Mike's Pedal Thread

Post by **Mike** » Thu Feb 05, 2009 9:32 pm

Doog wrote:Yeahyeah, totally that- is it a fairly easy tweak, or just Massive Hassleville?

just adding a toggle switch mate. No worries!

James · Post by **James** » Thu Feb 05, 2009 10:26 pm

On the subject of loops, would I be able to do the following...

A B box with one switch going between the A and the B modes, and another switch acting as a sort of master bypass using the below diagram I just drew in paint. So basically I'd be able to have two chains of effects, and have them switchable, and then be able to turn them both off with one switch.

I'll add LEDs (bi colour for the A/B switch and normal for the master) and that later (off to bed shortly and just want to check this is right so far) and possibly a feedback loop part. It's possible to have the feedback loop over say just the B send/return, right? So I could have a pot for the amount of feedback and a mini toggle, and have it only active when in the B mode. I'm fairly confident I could draw that up correctly and that's it's doable, but as I'm asking you to have a quick check of the switching I thought I'd make sure it's as I think it is.

James · Post by **James** » Thu Feb 05, 2009 10:36 pm

I just had a look at it and realised I labelled the send and return on B wrong, but I'm fairly sure that's right otherwise.

It's silly really, a while ago that diagram would have baffled me but I confident doing that without looking it up now. There are lots of pedal things that baffle me now and I have that same feeling of not understanding how it works and feeling resigned to following diagrams without any of the 'I should just learn how this works and understand it'. I absolutely should learn how it works and understand it, but I find the whole thing intimidating at times.

Post by **Mike** » Fri Feb 06, 2009 8:09 am

Yeah that'll work. You might need to add 1meg resistors to ground on your guitar input and output (do it on the jacks) to depop it.

Mustang Melx · Post by **Mustang Melx** » Sat Feb 07, 2009 11:44 pm

mike any thoughts about a clone of the wattson superfuzz? I love the sound of that thing but I'm not gonna pay Â£150 for it.

do-able? cost?

Post by **Doog** » Sun Feb 08, 2009 1:52 pm

Mustang Melx wrote:mike any thoughts about a clone of the wattson superfuzz? I love the sound of that thing but I'm not gonna pay Â£150 for it.

do-able? cost?

Lol, mewithoutus would love that.

Mikey- my dad can't find the bottom half of the Bluesbreaker box, and if memory serves, 2 of jack holes are in it. Either I can find it all and send it off Thurs 19th when I go home, or you make the guts with you've, and I'll fit it when I go home?

Post by **Mike** » Sun Feb 08, 2009 2:48 pm

Doog wrote:
Mustang Melx wrote:mike any thoughts about a clone of the wattson superfuzz? I love the sound of that thing but I'm not gonna pay Â£150 for it.

do-able? cost?
Lol, mewithoutus would love that.

Mikey- my dad can't find the bottom half of the Bluesbreaker box, and if memory serves, 2 of jack holes are in it. Either I can find it all and send it off Thurs 19th when I go home, or you make the guts with you've, and I'll fit it when I go home?

Just send what you can mate and I'll do what I can with it.

Melx - I made one for ProgRockAbuse actually, so I could make another if you were interested. It's not a simple build though, it's about Â£90 as I recall, although I made the tone switch footswitchable with it's own two colour LED.

Mustang Melx · Post by **Mustang Melx** » Sun Feb 08, 2009 4:12 pm

Mike wrote:
Melx - I made one for ProgRockAbuse actually, so I could make another if you were interested. It's not a simple build though, it's about Â£90 as I recall, although I made the tone switch footswitchable with it's own two colour LED.

cool...I wouldn't really want the foot switchable tone, infact I wouldn't even want the switchable tone at all, I just want the first tone setting.

I don't suppose it's possible to do a stripped down version with just tone setting one?

I just want this 'live at leeds' sound in this video that he plays at the end, I don't really care if it does nothing else!!

....I don't even need a fuzz knob really, I just want to turn it on and hear that sound!!!

or would that be a whole lot more work?

do you have a video of the one you built?

Haze · Post by **Haze** » Sun Feb 08, 2009 4:17 pm

shouldn't be too hard
tim hinted that he could make a big muff that just did full volume + Gain, tone on 0

i know what you mean
all i want is to step on that muff and make that one noise!!!

i'm sure that mike, the seasoned builder he is, could work with you and get what you want, he's great at that

Mustang Melx · Post by **Mustang Melx** » Sun Feb 08, 2009 5:07 pm

Haze wrote:shouldn't be too hard
tim hinted that he could make a big muff that just did full volume + Gain, tone on 0

i know what you mean
all i want is to step on that muff and make that one noise!!!

i'm sure that mike, the seasoned builder he is, could work with you and get what you want, he's great at that

cheers Haze! yeah, I'm sure he can sort something.

I was looking at those BYOC 'leeds' fuzzes, but by the time I've bought it, had it posted to me, posted it to someone who can build it, paid them and them paid to have it posted back, it's gonna be getting bloody expensive.....and I've not heard one either, so I don't even know if it will get me that sound i'm after.

Post by **Mike** » Sun Feb 08, 2009 7:17 pm

I would build the Leeds Fuzz kit if you wanted, Benecol knows a place that ships them for cheap from Canada.

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This is the version I built for Rob. I could build a max gain, Tone 1 version only with just the volume control if you wanted, but I don't have PCB making facilities, so it would probably still end up in a BB sized box I'm afraid.

Progrockabuse · Post by **Progrockabuse** » Sun Feb 08, 2009 7:28 pm

mike's version sounds like the real deal. i've certainly been able to pretty much nail any superfuzz tone i want to. i use it in mega fucking nuts mode with gain on full into a tonebender with gain on full = gatefold album sleeves about elves and goblins and bad taste in fashion.

Mustang Melx · Post by **Mustang Melx** » Sun Feb 08, 2009 8:13 pm

cheers guys, I'll have a think about all this....I'll get back to you mike.

Post by **Doog** » Mon Feb 09, 2009 1:20 pm

Mike wrote:
Doog wrote:
Mustang Melx wrote:mike any thoughts about a clone of the wattson superfuzz? I love the sound of that thing but I'm not gonna pay Â£150 for it.

do-able? cost?
Lol, mewithoutus would love that.

Mikey- my dad can't find the bottom half of the Bluesbreaker box, and if memory serves, 2 of jack holes are in it. Either I can find it all and send it off Thurs 19th when I go home, or you make the guts with you've, and I'll fit it when I go home?
Just send what you can mate and I'll do what I can with it.

Looks like I'm not gonna be able to get the whole thing off to you til the 19th- and you will need it to finish the thing, since the extra jack holes are on the sides, which I'm pretty certain is part of the bottom.

Do you have 4 jacks to finish the build, or do you need the one or two (I can't even remember how many are in there at the mo) that are in the case?

Post by **Mike** » Mon Feb 09, 2009 2:07 pm

Doog wrote:
Mike wrote:
Doog wrote: Lol, mewithoutus would love that.

Mikey- my dad can't find the bottom half of the Bluesbreaker box, and if memory serves, 2 of jack holes are in it. Either I can find it all and send it off Thurs 19th when I go home, or you make the guts with you've, and I'll fit it when I go home?
Just send what you can mate and I'll do what I can with it.
Looks like I'm not gonna be able to get the whole thing off to you til the 19th- and you will need it to finish the thing, since the extra jack holes are on the sides, which I'm pretty certain is part of the bottom.

Do you have 4 jacks to finish the build, or do you need the one or two (I can't even remember how many are in there at the mo) that are in the case?

I made an order on Thursday so I should have them by Wednesday/Thursday. I'll be able to turn it around in an evening no bother.

Post by **Doog** » Mon Feb 09, 2009 3:29 pm

Awesomeness! Are you happy to make just the guts and post them to Bognor for me, so I can put it all together when I get home? Or is likely to get totalled in the post?

Post by **Mike** » Mon Feb 09, 2009 3:32 pm

I'd rather build it into the case to be honest mate.

Post by **Doog** » Mon Feb 09, 2009 3:39 pm

Ok dude, no probs- I'll get it out to you ASAP once I'm home, and maybe if you send back to Bognor, so it'll be there for sure when I'm back for the gig.

PM how much I owe you- can hand some cash over when we go for beers if it's easier.

Post by **Mike** » Mon Feb 09, 2009 3:56 pm

Don't even worry about money until after the gig mate, it's no worries.

Post by **Doog** » Mon Feb 09, 2009 7:47 pm