Mike's Pedal Thread

benecol · Post by **benecol** » Fri May 29, 2009 11:39 pm

Nope, the white bits are fine being white - remember that as far as printers are concerned, white is just an absence of ink.

Gavin · Post by **Gavin** » Sat May 30, 2009 12:14 am

Ah, eggscellent.

Post by **Mike** » Sat May 30, 2009 12:00 pm

Ends, Vince, Haze, your cases are all drilled.

However they need some respraying as some paint was lost in flaking around the holes, which has hacked me off somewhat. No will do this tonight and clearcoat tomorrow, then hopefully I can get building next week.

Post by **Doog** » Sat May 30, 2009 3:58 pm

Gavin wrote:

YES

Post by **Mike** » Sat May 30, 2009 6:18 pm

OK, all respray touch ups done.

Haze and Ends cases have been clearcoated.

Vince's I'm waiting on the paint to dry before applying decals and then that will be clearcoated too.

Post by **Mike** » Sun May 31, 2009 1:43 pm

Ends and Vince, your pedals are done. I'm fucking knackered.

A/B OR/And/Boost Box

TSA

Dual Looper

timhulio · Post by **timhulio** » Sun May 31, 2009 3:48 pm

1) Nice bezels you poof
2) Those enclosed jacks look neat, anything special about these?

Post by **Mike** » Sun May 31, 2009 3:53 pm

I did what my customers wanted, they wanted Poofy Bezels, they got them.

The enclosed ones are switchcrafts, and neutriks, I was trying out some different types for when I have tight builds and need to get jacks really close to pots. It really helped when I made the CrunchBox for Thom. They're quite fun and very cool, they're slick when you plug in and out of them, I find I have to gently bend about the ring and tip contacts as they're sometimes reaaaaally tight.

endsjustifymeans · Post by **endsjustifymeans** » Sun May 31, 2009 4:54 pm

They look great!

Amazing work man, simply amazing.

Reece · Post by **Reece** » Sun May 31, 2009 4:59 pm

that black looks mega.

i want fourteen pedals painted in that colour.

well maybe one but i had to get my point across.

Post by **Mike** » Sun May 31, 2009 5:01 pm

It's quite hard to get it with a sparkly finish, subseqent coats seem to dry matt and then sparkly, then matt, but I think I captured it on these two.

endsjustifymeans · Post by **endsjustifymeans** » Sun May 31, 2009 6:07 pm

with shipping for both, what's the damage?

Post by **Mike** » Sun May 31, 2009 6:11 pm

I've PM'd you mate, I'm shipping them separately as that way I can fold the jiffy envelopes over the control faces so they have double padding...

Post by **Doog** » Sun May 31, 2009 7:48 pm

Just wanted to say that the Box-O-Mike you leant me, Mike- sounded pretty good on the Marshall, not quite my bag though..

BUT IT'S AMAZING WITH BASS. It retains the low end all the way across the gain pot, and doesn't have the mid-range peak you usually get from using guitar pedals in a bass setup. Wish I'd bought my usual bass dirt, the Nobels OD, back home with me to A/B them. I think I'm gonna order of these BOXES, but with the SHO booster at the front of the pedal so I've got 2 gain stages- this possible?

Post by **Mike** » Sun May 31, 2009 7:52 pm

Yeah it certainly is buddy boy! I will have to try using it on bass in PANCAKES, good to know. I had a feeling it might be good because of it's bassy response.

Post by **Doog** » Sun May 31, 2009 8:02 pm

Awesome, drop me a ballpark figure and hopefully I'll be taking it across Europe!

Post by **Mike** » Sun May 31, 2009 8:04 pm

When does the tour start?

Are you ok with the larger of the two case sizes I use or would you like it crammed into a small one like that one?

Both are doable, it's just a larger case is obviously simpler and the footswitches are further apart for stomping. Either way like Â£70?

Post by **Doog** » Sun May 31, 2009 9:15 pm

Tour starts at like end of July, nearly 2 months away. Bigger case is cool, I prefer having something with a larger footprint in the live situation. I can do without a paintjob too, although a decal might be a bit tasty on top of the metalz.

Post by **Mike** » Sun May 31, 2009 9:17 pm

Sounds exciting. Definitely can do.

I'm fine with painting if you change your mind, or just a decal, it's all good.

Post by **Doog** » Sun May 31, 2009 9:26 pm

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Farty mic clipping ahoy! Sounds sooo good in the room, so ballsy. Shame bout the playing..

Phasing courtesy of the HH Bass Machine head..