Saturday, January 10, 2015

DAM Meathead

DAM Meathead single know fuzz pedal from fx layouts. I was not a big fuzz fan, but found it excellent for The Black Keys - 'Til I Get My Way. I found it particular good for single not playing unlike the ColorSound One Know Fuzz that sounds great with chords and not so much with single notes or solos. Perhaps it is just my particular builds of the pedals. On the way are Meathead Deluxe and Octavia with Oct/Fuzz on-off switch so I can maybe replace this pedal on my board.





Monday, January 5, 2015

Pedal Board Size

Want to buy a travel case for my small pedalboard. It is big enough to mount 4 pedals and my diy  battery power unit. The dimensions are 35x20dx8 like the one below.


Monday, October 20, 2014

Next session songlist

Foo Fighters - Hey Johnny Park

Nirvana - In Bloom

Nirvana - Heart Shaped Box

RHCP-Parallel Universe

Rush - Anthem

Jimi Hendrix-Hey Joe

Wednesday, October 8, 2014

Emerson EM Drive Clone













I made this one to get some imediate satisfaction and build confidence building pedals. I failed on quite a few of my other builds, so I went for this pedal to prove to myself I can make one that works (lol).

http://tagboardeffects.blogspot.jp/2013/01/emerson-custom-guitars-em-drive.html

As you can see, the build is as simple as you can get.





Super Hard On Clone with Volume Control













Have not tried it out too much yet, but works fine. On my next build of this version, I need to move the dc jack to the other side and move the phone jacks down to have more room for a battery inside.

Based it off of this layout and moded it to include a volume control.
http://diy-layout.com/45


Will upload a gut shot and sound file.

2015.01.11 Update. Here is an updated version of my SHO with Vol. I moved the phone jacks and dc input so a battery can be used. Also included is a gutshot.




DIY Pedal Update

Re-prioritizing my pedal build list after some progress and after thoughts. Done list at the bottom. Need to upload some pics and sound files.

OD:
AnalogMan King on Tone
Briggs Son of Clay Jones*vero half-done
Crowther Hotcake*vero half-done
Clark Gainster
MI Audio Blues Pro
Cochrane Timmy

Fuzz/Distortion:
Colorsound Fuzz Box (enclosure half done)
DAM Meathead Deluxe - 3 knob
MI Audio Crunch Box*vero half-done
Suhr Riot
Zvex Fuzz Factory *vero done

Tremolo:
AutoWah/Filter:
Seamoon Funk Machine*vero done

Delay:
Mad Professor Lite Blue Delay 4-knob*vero done
Mad Professor Deep Blue Delay 3-knob*vero done

Booster:
Pink Booster

Next Phase:
Tremulus Lune
Nurse Quacky
Dr Quack
Rebote Delay

Xotic:
BB PreAmp
AC Booster
RC Booster
EP Booster Briggs Mod

Done:
  1. Catalinbread - Picoso
  2. Colorsound FuzzBox
  3. Colorsound - Tremolo (needs debug)
  4. DAM Meathead (needs debug)
  5. EHX - LPD-1
  6. Emerson EM-Drive (Sold)
  7. Emerson Paramount
  8. Hermida Zendrivex2 (both need debug
  9. Jack Orman - AMZ MOSFET Clean Boost
  10. Jack Orman - Muffer
  11. John Cochrane Timmy (needs debug)
  12. Lotus Snowjob (needs debug)
  13. Lotus THD+N
  14. Lovepedal Woodrow
  15. Lovepedal - Kalamazoo
  16. Lovepedal - Eternity Burst
  17. Menatone - The Red Snapper (needs debug)
  18. Xotic EP Booster (x2)
  19. Zvex - Super Hard On - 1 knob
  20. Zvex Super Hard On - 2 knob/Vol Control (x2)

Friday, August 22, 2014

So many pedals, So little time.

Below is my bucket list of pedals to build. I hope to get them done by the end of this year.

Xotic:
BB PreAmp
AC Booster
RC Booster
EP Booster (Spare) *vero/case 90% done

OD:
Hermida Zendrive*vero/case 90% done
Cochrane - Timmy*vero half-done
Menatone - The Red Snapper*vero half-done

Fuzz/Distortion:
DAM Meathead - 1 knob*vero/case 90% done
Zvex - Fuzz Factory *vero done

Tremolo:
Colorsound - Tremolo*vero/decal done

AutoWah/Filter:
Seamoon - Funk Machine*vero done

Delay:
Mad Professor - Lite Blue Delay 4-knob*vero done
Mad Professor - Deep Blue Delay 3-knob*vero done

Booster:
Zvex Super Hard On - 2 knob/Vol Control

Next Phase:
Son of Clay Jones*vero half-done
Crowther - Hotcake*vero half-done
MI Audio - Crunch Box*vero half-done
Tremulus Lune
Nurse Quacky
Dr Quack
Rebote Delay


Done:
Xotic EP Booster
Lovepedal - Kalamazoo
Lovepedal - Eternity Burst
Zvex - Super Hard On - 1 knob
Catalinbread - Picoso
EHX - LPD-1
Jack Orman - AMZ MOSFET Clean Boost
Jack Orman - Muffer