks nothing like chrome).
If it does work, I'll be picking up a can as well.
Fuck yeah! <3
Peter had nearly run out of the light gold box that I had set my mind on, and the euro stood good against the dollar... So the purchase had to happen way earlier than I had wanted.
Now there's two SMD populated pcbs of the final mono version available to be purchased from me.
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Awesome! I know you've been jonesing for this stereo-solution for some time.
Too lazy to look, so I'm asking you: all pre-built or is it available as a KIT?
tegendemuur
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Gonna try the paint tomorrow.
Only pre-build with options for TRS or dual TS jacks. VFE will cease to exist at the end of 2026 as he wants to put his focus on teaching, so, concidering his background, maybe at that point all the labor he put into this circuit might become available for hobbyists to try their hands on?
bean
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Yeah. That dude suùúûücks.
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gtfields13
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All the VFE stuff is available for free downloads, including Klein bottle Gerber, schematic, assembly, etc…Gonna try the paint tomorrow.
Only pre-build with options for TRS or dual TS jacks. VFE will cease to exist at the end of 2026 as he wants to put his focus on teaching, so, concidering his background, maybe at that point all the labor he put into this circuit might become available for hobbyists to try their hands on?
EisengesisFX
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Man. It's been a minute since I've been so immediately smitten with a commercial pedal like I was/am with the KMA Geminus. It's an absolutely perfect, dead-simple stereo doubler--like the TCE Mimiq but way higher fidelity and non-Behringer build quality--and I immediately snagged one like new on Reverb, then sold my Tricerachorus to offset it. The Tri just wasn't cutting the mustard and the detune toggle on the Geminus covers the bases splendidly without overtaking the bite on my dirt sounds.
But unlike any other pedal I've yet to use, the Geminus is picky about which Zuma power outlet it likes. It ONLY works with the second one...until just a few hours ago I'd resigned myself to carrying around a dedicated wall wart in my pedalboard case. Banal crisis avoided! And I added a note to myself on the Zuma too for inevitable future reshuffles
drgonzo1969
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Damn, now I want one too. That's a strong endorsement. got me side-eyeing my TC Mimiq disappointedly.
EisengesisFX
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Peep Leon Todd's comparison vid of both pedals!
drgonzo1969
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Love Leon Todd. Been watching his rack gear videos lately
Nostradoomus
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i thought we went over this
Bricksnbeatles
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Is that really $530 worth of 3565s, or did they have a deal on them that I missed?
PunchySunshine
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Picked a couple of these up on aliexpress for $8 each and they actually work.
That's why I made the statement in the first place. Well ...
Part of the reason.
No. It's $725 of 3565s purchased at a quantity discount. Gonna Franks Red Hot these MFs.
Fama
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Got a great deal on these two - the Honey Bee was faulty, but just had to replace a J113 (which was socketed, oh no, the
The Honey Bee is great as expected, I think there's a two mode switch which differs from stock? Plus some mojo-sounding NOS parts (apart from the J113). Definitely a very good, smooth sounding low-to-mid gain overdrive.
I've had my eye on the Freerange for a long time now, as far as I can tell it's basically two germanium boosts into each other, both sides can be toggled between treble boost, full range boost, or unity amplifier. The center control changes both the input cap and a cap between the two gain stages, so you can balance the frequencies between treble/full boosts and changing the caps so they let less/more low frequencies through.
It goes from a very nice warming/thickening effect to treble boosts to excellent overdrive and even some distortion, and arguably fuzz territory, although it's a pretty well behaved fuzz, nothing crazy. I'll have to try boosting it with another pedal to see if I can get more out of that part. Some configuration also does almost a cocked-wah style tone.
While in general I like pedals where there are a lot of controls and the controls have a lot of range, I do have to say both of these are very, very well balanced and tuned, and the controls are pretty useable in any configuration (maybe with the only exception being going all the way into treble boosting on the Freerange).
Nostradoomus
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Showed up today. Not a DS-1
vigilante398
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My latest impulse buy as a Muse fanboi. I wasn't able to get one of the limited autographed units, but I still got in on the first batch.
Guts are generally unremarkable. Couple TL072, handful of BC549, blue LEDs for clipping. It sounds good, but it's a bit of a one-trick pony.
Guts are generally unremarkable. Couple TL072, handful of BC549, blue LEDs for clipping. It sounds good, but it's a bit of a one-trick pony.
