Identity of the Dano Transparent Overdrive and Fuzz Revealed

Post by **Mike** » Thu Jan 29, 2009 3:00 pm

He showed me and James too. I think between us we managed a "Blue. Cool".

euan · Post by **euan** » Thu Jan 29, 2009 3:01 pm

Zaphod wrote:blimey i'm reading the thread over there now about TGD.

right set of bastards.

"overnight solder jockey". ARGH.
"dwarfcraft and mellowtone are just amateur hobbyists trying to cash in on fancy graphics and kooky online videos".

i'm actually quite annoyed now, although i bet aen took it all in his stride.

Except Mellowtone makes some awesome pedals.And we all know about Dwarfcraft. Fuck thems.

jcyphe · Post by **jcyphe** » Thu Jan 29, 2009 3:02 pm

I've seen his demos before on youtube, he did the burns buzzaround demo, kay demo. He's got a lot of good stuff.

Haze · Post by **Haze** » Thu Jan 29, 2009 4:15 pm

euan wrote:
Zaphod wrote:blimey i'm reading the thread over there now about TGD.

right set of bastards.

"overnight solder jockey". ARGH.
"dwarfcraft and mellowtone are just amateur hobbyists trying to cash in on fancy graphics and kooky online videos".

i'm actually quite annoyed now, although i bet aen took it all in his stride.
Except Mellowtone makes some awesome pedals.And we all know about Dwarfcraft. Fuck thems.

BUT DWARFKRAFT HAS TEH POWER SRTUGGLLE WTF KEOOL

Bawbag · Post by **Bawbag** » Thu Jan 29, 2009 4:54 pm

I'm really intrigued as to what the other ones are clones of. Apparently the vibe is a true high-grade univibe clone.
I need a pedal that brings the chugga. The metal one intrigues me.

jcyphe · Post by **jcyphe** » Thu Jan 29, 2009 5:47 pm

They should make more, I thought they would add more like they did with the Fab series.

Pens · Post by **Pens** » Thu Jan 29, 2009 8:07 pm

I just searched freestompboxes.org for dwarfcraft and turned up nothin. Lank?

Reece · Post by **Reece** » Thu Jan 29, 2009 8:29 pm

PenPen wrote:I just searched freestompboxes.org for dwarfcraft and turned up nothin. Lank?

you needs to register, half of the forum is hidden otherwise.

euan · Post by **euan** » Thu Jan 29, 2009 8:31 pm

HE worked that out when I sent him direct links.

Pretty depressing reading.

Reece · Post by **Reece** » Thu Jan 29, 2009 8:43 pm

yep, they almost seem intent on crushing aen completely.

benecol · Post by **benecol** » Thu Jan 29, 2009 9:02 pm

Fuck 'em - not your typical Dwarfcraft punters, anyway.

Anyhow, in other, more cheerful news, I've had a chance to play them both with my tele and the Matamp, in what I like to call the "Power of Suggestion Sessions". And the verdict is; they sound fucking ace. Knew I'd love the fuzz, and it's another winner - even better than the French Toast (which is another pedal I love to bits). Really complex fuzz sound, thick, with some octave even, but cleans up with volume and handles chords well. And the sustain is really long, but with really crisp muting (not that I've been chugga-chugga-ing, obviously).
I was in two minds about buying the TOD, since I'm not a huge overdrive fan, but it's maybe my favourite of the two (not praise I'd bandy about lightly). It's not a massively high gain pedal, but has a clever little EQ, and does the neat trick of making your guitar sound the same but better. My treble booster's like that, too. I've just been pretending to be Billy Gibbons.

Both pedals are loud as fuck too. Double thumbs up from me.

Pens · Post by **Pens** » Thu Jan 29, 2009 9:30 pm

God. Reading that forum (what I can anyway) and going back go diystompboxes for a change makes me miss my old workbench and building pedals. I still have my hand drawn schems of stuff I'd breadboarded but not gotten a chance to properly finish. Makes me sad.

Post by **Mike** » Thu Jan 29, 2009 9:33 pm

benecol wrote:Fuck 'em - not your typical Dwarfcraft punters, anyway.

Anyhow, in other, more cheerful news, I've had a chance to play them both with my tele and the Matamp, in what I like to call the "Power of Suggestion Sessions". And the verdict is; they sound fucking ace. Knew I'd love the fuzz, and it's another winner - even better than the French Toast (which is another pedal I love to bits). Really complex fuzz sound, thick, with some octave even, but cleans up with volume and handles chords well. And the sustain is really long, but with really crisp muting (not that I've been chugga-chugga-ing, obviously).
I was in two minds about buying the TOD, since I'm not a huge overdrive fan, but it's maybe my favourite of the two (not praise I'd bandy about lightly). It's not a massively high gain pedal, but has a clever little EQ, and does the neat trick of making your guitar sound the same but better. My treble booster's like that, too. I've just been pretending to be Billy Gibbons.

Both pedals are loud as fuck too. Double thumbs up from me.

Good to hear. I'll demo them both when they arrive.

Chris, just get back on it, it's never too late to start again, you don't need a workbench - my setup is inauspicious, I have to pack everything under the bed every night when I'm done - I use the kitchen table to work on with newspaper spread around.

benecol · Post by **benecol** » Fri Jan 30, 2009 12:03 pm

Benecol: reading the inordinately long Dano threads so you don't have to.

So, the ognormous Gear Page thread about this has been pulled for legal reasons, the HCEFX thread rumbles on, in which I gleaned the following two bits of info: Paul C (the Timmy's creator) weighed in, and is pretty annoyed but also pretty cool about the whole thing. He seems to be more annoyed about people thinking Dano paid him off, or that his circuit is a clone. Secondly, that Aussie fella who's done the cracking TPOD demo actually has a Timmy, so is going to make a back-to-back comparison vid over the weekend. And is embarrassed that he thought it was a Klon clone when he actually owns the pedal it's a clone of.

Post by **Mike** » Fri Jan 30, 2009 12:13 pm

benecol wrote:Benecol: reading the inordinately long Dano threads so you don't have to.

So, the ognormous Gear Page thread about this has been pulled for legal reasons, the HCEFX thread rumbles on, in which I gleaned the following two bits of info: Paul C (the Timmy's creator) weighed in, and is pretty annoyed but also pretty cool about the whole thing. He seems to be more annoyed about people thinking Dano paid him off, or that his circuit is a clone. Secondly, that Aussie fella who's done the cracking TPOD demo actually has a Timmy, so is going to make a back-to-back comparison vid over the weekend. And is embarrassed that he thought it was a Klon clone when he actually owns the pedal it's a clone of.

hahah. I love that Aussie guy, he's great, and is his kid.

I think the fact the treb and basses aren't cuts would through people off. The same physical setting will be not just different but the logarithmic taper of the posts means that...

... still here? It would be logarithmically different.

benecol · Post by **benecol** » Fri Jan 30, 2009 12:23 pm

Now I don't understand your jive talk, but: treble and bass controls are cut and boost, a la the PD01 too - is that not the same as the Timmy? Also, from those schems I sent you yesterday, are the Dano Fuzz and the Peach fuzz effectively op-amp muffs?

Post by **Mike** » Fri Jan 30, 2009 12:29 pm

Nah I think the Peach Fuzz is an original design in itself, although I haven't seen the IC Muff schematic, but noone has said that on FSB.

What I mean is that the treble and bass controls are backwards from the Timmy, which are open (no cut) at 0 and full cut at max. So getting the same settings is backwards because they'll be log pots and so even the midpoints are different. Anyway, I'm sure they can be dialed in to be identical.

euan · Post by **euan** » Fri Jan 30, 2009 12:37 pm

I'm pretty sure the Big Cheese is the op amp Big Muff clone.

Post by **Mike** » Fri Jan 30, 2009 12:42 pm

My cats have arrived. That's pretty fucking impressive.

benecol · Post by **benecol** » Fri Jan 30, 2009 12:55 pm

Just wait 'til you plug them in, etc. I was always under the impression that the Euthymia ICBM and the Peach Fuzz were both IC Big Muff clones. If I were to send you a schem... Would you? Could you?