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I've just taken delivery of a custom artwork Knightfall 66. First pedal I've bought in a long time! Can't play it till the end of the month though as is meant to be a present...

[quote name='cheddatom' timestamp='1422963180' post='2678832'] The guy from Karnivool (forgot his name!) was using an ODB-3 for ages, and I don't think anyone can argue that his tone is lacking in any way [/quote] He's the reason I bought one in the first place. I'd been put off for years because of the bad rep, but now it's my go to heavy overdrive/distortion. I tend to have gain set at 9-10, blend at 3 and a slight bass boost. With my Warwick Thumb, this sounds angrier than my wife!

[quote name='TG Flatline' timestamp='1378809368' post='2204810'] A helping hands can be useful, and can be picked up cheap (don't go to Maplins for this). Soldering irons vary. Pay more, get more, but you can always start cheap and then pay more later. Make sure you've got a nice brighlty lit area to work in too! [/quote] Thanks man. Yeah im not looking to spend too much yet as im just getting into it. Is there a minimum wattage I should look for in a soldering iron?

Hey guys. Ive been looking at making a few pedals for the first time lately and have had a skim through this thread. Ive picked up a simple kit to start with, but I need to sort myself out some gear for this. Does anybody have any recommendations on what soldering iron to buy and anything you think might be essential? Can I get away with something cheap or is it worth paying extra for the quality? I saw a starter kit on diypedalkits, but they no longer sell it and now the site is down, typical. Any help would be greatly appreciated to get me started off.

I own a BC-1 and a B3k. Both of them have their own sound baked in for sure. I find the BC-1 to have big lows and be a bit sharper up top, useful if you want that harshness. The clean channel is always on, so you'll always have the voicing of this pedal in your tone, and the drive is quite growly too. I wasn't a big fan at first but it does really growl through in the mix. Theres adjustable mid frequency selections too to change the flavour a little bit to what you want, though the boost footswitch just sounds horrible and buzzy. I actually find the drive on the b3k to be a bit smooth and scooped, though this can probably be helped with the EQ on the b7k. This pedal is not transparent in the slightest, even with the blend up, so it depends if you like that inherent voicing or not. I really like the sound of the drive at low gain as it becomes a bit lifeless and fuzzy when you crank it more, but ive always had problems with trying to get unity gain with any setting on this pedal. It's hard to say which one would be best for what you want. The BC-1 is more transparent with better mids and growl, the B7k probably sounds chunkier in the mix with a more natural low drive.

How are you finding the SFX B3? Ive been looking at some sort of tone shaping pedal recently, something to thicken my tone up. Is it good for that, or is it more of a bass/treble boost?