Mike's Pedal Thread

Post by **Mike** » Wed May 06, 2009 9:19 am

OK, updated.

dub - Meathead Fuzz
- Â£50 + shipping
- battery power + Â£5
- Silver
- Blue LED
- Bronco Knob

Benecol - OsFuzz/GreenRinger
- as payment for drilling guides/decals
- Decal with weird bloke
- 3PDT toggle to switch order[/quote]

Reece · Post by **Reece** » Wed May 06, 2009 9:22 am

haha whats the "weird bloke"?

benecol · Post by **benecol** » Wed May 06, 2009 9:23 am

Mike wrote:That one there they linked popped into my head. It's properly nutso. Really fucking loud and insane.

There's also another design benecol sent me ages ago which is called the Ultra Lord that I think I'll play around with on breadboard.

Signs that you're spending too much on the internet, part III: After PMing back and forth with Hurb last night about his fuzz needs, I went up to bed <insert fibs about taking Mrs Benecol to heaven and back here>, read my book for a bit, settled down to sleep, then approximately five minutes later, shouted "Ultralord!". My wife was startled awake, and my explanation that that was the pedal I was trying to think of for Hurb, one of my 'internet friends' didn't go down too well at all.

Hurb, an Ultralord would do most of the things you're after. It's like a beefy, bassy, more controllable fuzz factory. Plus, the maker's a dick who frequently rips off the effects community, so no guilt in Mike cloning it. I used to have one, but had to sell it to pay for an amp. I loved it, and it made my cats and my kids freak out. A good sign in a fuzz.

stewart · Post by **stewart** » Wed May 06, 2009 9:25 am

Reece wrote:haha whats the "weird bloke"?

it's benecol's grandad.

benecol · Post by **benecol** » Wed May 06, 2009 9:29 am

Aleister Crowley innit. Pioneer of left foot braking, 9v battery enthusiast.

timhulio · Post by **timhulio** » Wed May 06, 2009 9:56 am

Now Crowley was a chonst.

benecol · Post by **benecol** » Wed May 06, 2009 10:47 am

Interesting people frequently are, though. Nice picture though, innit.

stewart · Post by **stewart** » Wed May 06, 2009 12:22 pm

he's going

"turn that fuzz up to 666."

Reece · Post by **Reece** » Wed May 06, 2009 3:19 pm

mistermister post man delivered me two packages today according to the 'rents.

supervibe and saltbooster ahoy! gah, i can't wait 'til next tuesday.

Post by **Mike** » Wed May 06, 2009 3:26 pm

Good times, hope you like it mate.

Thom · Post by **Thom** » Wed May 06, 2009 4:40 pm

Crunch Box is here

Thanks Mike. Will update demo thread with my view.

Post by **Mike** » Wed May 06, 2009 4:42 pm

Good stuff

Noirie. · Post by **Noirie.** » Wed May 06, 2009 4:53 pm

I've finally had a playaround with the saltbooster and i effing love it. Its loud and is also really clear and transparent sounding to my ears.
Thanks Mike =]

Post by **Mike** » Wed May 06, 2009 4:54 pm

Awesome. it's been a good day for pedals

luke · Post by **luke** » Wed May 06, 2009 5:45 pm

The Saltbooster is really fundamental on my pedalboards these days. When I'm playing with a second guitarist, it basically doubles up all the sounds I can get. If I'm playing "rhythm", I keep it off, then when I need to stand out, I click it on and suddenly I'm slightly louder, with that slightly salty flavouring too (works best into the TT). I've got quite a wide pointer knob on it, so I can adjust the volume with my feet between songs if I need to adjust the level at all. Ideal.

Mike, I've been thinking about how I can best get another pedal off you (I haven't been able to justify it until now). I love my DS-2's Turbo II mode, it makes single note stuff higher up the fretboard sound cool. The best example of that I could find was this demo:

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At about 1:06. I could never really put my finger on it what that was, but as the demo says it's "fat midrange". Is there anyway to get a distortion pedal with more of that effect?

Post by **Doog** » Wed May 06, 2009 10:56 pm

More honky midrange!

Post by **Mike** » Thu May 07, 2009 7:29 am

I don't really know Malik, I'm not really fond of that sound and also haven't come across any dirt pedals that sound like that.

luke · Post by **luke** » Thu May 07, 2009 9:24 am

Mike wrote:I don't really know Malik, I'm not really fond of that sound and also haven't come across any dirt pedals that sound like that.

Fair enough, I know it was a bit "Jim'll Fix It" asking you that. I'm sure I'll find another way to get another Mike pedal, it seems these days having just one isn't fashionable.

Post by **Mike** » Thu May 07, 2009 10:09 am

hah. I doubt it's fashion, lots of people make much prettier pedals than me.

dub - here is the layout I designed for your Fuzz pedal.

Board mounted pot? HOTNESS.

dub · Post by **dub** » Thu May 07, 2009 3:32 pm

that is SWEET.

btw I don't need decals or anything. Maybe stick the 'madebymike' on the side or reverse. I like the minimalist look (ie benecol's sweet silver fuzzzzzzzz)