Pedal geeks i need u (help jjjusten make decisions about awesome pedals for his store)

damn that is an awesome sounding pedal -- dude has that nervous bouncy knee thing going that drives me crazy when I have to watch it

And just added 2 new lines

Devi ever (!!! Been waiting to do this for years)

And super promising upstart Vick Audio. Rams head muff clone with tone mod for $99! Reissues of pedals that no one gives a shit about other than me (Jordan vico vibe)! A fucking Sam Ash/Astro Fuzz clone! Colorsound fuzz for $69! Only one other dealer in the world (literally) that seems to be a shitheel that doesn't bother to actually stock any of his shit. I am overcome by geeeeeeek.

http://vickaudio.distinctiveturnings.com/index.php#container

Plz note, his YouTube demos kind of suck but the stuff sounds awesome IRL. Graphics are not awesome, but handwired perfboard versions of $$$$ pedals for $100 or less? Crazytown.

New Moog Minifoogers seem cool, especially the delay: http://www.moogmusic.com/news/announcing-minifooger-analog-effects-guitar-bass

Love how the tremolo is set up to have an expression pedal. I've been interested in something like that for a while.

Dunlop used to make one:

http://files.effectsdatabase.com/gear/thumbs/jimdunlop_tvp-1_001.jpg

Colorsound fuzz for $69!

That's insane! When I was in the market for one I couldn't find it for less than $250. Ended up going with a Guyatone (tiny orange dealie) which worked out great.

Love how the tremolo is set up to have an expression pedal. I've been interested in something like that for a while.

I've got a similar set-up going with an expression pedal and a Strymon Flint. Def. a sound worth exploring.

what's the main difference between that delay and a line 6?

idiotbox mad doctor and the catalinbread semaphore have exp pedal in as well. plus the semaphore has tap tempo.

Yeah, I did some googling yesterday and found a bunch of trems pre-rigged for expression pedals.

got in 4 of the Catalinbread Belle Epochs and sold them in less than an hour. btw, they sound stupid good.

I've used my week off work building my own pedals and think I've reached the limits of my ability. Harmonic Percolator? Check. Crossover Distortion? Check. But the MXR Blue Box? There's a lot of very tight, very precise soldering in there - I finished the board with the last of the light today and am kind of dreading completing it tomorrow, there are a couple of really vulnerable-looking diodes that apparently have a really high chance of you cooking them and I have a horrible feeling that I've given them too much heat.

It's unbelievably sad how awful I was at building/modding pedals when I gave it a go. You see these forums full of dudes just all like "yeah, I just swapped out my op amp" or whatever, but I evidently lack the dexterity to solder even the most basic radio shack like, blinking led light kit or whatever. lol

And I was right to worry. Doesn't fkn work.

I mean, where do I even start fault finding this?

http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2870/10382909694_a21f9cd2b8.jpg

I've got it wired up at the moment to check and it just acts in bypass, the board seems to have no function and the pots don't change the tone at all. :-(

Is the board from a kit supplier? Most of those dudes are pretty helpful if you hit them up with a problem.

Does the led engage when you put it into circuit?

Also do you have a variable temp/wattage soldering gun? With tight stuff like that I usually crank it down quite a bit and just wait longer to get solder flow.

I normally leave off the led until I'm putting the switch in, it's just got a test rig at the moment with a battery clip and the jacks and it should work in that configuration. Because it bypasses through I've got a good feeling about the soldering throughout, but your point about the power might actually be a good one. Multimeter gets broken out tomorrow, and I'll drop the board maker a line.

If you let me know who the board builder is I can hit up some of my builder friends and see if they have experiences w/that board/problem

It's a British one - poodle who runs pedalparts.co.uk

I'll send out some emails

You're a gent.

No luck with any of my guys, unfortunately. Did you hear from the board builder?

Been busy all week and want to do a bit of basic fault finding before I speak to him. Thanks for asking though.

So, I got this working. Embarrassingly, the battery I was using to test it was slightly run down - not massively, because it was still good enough to power other pedals, but seemingly enough because a new battery did the trick.

Then I soldered in the switch and put it in the enclosure. At which point it didn't work again, only one of the pots has an effect and it seems to be in 'always on' bypass. I suspect I have made a basic error while wiring the switch in, not least because I did the last couple of posts in the near-dark. I'm going to have my next chance to look at that part of it on Friday afternoon, but at least I now know the circuit board is good.

In other news, has anybody ever made/bought a harmonic percolator clone that doesn't have a huge volume drop and can point me in the direction of the circuit/fix?

In other, other news I bought a Tyrant by Nine of Swords cheap on ebay and boy, is it ever sludgey. I am really tempted to buy another of their pedals just to see whether they're all as good (ymmv whether sludge is yr thing).

ive checked around re: the harmonic percolator clone and no dice. could you just do a two in one box with a clean boost after the circuit?

ok, acquiring more pedal lines for the shop, currently talking to skreddy and strymon. any thoughts on either of those?

Got a Strymon El Capistan a few months ago. LOVE IT. Best/most fun delay I've ever used. It has a tape crinkle simulation setting!

love both. they're kinda opposite propositions vibewise.

strymon = digital fx mad scientists, pack a ton of great-sounding features into a bombproof stompbox package. very pro as an outfit afaik.

skreddy = one of the last great golden ears/hand-selected mojo parts guys. thing is, he really does have golden ears and puts a trendies amount of thought and care into his builds. one man operation, super good guy. come for the muff variants, stay for the crew driver mini deluxe. heard good things about the one-knob phaser too.

trendies = tremendous fu iphone/fu zing touch

Have both a Strymon Flint and Skreddy's Lunar Module Mini Deluxe. Both are mandatory for me now.

Got a Strymon El Capistan a few months ago. LOVE IT. Best/most fun delay I've ever used. It has a tape crinkle simulation setting!

this sounds amazing! want one

picking up a strymon bigsky this week. 5 seconds of chorale reverb demos and i was throwing money at them

Whoops I think I just added a synth mangler to our devi ever order because I want to play with it. Anybody want to buy a $300 fuzz pedal?

by the way, in a gesture of thanks for everybody giving me thoughts etc throughout this thread, i am more than willing to hook peeps up with better than usual pricing on gear we sell if you ever need any of it at any point in the future. hit me up via the store email eclipse at eclipsemusic dot org.

Devi ever shipment just showed up and I am getting my sweaty little hands all over them as we speak.

holy shit was this ever worth the wait

Oh shit guess who's a Skreddy dealer

In my typical fashion, I ordered uh everything

cool! I heart the Lunar Module so much

Devi Ever:fx is sold, btw. As always, I have the weirdest timing. Not a shock, but Dwarfcraft Devices is taking over, which should be alright.

Tbh, it's a bittersweet moment for me - I know that Devi has been a polarizing figure to say the least, but getting to know her on the phone, she's a pretty great person, sucks that the console kickstarter pretty much took her out. If I get time, I will crosspost my stream of consciousness Facebook reviews of her pedals in memorium. I might just start posting my pedals reviews here in general, because I think they are fun, and why the fuck not

haha well this is going to start some fights:

http://www.ehx.com/products/soul-food

read the description

LOL, well it wouldn't be the first pointless pedal EHX have made.

Running the Soul Food through the Blockhead.

Skreddy has arrived and lives up to its huge reputation. Any worries I had about the $229 phaser (little miss sunshine) were erased in the first minute of plugging it in. It's the best phaser I have ever heard. Seriously.

get this one, obvs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=trMGE3MWI50

Oh, so already ordered, now worries

Just won a £25 amzaon voucher at work and am thinking of putting it towards a pedal but i'm not that sure what i ought to get. what is essential for getting a good sound? I have a wah, a tuner and a Boss distortion pedal, oh and an RC-loop pedal (which I'm still getting my head around). Really, I want something that's just going to get me a nice overall sound that is a bit more interesting than my usual dry sound. Something that gives the guitar a bit of boost or edge during choruses and makes lead sound a bit better. Should I use overdrive? Compression? Or just get a pedal board for what I have already and save a lot of hassle when setting up? If the latter, what sort of board should I get?

just ordered all of the Hayden/Dr. Green pedals

i get a lot of use out of my tremolo pedal but i guess it depends on your style.