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Finally got around to buying a Beyer M88 to mic up my Cab

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It's bad I've been watching some hendrix.. so now I have some more GAS desire for a Vox wha, some fuzz pedals (thinking Electro Harmonix big muff mini), a flanger (thinking Tone City Avatar)... which means probably getting another power supply.. however no more until I've got myself a job. I have enough now to keep my brain active.

I will, however, create myself a pedal board using left over wood tomorrow.

EDIT, leaning more towards the Dunlop Germanium mini fuzz..

Also this guy has has some interesting points that build on the the volume of the guitar interacts with a fuzz pedal more than most other pedals:

Have to say I liked the germanium vs the silicon fuzz:
 
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Can you guess what it is yet?
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It'll be easy enough to put in some slots for cables once the first part of the glue up is done and I've test fit pedals. I'll then round over the edges and will use the remaining tolex on it to make it match the amp. The flat space at the side is big enough for a vox wah pedal, there's space under it for a power supply or two. Total foot print is 23"wide 13" deep, the pedal section is 18" wide 11" deep.
 
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NickK said:
Can you guess what it is yet?
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It'll be easy enough to put in some slots for cables once the first part of the glue up is done and I've test fit pedals. I'll then round over the edges and will use the remaining tolex on it to make it match the amp. The flat space at the side is big enough for a vox wah pedal, there's space under it for a power supply or two. Total foot print is 23"wide 13" deep, the pedal section is 18" wide 11" deep.
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Looking forward to seeing it finished. :)
 
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Also started work on building a version of a 176 tube compressor 'pedal' ... it's a pedal in the same way a univibe or fender 63 reverb unit is! I've modelled it in LTSpice (circuit simulator) so now time to build it :)
 
Nextdoor is out.. so cranky cranky.. (well crank as much as a 2 watt on low gain channel with 90% attentation will give):


Just noodling around with some ideas. It occurred to me after this - it's running on the tube rectification hence not quite as clean :D
 
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Just ordered this, hopefully the last pedal I will ever buy

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An update on this wonderful device, I think it is the last pedal I ever buy.
I switched it on and the very first 3 presets - Clean, Drive and Hi Gain are what I have used at my two gigs.
I don't need it on the floor so can have it at waist height and on the fly I can make the adjustments very quickly which I haven't been able to ever do with anything else.
By the start of the 2nd spot my sounds were bang on for when I got to Sweet Child Of Mine where I use all 3 sounds and for the first time I was smiling.

This is how I have it on stage, I made a little shelf that comes out of the mixer stand

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On Saturday i was asked if we were doing any Ozzy but I said the band doesn't do that kind of stuff.
Two minutes before the 2nd set I looked up the chords to Changes and unknown to my band I played a bit of it, a bit rough but i have learnt it since.

 
NickK said:
Also started work on building a version of a 176 tube compressor 'pedal' ... it's a pedal in the same way a univibe or fender 63 reverb unit is! I've modelled it in LTSpice (circuit simulator) so now time to build it :)
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So this will be entered into a pedal competition that ends in the coming week. Just rehoming it in a larger case with the tubes on the inside. Once this is back together I'll record some sound. I've made a 'footswitch' which just uses a relay to bypass, and this rebuild has a view update following some tuning adjustments.

I've also got a few bits left over, and for the cost of a couple of transistors and jacks, I should have a fuzz face pedal (NPN AC128 like the original fuzz face).

@Raymond Lin how ls the notadumble going?
 
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NickK said:
So this will be entered into a pedal competition that ends in the coming week. Just rehoming it in a larger case with the tubes on the inside. Once this is back together I'll record some sound. I've made a 'footswitch' which just uses a relay to bypass, and this rebuild has a view update following some tuning adjustments.

I've also got a few bits left over, and for the cost of a couple of transistors and jacks, I should have a fuzz face pedal (NPN AC128 like the original fuzz face).

@Raymond Lin how ls the notadumble going?
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I completely forgot about it and it's still in the box lol
 
Fuzz is bad.. I've gone from wanting a fuzz, to a older germanium fuzz (ac128, £150) and now I've heard an un-obtainium germanium fuzz that does Hendrix tones.. for the price I just bought all my other pedals.. (£239 including VAT and delivery). I did just get a refund from HMRC... and the Mrs is a 'yeah'... I must be part Scottish.

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Given the ac128 is £5 each, but CV7003 transistors are £53 each (need a minimum of 2 with eBay NOS fake roulette) and that's about the second to last pedal easily available with CV7003 OC44s.. It's cheaper for me to build a small switchable AC128/Silicon fuzz face myself, but not this pedal.
 
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Some tones from the new pedal - I've got the tube screamer feeding into the fuzz for some rather heavy tones initially but then switching back:

What is clear is you get more control from having the fuzz on the end of the guitar than after a pedal. Even with volume control it's not quite the same.
 
I picked up an old squier strat and realise it needs a full set up. Saddles, bridge, trem etc. might even block it..Not something I've done in years and then rarely..
 
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