Mike's Pedal Thread

Post by **Mike** » Tue Apr 13, 2010 8:41 am

Black Cat Bone wrote:Mike - is that gaffa tape on the inside and what does it do (apart from be sticky of course)?

Insulation. Stops pot lugs from contacting the case and grounding out.
Stops a stray circuit board (although I anchor them) from grounding out on the case. It's just insurance against one failure causing inoperability.

Post by **Mike** » Tue Apr 13, 2010 8:42 am

benecol wrote:I used to be a graphic designer (a glorified mac-monkey, really) but now I teach graphic designers.

Correction - now you do jaw-dropping design work for a fledgling pedal company.

lorez · Post by **lorez** » Tue Apr 13, 2010 11:11 am

Pedal just arrived Mike, thanks for the fast service. I can't wait to try it out when I get home later today!!

Post by **Mike** » Tue Apr 13, 2010 11:13 am

Sweet, it's nice when Royal Mail are that quick. I posted it yesterday lunchtime.

It sounds badass - the diodes I'm using these days sound immense in the Green Muff circuit.

Reece · Post by **Reece** » Tue Apr 13, 2010 11:37 am

Uhh yeah...

I just got the DLS back. It worked fine for about five minutes then slowly died out in the exact same way again. Slowly got more gated until I had no sound at all. I've checked the jacks and insides a bit but still no sound at all.

I'd try it on a different power supply if I had one. but given that all of my other pedals work perfectly well on it I can't see that being the issue.

Oddly enough it died in the exact same circumstances. Saltbooster on just below full before it.

Post by **Mike** » Tue Apr 13, 2010 11:41 am

Erm? I don't really know what to suggest, maybe you're damaging the transistors by doing that to it?

I played it for 20 minutes here and it was completely fine. I guess send it back again?

Did you try it again before you sent it back to me last time? I just plugged it in and it was fine.

Post by **Mike** » Tue Apr 13, 2010 8:02 pm

More builds finished.

johnnyseven · Post by **johnnyseven** » Tue Apr 13, 2010 11:07 pm

What 2 pedals are involved in the dual bass pedal? I've just started playing bass in a noise rock band and you are tempting me to send even more cash your way!

Post by **Mike** » Wed Apr 14, 2010 6:50 am

It's a Box Of Rock on the left and an OCD on the right. Both are really good on bass.

I think you'll find your DLS/OCD is also pretty spiffy on the 4 stringers.

lorez · Post by **lorez** » Wed Apr 14, 2010 8:49 am

Mike, have you had a crack at any of the other Catalinbread pedals like the SFT? Also, the new Formula 5 sounds great to.

The GMuff was brilliant last night, you could of warned me about how loud it can get though

Post by **Mike** » Wed Apr 14, 2010 8:56 am

I don't make 'em quiet, bud. That whole "my dirt sound is quieter than my clean sound" thing is gash. The settings I had it at were pretty much my recommended settings haha..

Vol - 9 o clock
tone - wherever
Sustain - max.

I have designed a layout for the SFT and people have built it and said it works great. No info on the others yet; WIIO, Formula 5 etc. I watched their new Cinnamon Girl video just now. Very impressive.

lorez · Post by **lorez** » Wed Apr 14, 2010 9:22 am

Mike wrote:I don't make 'em quiet, bud. That whole "my dirt sound is quieter than my clean sound" thing is gash. The settings I had it at were pretty much my recommended settings haha..

Vol - 9 o clock
tone - wherever
Sustain - max.

I have designed a layout for the SFT and people have built it and said it works great. No info on the others yet; WIIO, Formula 5 etc. I watched their new Cinnamon Girl video just now. Very impressive.

Yeah thats what i had them on. It was just that I hadn't been playing with peddles at home for a couple of days and had forgot to drop the volume on the amp to compensate. I loved it but the neighbours were a bit miffed. Yep, sustain on max otherwise, whats the point

I think I saw the Cinnamon girl vid, is that the one with the guys jamming and the guitarist suggests playing it? Both the SFT and Formula 5 sound great. I just wonder how many more amps in a pedal they could do now though.

Progrockabuse · Post by **Progrockabuse** » Thu Apr 15, 2010 11:08 am

Thanks mike, this looper/booster works great. i can use my memory man now without the shocking bypass.

Thom · Post by **Thom** » Thu Apr 15, 2010 1:21 pm

Niiiiiiiiiiiiice! Mikes white pedals look so clean.

Post by **Mike** » Thu Apr 15, 2010 1:29 pm

Yeah, I think the white ones are my favourite. Definitely looks really classy.

timhulio · Post by **timhulio** » Thu Apr 15, 2010 2:09 pm

Where do you get your knobs? They look really good quality.

Post by **Mike** » Thu Apr 15, 2010 2:23 pm

Flirt.

Banzai and Musikding. Eagles mainly. I pretty much only buy knobs, matched Ge transistors, other oddities and my decals from those guys nowadays. I get the rest in bulkish amounts from the States or UK retailers.

DanHeron · Post by **DanHeron** » Thu Apr 15, 2010 2:27 pm

Good stuff. I'm still rockin the echo base, might have to do a demo soon!:

How do the green muff and fuzz face compare?

Post by **Mike** » Thu Apr 15, 2010 2:31 pm

Like I said in the other thread, I love that picture so much. Nice shot.

Would love to hear a demo. The Muff and Fuzz are different beasts really. For Jimi style Fuzz with the ability to melt things down a bit with the Contour, go Fuzz Face, for balls to the wall Distortion Fuzz ala Foo Fighters first record/Smashing Pumpkin's in "Siamese Dream" era I reckon Muff all the way. The ones I've been making recently just sound fat and big as all get out.

timhulio · Post by **timhulio** » Thu Apr 15, 2010 2:31 pm

Ta Mike. They're better than the bulk lots from hongkongsuperseller (or something) on ebay where I get mine. Some of the ones I get can't be used because they're ill-fitting, too much moulding flash and paint mistakes. The ones you use (I assume not cheap- â‚¬1 each or so?) are shinier and the white paint is perfect.