3in1 DIY Dirt

Brewing up ideas of two 3in1 effect pedal boxes. I made a prototype version, but the enclosure is limited and shorts from time to time. I bought some proper enclosures for better execution. The idea is that every board has a 2-3 stage dirt, yet there are some many variations. The 3in1 will be wired to easily interchange and switch out the pcb's and down the line can be mixed and matched at one's hearts desire. The first stage is an always on low gain, and when stomped it will go to a tuner.

Dirt : Low Gain => High Gain=> Fuzz

1) MP Sweet Honey=> MIA CrunchBox=>BJFE Candy Apple Fuzz Gold

1) BJFE Sweet Honey=> BearFoot Dyna Red Distortion=>BJFE Pink Purple Fuzz

2) Hermida ZenDrive=>Cochrane Timmy=>

3) Xotic RC => Xotic AC => Xotic BB

Reading Music

After some googling, I will try to get a hold of a few books for reading music.

1. Howard Roberts Sight Reading Manual For Guitar, which was the text at MI for many years.
2. Sight To Sound by Leon White. 
3. M.I.'s Music Reading for the Guitar
4. William Leavitt Modern Method for guitar Vol I, II, III and  Melodic Rhythms
5. Real Book

Snippet from Harmony Central.

http://www.harmonycentral.com/forum/forum/guitar/acapella-40/1882126-

In my opinion it takes a good book, and some other things to supplement it.

Unfortunately the most effective book I've ever known is now orphaned, and out of print. That would be Howard Roberts Sight Reading Manual For Guitar, which was the text at MI for many years.

Now I would suggest Sight To Sound by Leon White. Couple this with Leavitt's Melodic Rhythms, and you'll have most of what you need.

Next get a spiral bound notebook of staff paper. Every time you encounter a difficult rhythm, write it down. And write down what ever applicable subdivisions
apply. Meaning that a 1/4 note rhythm should be written as 1/2 notes as well (if possible) and 8th and 16ths as well. Practice these rhythms each night slowly with a metronome BEFORE working through the books. After going through the books, be sure to read through the Real Book or some other music. Also, you should read unfamiliar music everyday.

CHRIS CORNELL - SUNSHOWER

https://tabs.ultimate-guitar.com/c/chris_cornell/sunshower_ver2_crd.htm

CHRIS CORNELL - SUNSHOWER

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Transcription: DelValleKidd

Tuninng      : Standard

Chords Used  :

  D9   G/C   G/B   G/Bb  G/F    A7   Asus4  E    Bm  Bm7  F#m   D

|-0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0----2----2----2----2----|

|-3-----3-----3-----3-----3-----2-----3-----0----3----3----2----3----|

|-2-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----2-----1----4----2----2----2----|

|-0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----2-----2-----2----4----4----4----0----|

|-------3-----2-----1-----x-----0-----0-----2----2----2----4---------|

|-------------------------1-----------------0--------------2---------|

Intro: D - D9 – G/B – G/F – G/E – G/Bb – A - Asus4

D       D9     G/C               

Dark as roses  fine as sand,

D         D9                G/B   G/Bb

Feel your healing  and your sting again

D        D9              G/B       G/F

Hear you laughing and my soul is saved,   

      G/B    G/Bb       A - Asus4

on forgotton graves you cry

D        D9     G/C              

Cry like ivy up my spin

D          D9           G/B   G/Bb

through my nerves and into my eyes

D         D9        

Cuts like anguish or

G/B    G/F          E                A - Asus4

Reco - llections of better days gone by

           Bm                 D                    

But it's alright  when you're all in pain

        F#m                Bm - Bm7

and you feel the rain come down                       

       E               D                     

It's alright  when you find your way

         F#m              Bm  - Bm7

then you see it disappear

       E                  D                  

It's alright  though your garden's gray 

       F#m              Bm           A

I know all your graces  someday will flower ooh

E       A7

Oh-oh   Oh-oh

                D    D    D    D    A-Asus4

In the sweet sunshower

D         D9         G/C

Eyes like oceans  so far away

  D       D9         G/B    G/Bb

A feather trail to a better way

D       D9            G/B  G/F 

Worried mornings turn into days

     E            A  -  Asus4

then into worried nights

           Bm                 D                    

But it's alright  when you're all in pain

        F#m                Bm - Bm7

and you feel the rain come down                       

       E               D                    

It's alright  when you find your way

         F#m              Bm  - Bm7

then you see it disappear

       E                  D                  

It's alright  though your garden's gray 

       F#m              Bm           A

I know all your graces  someday will flower ooh

E       A7

Oh-oh   Oh-oh

                D    D    D    D    A-Asus4

In the sweet sunshower

Low Impedance Input

Great link about buffers and input impedance.

http://screaminfx.com/tech/why-and-when-to-use-a-guitar-buffer-pedal.htm

With my pedal board I setup an input unit that has an input buffer/booster with a tuner output.

The input signal always goes through the booster, then the stomp either directs the signal to the rest of the board or to the tuner.

The booster is an AMZ mosfet booster with high input impedance and moderately low output impedance..

http://www.muzique.com/schem/mosfet.htm

http://diy-layout.com/36

More Links and Pedals.

Trying to keep up with info on the internet is an endless task.
Here is another to tuck away for later reference.

http://somuchsound.blogspot.jp/

Also trying to keep up on pedal accumulation.

BB Preamp for 5750 JPY plus 510 shipping. Fixer-upper with busted knobs.

MXR Blue Box for 2150 JPY Plus 300 shipping

And an array of tuners. I am trying to decide on a tuner for my pedal board and it seems it will end up being the Ibanez LU20

BOSS TU-70.

KORG AT-1

I am trying to decide on a tuner for my pedal board and it seems it will end up being the Ibanez LU20

DIY Switch-3/FS3/TC Helicon Three Button FSW

Here is my DIY 3 button Momentary switch.

Derived from the schematic found online.

Here is a gut shot of a fs300.

First Zoom R8 recording - Cherub Rock

Here is the first recording using the Zoom R8 MultiTrack RecorderCherub Rock in a studio jam. I used the onboard distortion and did not try the footswitch input, so the intro is full on distortion.



Picked up the unit on Yahoo! Auction for 12,000 JPY plus 800 jpy shipping. It came with all the included items with original box, cubase cd and the sd card.