I've got a TON of new pedals in the making... circuits tested but not yet boxed into enclosures and ready to stomp... I've got 10 new pedals in the making... In the meantime I thought i'd post some updates. A few months back I built a modified clone of the ross compressor with a circuit board purchased from guitarpcb.com. while building I found some "gut shots" of keeleys compressor pedal (the circuit which this board is based on) and found that he used tanatulum capacitors for every large value cap >1uf except one 1 micro farad film cap. The owner of the site told me that the tantulum caps wouldnt make a difference in tone and were just used for size... For some odd reason (i've normally been a huge fan of component quality and the sound of different metrial composition of electronic components- but these were not in series with the signal path- just a bunch of power filtering caps going to ground) Anyways, last night... after months of being unhappy with the tone of the supposed "keeley compressor" pedal I cloned. I decided to do some work and remove all the aluminum electrolytics and replace them with the little yellow tanatulum capacitors. When I plugged the pedal in... after months sitting on the sidelines because it didnt have "it" the "it" that the keeley compressor pedals have... i was blown away!!! It finally had the sparkley top end response along with the thick syrupy squish that the ross comp is known for!!!! Sorry electrical engineers... your test equipment is antiquated and you dont play guitar. We are the true knowledge base for tone! The little things matter. in other news...my buddy actually told me a tech recently told him that there was no difference between alnico and ceramic speakers- now that's a laugh!!! Sorry to hate! But yall misguided me for so long I started teaching myself audio electronics!
In other news, I recently completed a bad ass Germanium transistor, 5 knob, 2 switch, fuzz face clone. I used all vintage style electronic components for extra mojo goodness! because that shit matters! and you'll agree when you hear this baby. It has controls for pre gain volume, post gain volume, bass boost, mid range cut and boost control, and battery dying voltage sag simulation! You can get every sound out of this thing and use it with every guitar you own... low output strats to raging EMG's!
check out the style!
Hope all is well for the people of Louisville after a Derby and Cinco de Mayo rolled into one day!! Recovery day was interesting... so little work done... so much to do in 5 hours. Good night!
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| 5 knob fuzz face with russian nos germanium transistors |
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| 5 knob guts- big old school mojo'riffic components- orange drops, mallory 150, bc 'lytics, vishay 2.2uf film cap, carbon films, all dat funky old stuff... from back when they just made 'em better. |
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| keeley comp guts, those tanatulum caps are where its at. on the way-a NOS rca metal can ca3080 opamp |
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