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    Fuzzdog engorged Gherkin

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    Posted · Edited by Bigwan

    No, but I love fuzzdog's kits. I have built his Musket fuzz and it was brilliant - to me it was much better than the green Russian spec muff kit (also fuzzdog's) I built at the same time so I'd give it some consideration if you're after a decent fuzz. 

    As an aside I've just today resurrected my Pedalparts Bad Mofo pedal. I broke the rotary switch on it the day I built it - that's what happens when you mount it on the wrong side of the pcb and have to remove it with a hot air gun (which I did, but while putting it back on on the correct side it basically fell apart). Well worth the effort. It's a bitchin' overdrive/distortion/fuzz! 

    MORE HEADS UP!!!!

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    Posted · Edited by Bigwan

    5 hours ago, Bigwan said:

    EZKeys String Machine (full, not expansion) and a free expansion pack, £23:

    https://www.pluginboutique.com/product/1-Instruments/64-Virtual-Instrument/2851-EZkeys-String-Machine-FREE-EZKeys-Expansion

    Looking at this again I'm not sure it's exactly what I thought. The page says "Buy EZKeys & Get a FREE Expansion (Select your expansion when registering serial)". Now does that mean you get String Machine AND another expansion, or do you get String Machine AS your "expansion" (or can you choose ANY of the expansions)? It's slightly cheaper than getting it direct from Toontrack, but I can't see another expansion being thrown in when there's 80% off RRP already...

    EDIT: Chatted with Matt at Plugin Boutique. Offer only applies to String Machine. 

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    DIY Effects

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    5 minutes ago, ahpook said:

    Maybe this should go into the pedalboard thread, but as they're all from kits...

    Right to left, all Schalltechnik 04 kits

    VONG-Filterung
    Pumpernickel
    GUMA-Antique
    GUMA-Drive

    The finish went wrong on the Filterung a total of three times, so I ddn't redo it a 4th. It's....um....a distressed finish ;)

    I can speak highly enough of these kits, great boards and good components. The SMT stuff is tricky for me as I have pretty bad eyesight, but I managed it and I'm quietly chuffed about that.

    I've wanted a pedalboard of kit pedals for a while so I'm chuffed.

     

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    Agreed, they're great kits. I've built the Drive, Antique and Pumpernickel, and have the VONG kit SOMEWHERE in the house (misplaced in a recent office move!).

    DIY Effects

    in Effects

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    1 hour ago, Sibob said:

    Finally got round to building my Kurt Ballou Brutalist Jr, with an added Fuzzdog clean blend control (hence the slightly uneven pot spacing).
    Looks a bit of a rats nest top-down, but all the wiring is nicely layered, with moldable wire. I'll probably leave the top plain, maybe label the knobs with some old-school embossed labels.

    Sounds very cool!

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    Did you do any of the suggested mods on the Brutalist? Have a couple of the PCBs knocking around!

    Speaker Cab simulators - Mooer Radar & Nux Solid Studio

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    58 minutes ago, Al Krow said:

    You'll know more about this than me in terms of the electronics, for sure, but with my Markbass SS which was 12V and 550mA "minimum", I actually found that it was more sensitive to lower voltage than lower current. (So worked better on 12V 250mA but not 9V 500mA).

    I don't know if that is a more general thing with pedals, or only relevant to particular types or models?

    Entirely circuit dependent so impossible to generalise regarding power supply requirements

    So, just how many basses do you own ????

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    On 23/10/2018 at 14:16, Bigwan said:

    Holy free holy! 70! I thought I was bad with 13...ish...! Must try harder...

    1. ACG Custom 4
    2. ACG Custom 5
    3. Fender USA P
    4. Squier CV P
    5. Aria Pro 2 MAB20/5
    6. Yamaha RBX270F fretless
    7. Kala Ubass
    8. Harley Benton Uke bass
    9. Tanglewood Bass Master Funk
    10. Bitsa P (currently in bits...)
    11. Antoria 335 shaped semi hollow thing (with frets ripped out...)
    12. Tokai Thunderbird (badly in need of a refret)
    13. Non name acoustic bass (if I can play a song on this I can play it on anything!)
    13 1/2. Bits P 2 (or rather all the bits for another bitsa, in need of painting and assembly...)

     

    Actually, now I come to think about it I forgot I also have an Ibanez ATK700 in bits at the minute too, so 14.5... But that's definitely it. No more...

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