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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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

More builds finished.

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!

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.

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

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.

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.

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

Niiiiiiiiiiiiice! Mikes white pedals look so clean.

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

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

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.

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?

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.

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- €1 each or so?) are shinier and the white paint is perfect.