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Timhulio is your man, he can do a perfect clone
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Aye, teh grumbly wolf pedal he makes is awesome ( dist+ with a ring mod)

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Shucks. Fanks guys!
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Doog wrote:Yo Miiiiikey- I've been mulling on a "The Beard"- inspired pedal, wondering how much it'd run me?

-Saltboost-sized box, no finish or owt, any LEDs or knobs you've got kicking about that aren't much use.
-Very hard square wave tremolo, proper 'on/off' stuff.
-Dial for rate on the box, volume "ratio" ala the Saltshaker as internet trim pots. Failing that, I guess a slightly bigger case and all 3 dials on the box.
-Momentary footswitch
-Rate to get very very fast, to go way into ring mod territory like the Pulsar.

Feasible?


Just to update on this dude: to save myself some much-needed funds but still have funs, I've had a very basic idea of making a bypass loop with a momentary DPDT footswitch so I can switch in tremolo etc from an existing pedal.

Could potentially be quite an interesting device, especially when used rhythmically..

Apologies for making it look like a SALE originally!
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No worries at all man, that's a cool idea! If you're looking for momentary switches I think you can only get them in DPDTs and only from places like Banzai/Musikding/US Vendors.

I made the Trem board today actually to do some playing with it and worked out how to double the rate and tie off the unused controls. I'll probably build it into a case anyway and flog it, I'm sure I'll get a buyer if I manage to cram it into a Saltbooster sized case with Depth, Speed, Ratio and Shape controls with internal gain adjustment trimmer.
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Mike wrote:No worries at all man, that's a cool idea! If you're looking for momentary switches I think you can only get them in DPDTs and only from places like Banzai/Musikding/US Vendors.
Really? I managed to find one on eBay fairly easily, maybe I just got lucky: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... 0430361016
I made the Trem board today actually to do some playing with it and worked out how to double the rate and tie off the unused controls. I'll probably build it into a case anyway and flog it, I'm sure I'll get a buyer if I manage to cram it into a Saltbooster sized case with Depth, Speed, Ratio and Shape controls with internal gain adjustment trimmer.
Good stuff, hope it will make you lots of monies!
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Fair play, looks like pins rather than tags so take care with your soldering and make sure you get a nice wrap of wire on each pin for extra strength.

You'll have to make a demo of what you come up with.
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Mike wrote:Fair play, looks like pins rather than tags so take care with your soldering and make sure you get a nice wrap of wire on each pin for extra strength.

You'll have to make a demo of what you come up with.
I've wired one in the past (I forgot for what) and it's nae too bad- just go crazy-go-nuts with the solder and it's aawhhllll good.

Will defo get some kind of demo up- could be quite a fun lil' tool, I feel.
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I had a Klon PCB, so this is for a guy:
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Purple Metallic Saltbooster? Hell Yes.
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Mike using PCBs?? that purple looks great though!
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WHO IS THAT SALTBOOST FOR??? WILL YOU REFIN MINE LIKE THAT?

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Haze wrote:Mike using PCBs?? that purple looks great though!
Nah I just had one lying around from a trade, I'm not building lots of them or anything. A guy asked so he got it. His girlfriend is buying it for him for his birthday.

I never had a girlfriend like that, the lucky bugger.

Noirie, I could do if you wanted for like a fiver plus P&P
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Man alive - I never knew metallic purple was an option; can I change my mind on mine?
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Neither did I until I found some at Halfords when looking for Purple or Pink for this booster. Sure you can, no worries. Your case arrived today so it gets drilled next Tuesday.

I'll update my order book.
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My first interview as a pedal builder, a nice bloke got in touch about his website after buying a pedal off me.
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great interview!
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Seconded. Did this guy order the Boutique Tubescreamer by any chance?
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Mike wrote:My first interview as a pedal builder, a nice bloke got in touch about his website after buying a pedal off me.
nice. you should get jimbo to stick a link to that on your webpage, show potential customers your ethos and all that.
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Indeed, I shall ask him to whack it on the Splash page or something.

Noirie, nah he ordered a Klon.
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Pretty good interview, mike! Hopefully it'll bring in a few more faithful customers