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marauder

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Re: Boost / Overdrive / Distortion pedal build
« Reply #15 on: January 12, 2011, 01:26:50 PM »
I don't think any BYOC boards are available anymore, just kits :(

I've got a vero layout of the Shredmaster.

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Re: Boost / Overdrive / Distortion pedal build
« Reply #16 on: January 13, 2011, 12:52:01 AM »
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Re: Boost / Overdrive / Distortion pedal build
« Reply #17 on: January 13, 2011, 06:13:25 PM »
Cheers dude.

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Re: Boost / Overdrive / Distortion pedal build
« Reply #18 on: January 14, 2011, 09:01:20 AM »

So Sunking into BB into SHO?

Do you build the Sunking as True bypass or is the buffer decent?

Have you tried the Fatpants BTW?

Not tried a fatpants. Buffer is excellent, I don't bypass it and yup, that's the order I'd go for.

Just looked at your original post also. I do rate the Shredmaster quite a bit (you can get the BYOC board separate from vibe-o-tronic) and if you do go down that route I'd advise putting a switch on the output cap as you can make it suit both single coils and humbuckers rather that one or the other. For distortions though I think my favourite is the twincaster. We're about to build a new one of those for someone with a few mods on it. Twinfan had a go of it (it was the 2 valved pedal) at the meet and I think he liked it lots. Needs a beast of a PSU, but I think our source for those still might have some left and we were picking them up for peanuts.

EDIT: Infact, this is what I'd stuff in a box if I was doing what you're doing (including the Hot Silicon fuzz that's the other half of the SHO). If I had to choose between all my OD/Boost/Distortion/Fuzz pedals, this is what I'd end up with.  Though I'd still want to keep a couple of the really dirty fuzzes...



Thanks, the twincaster looks ace!  Not too pedalboard frendly though, I think I'll start with some transistor stuff that can fit on my small board and use existng power.  I think I'll just buy a few boards (2 boosts and a couple of od's) from madbean and make them then see what I like best before putting them in the case.  I've thought about space a bit too and I think I can only squezze a BB enclosure there so will be limited to 1 boost 1 od for now.
But following that I can get making the off board fun stuff :D

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Re: Boost / Overdrive / Distortion pedal build
« Reply #19 on: January 14, 2011, 05:02:08 PM »
Thanks, the twincaster looks ace!  Not too pedalboard frendly though, I think I'll start with some transistor stuff that can fit on my small board and use existng power.  I think I'll just buy a few boards (2 boosts and a couple of od's) from madbean and make them then see what I like best before putting them in the case.  I've thought about space a bit too and I think I can only squezze a BB enclosure there so will be limited to 1 boost 1 od for now.
But following that I can get making the off board fun stuff :D

We're building a new twincaster shortly that'll be much more board friendly and be a little different to that. I'm actually quite excited for how that might turn out...
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Re: Boost / Overdrive / Distortion pedal build
« Reply #20 on: January 14, 2011, 05:30:00 PM »
Thanks, the twincaster looks ace!  Not too pedalboard frendly though, I think I'll start with some transistor stuff that can fit on my small board and use existng power.  I think I'll just buy a few boards (2 boosts and a couple of od's) from madbean and make them then see what I like best before putting them in the case.  I've thought about space a bit too and I think I can only squezze a BB enclosure there so will be limited to 1 boost 1 od for now.
But following that I can get making the off board fun stuff :D

We're building a new twincaster shortly that'll be much more board friendly and be a little different to that. I'm actually quite excited for how that might turn out...


Some parts are on the way...

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Re: Boost / Overdrive / Distortion pedal build
« Reply #21 on: January 14, 2011, 05:56:55 PM »

Sounds good, keep us posted.