Mike's Pedal Thread

timhulio · Post by **timhulio** » Wed May 20, 2009 8:32 pm

Loving the blue and bronco knobs on this!

Post by **Mike** » Wed May 20, 2009 8:40 pm

Ford Riviera Blue, it's a dead ringer for the Weezer Blue album/Daphne Blue.

mcconnachiea · Post by **mcconnachiea** » Wed May 20, 2009 10:05 pm

Mike!

How much could you do a JCM/plexi with a three band EQ??

Haze · Post by **Haze** » Wed May 20, 2009 11:56 pm

i must say the pedals are looking better and better!

Noirie. · Post by **Noirie.** » Thu May 21, 2009 6:29 am

Im speechless, fucking awesome work mate =]

Post by **Mike** » Thu May 21, 2009 8:15 am

mcconnachiea wrote:Mike!

How much could you do a JCM/plexi with a three band EQ??

I would recommend you buy a Catalinbread Dirty Little Secret. They are Â£139 from Vintage & Rare.
http://www.vintageandrareguitars.com/we ... /item/6076

Post by **Mike** » Thu May 21, 2009 8:23 am

Haze wrote:Something very similar to a Analogman Sun Face.
Controls for Volume, Bias, and Fuzz
MXR Sized case if possibly
Black n sparkle paint [ala lamp's crunch box]
purple led
mojo

can this happen?

Right, this is basically a FuzzFace with some mods, which means you would not be able to daisy chain it with other "regular" pedals as it is positive ground. It would have to have battery power. I would add a DC jack wired to work with any boss style supply but it can NOT be daisy chained with other boss style effects as it will ground out all the supplies and nothing will work while it is in the power chain.

If you're still interested I could probably build it for Â£70 in a small case, and more like Â£60 in the Box Of Cake size case I do, since it would be much simpler to fit everything in.
+ shipping

Noirie. · Post by **Noirie.** » Thu May 21, 2009 8:30 am

Is the Fuzz war in anyway similar to the fuzz face?

Post by **Mike** » Thu May 21, 2009 8:32 am

Nah, it's fucking batty.

5... yes.. FIVE reverse biased npn Silicon transistor stages, into a Big Muff Pi style tone control (that's what the Fuzz control actually is, a Shape or Tone control, the Fuzz is set internally with a trimpot), into two more recovery stages. All 7 stages clip the signal. It's a crazy sounding fuzz. It's huge and very loud.

Post by **Mike** » Thu May 21, 2009 11:50 am

Orders:

Noirie
- DBA Fuzz War - Â£60 + shipping
- Bronco knobs
- Daphe Blue with Yellow LED
- Case drilled, primed, painted, decaled and clearcoated
- Board built and tested. Will complete this weekend.

endsjustifymeans
- A/B, A and B Amp switcher with Saltbooster - Â£70 + shipping
- Metallic Black paint
- Landscape
- 3 footswitches from left to right
- A/B - selects A or B in OR mode. Dual colour LED
- OR/AND - selects either OR mode - determined by other switch, or AND mode which enabled both outputs (AND mode utilises active op-amp buffers to isolate outputs)
- Booster - enables Saltbooster before switching Logic
- will drill case on Tuesday

Vincel
- Loop Toggler - Â£40 + shipping
- Toggles between two True Bypass Loops, one switch. One loop always active.
- Decals on sides to label jacks only.
- Orange
- Green LED/Red LED
- Portrait
- will drill case on Tuesday

hazelwould · Post by **hazelwould** » Thu May 21, 2009 5:44 pm

Awesome man! I'd be interested in what that fuzz war sounds like. That's a really fair price, and I'm sure wayyyy better build quality.

benecol · Post by **benecol** » Thu May 21, 2009 5:48 pm

Mike wrote:
mcconnachiea wrote:Mike!

How much could you do a JCM/plexi with a three band EQ??
I would recommend you buy a Catalinbread Dirty Little Secret. They are Â£139 from Vintage & Rare.
http://www.vintageandrareguitars.com/we ... /item/6076

Stealth burn...

Haze · Post by **Haze** » Thu May 21, 2009 6:06 pm

What do ya say?

[excuse the poor substitute for the black sparkle paint]
I've got 3 bronco knobs already so no worries there. Possibly a white back plate for the MBM Logo and a date + john handcock? No decals on front, those are just to show how i would like things orientated. But feel free to move things about if it makes things easier.
I would be tickled pink by this honestly, about time i get a proper fuzz other than the big muff.
Is there some possibly holding device for a battery? Something to keep it from rattling about?

Post by **Mike** » Thu May 21, 2009 10:58 pm

No way you could fit 3 Bronco knobs on a small case. Would need to be Box Of Cake sized.

And no battery clip necessary, I can trap the battery with the switch and foam.

Haze · Post by **Haze** » Thu May 21, 2009 11:06 pm

gotcha on the larger case, that mock up i did was scaled from this
sounds good on the battery too, i imagine battery life should be excellent as its a fairly simple circuit. Will i need to take out the input cable to disconnect the batter? or will the true bypass do this automatically?

Post by **Mike** » Thu May 21, 2009 11:19 pm

Haze wrote:gotcha on the larger case, that mock up i did was scaled from this
sounds good on the battery too, i imagine battery life should be excellent as its a fairly simple circuit. Will i need to take out the input cable to disconnect the batter? or will the true bypass do this automatically?

Nah, you would need to unplug the input cable to conserve battery life. It is doable on a large case, but the three Bronco knobs will make things a little cramped. Definitely possible though, I would just need to take care to get the layout just right. Battery should last ages.

Haze · Post by **Haze** » Fri May 22, 2009 3:40 am

Lets go ahead and plan for mustang style knobs then. Full sized ones if possibly since there can be plenty of room [not masses but enough]
What are options as far as a buffered bypass. I hear it can be a good idea with a lot of pedals with true bypass and losing some fedelity through cable capacity. Some popular 'boutique' pedals use a buffer [klon mainly] for this reason. I'll only be running about 6 pedals at max, all but possibly 1 will be true bypass. Do you think a buffered bypass would be a good idea or is it just something i'll have to try out myself and see if i like it?
Sorry if all the questions are cumbersome but i'm really geeking out on this stuff tonight.

Post by **Mike** » Fri May 22, 2009 5:40 am

Nah, buffered bypass and fuzz does not mix. I only build true bypass fuzzes. I can build buffers into separate pedals (buffer only) but I prefer to keep it separate.

Haze · Post by **Haze** » Fri May 22, 2009 12:22 pm

that sounds cool man, keep it true bypass. did you do a buffer on your klon?

what do you say we green light this? the only thing i can think of is an on switch for the bias control, i know, damn haze and his funky switches.

Post by **Mike** » Fri May 22, 2009 12:51 pm

That wouldn't really work, since when the bias is out of the circuit completely the transistor isn't biased. Why not just use the knob?

There is a buffer on my Klon because part of the Klon is that it has a buffer, it is on all the time and the Overdrive is just switched on and off by the switch. It is a unique pedal. Everything else I do true bypass.

OK, so you want to go for this:

- Sunface Clone
- Larger Case
- Portrait
- Level and Fuzz with Bias underneath.
- i/o on top
- Battery power + DC power
- Metallic Black
- What colour LED since I can't do Purple? Green Yellow Blue Orange Red?
- Â£65 + shipping (including battery)