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  1. BabyBlueSound
    We could do a swap and compare our pedals - I have one P&C PCB left I wanted to build anyway at some point
  2. BabyBlueSound
    I used the Fuzzdog one, Dirt Dessert. Drive below 2pm is quiet and useless, and between 3pm and 4pm it gets incredibly loud and overdriven very very quickly. I can wah it, yeah. As blend, I assume you're referring to MIX? For me, that's not really a type of clean blend, as it's very much driven and impacted by the DRIVE value. The touch dynamic also changes greatly between low MIX and high MIX, it does not just change the signal balance/level. The bass switch will be removed, as it will be always on. I would be blending the clean bass signal into the driven bubbly mixed signal, but I'll breadboard this out to see if it makes any sense. On the long run when I might actually be selling anything more than 1 pedal per 3 months, I am also planning to have JLC solder on at least the resistors, and maybe some caps (depending on cost), to speed up things. But I also want to give it a go myself first SMT just seems like a different kind of fun.
  3. BabyBlueSound
    It's actually got one 😁 it used to be higher. I will edit this into the description, good point.
  4. BabyBlueSound
    Nice plans! I have some of my own as well 😁 My prunes and custard clone, the Plüm will go through some changes. I want to build my own version, slightly changing some stuff, e.g. trying out some LEDs instead of the diodes, etc. I think it could do with softer clipping, and I am a sucker for the sound of LEDs. Not that satisfied with the OD part of the original, and the drive pot's usable range is also quite small in my opinion. I found anything apart from between 2pm-4pm positions basically useless. That's going to the breadboard soon. I also need to test if a P&C can benefit from a BLEND, or if it's useless in that context. What can I say, I am a big BLEND fan, I think almost every pedal should have it 😁 If I get the Fázz working, I am also looking to change some pots and R and C values in there to fine-tune it a bit to what I think it should sound like E.g. the original Mastotron has a switch to cut off the whole bass or some of it - NOT IN MY HOUSE! Already removed that switch. Once that's done, I want to create an SMT version of it and slowly transition away from through-holes. Speaking of SMTs, how do you do yours? Your Aotearoa looks so nice. Do you use a hot plate / hot air gun, or are you a solder iron wizard? I got a hot plate, but haven't got the chance to use it yet.
  5. BabyBlueSound
    Well spotted. I basically placed that early into the process, and as this was my first PCB design ever, I struggled with changing part footprints, etc. But it is an internal trim indeed, part of the BLEND circuit. Ultimately I just measured if I can bend my existing trims' legs in a way that it fits this pot-like space - and I think it will be able to do that But that's certainly a future enhancement once I made sure the prototypes actually work, I want to use one of those 5-pole universal trim sockets.
  6. BabyBlueSound
    Trying to go modular 😁 managed to merge a fuzz circuit, a signal blender and the whole footswitch/connectivity section to a single board. Then through careful (and amateur) re-arrangement, I split the bottom part so it should be re-usable for any future designs. Can't wait till JLC delivers it, and I can finally test it! Of course, the LED's physical proximity to the footswitch only gave me "will it fit" 2nd thoughts only AFTER I already put in the order 😁
  7. BabyBlueSound
    Absolutely gorgeous. Where did you get the clear scratchplate in Lionel size? The custom plate cutter guy from eBay, or...? 😁
  8. BabyBlueSound
    I think the Ibanez Talman also scratches that P itch, with the J rolled down.
  9. BabyBlueSound
    Welcome to the club! Don't call yourself shallow, colour is an important part of a bass! I would not touch a sunburst with a stick 🤪 Regarding bright flats, here's an infodump for you:
  10. BabyBlueSound
    They do lose SOME highs, but I got a more-than-a-year-old cobalt on my Ibanez and it's still got that Prec tone alright, not terrible at all. When my rounds lose their highs, it's much worse.
  11. BabyBlueSound
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  12. BabyBlueSound started following Favourite songs where the bass line is the hook! and Tinnitus!!!!!!!
  13. BabyBlueSound
    I had it for decades. It gets worse during crazy windy weather, or before sudden heat/cold waves - and now we have wind and an incoming heat wave. Not ideal 👂
  14. BabyBlueSound
    Thanks I get it, but all the basses I have ever owned went WAY further down than 2mm (I got 2 other shorties right now) without relying on adjusting neck relief, which should not be used to control string height really anyway. The nut I have never touched on this one 🙂 but yeah it's definitely cut less than the other ones on my other basses. I did not want to mess with that as I planned to sell anyway.
  15. BabyBlueSound
    Quick tone demo, unfortunately it does not sound nowhere as good as in real life, coming out of an amp:
  16. BabyBlueSound
    It's about 2mm at the 12th fret, not terribly high but physically doesn't go any lower.
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