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09-13-2012, 09:18 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: NY/NJ Metro Area | |  Decent Wolly Mammoth Clone? (don't want to build one)
Anyone know of a decent builder of a clone? Looking to get one, but don't really have the paitience to build one myself.
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09-13-2012, 09:39 PM
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builds the Yeti. its the mammoth circuit. |
09-14-2012, 07:29 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: NY/NJ Metro Area | | | website? more info? hoping for more then just an email address, ya know?
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09-14-2012, 11:30 AM
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he's built several pedals for me. all of them top notch. |
09-14-2012, 11:48 AM
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Endorsing Artist: Cave Passive Pedals | | Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Ohio | | | Why not an actual Wooly Mammoth? |
09-14-2012, 12:20 PM
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Originally Posted by caeman  Why not an actual Wooly Mammoth? | Because you can buy a Zvex mammoth $250 or a clone for $125. (or build one for $50)
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09-14-2012, 01:08 PM
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Originally Posted by caeman Why not an actual Wooly Mammoth? | Yeah, the price is pretty nutz for a fuzz pedal.
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09-14-2012, 01:10 PM
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Endorsing Artist: Cave Passive Pedals | | Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Ohio | | | Not being a Mammoth owner or interested, I didn't realize how expensive they were. That is a might pricey for a fuzz pedal. |
09-14-2012, 01:14 PM
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Originally Posted by icecycle66
Because you can buy a Zvex mammoth $250 or a clone for $125. (or build one for $50)
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09-14-2012, 01:14 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Michigan | | | I bought a WM clone from a dude on I Love Fuzz for $100. It's a spot on recreation sound wise. I can't recall the guys name but he builds all kinds of clones and I'm sure that someone on here will know who I'm referring to.
...or just head over there and do a search. |
09-15-2012, 10:11 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Niagara Falls, ON, Canada | | | Sending a PM about a few possibilities... |
12-06-2012, 09:30 AM
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12-06-2012, 11:37 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: portland | | | Those are super easy to build, especially if you buy the PCB from madbeanpedals. |
12-06-2012, 11:48 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Cambridge MA | | | I might give that a try. I don't see it listed on the site though. Is it under another name?
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12-07-2012, 08:30 AM
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Originally Posted by tastychoice Those are super easy to build, especially if you buy the PCB from madbeanpedals. | I suspect that Zachary Vex made a deal with mr. MadBean and asked him to stop producing Wooly Mammoth clone PCBs, and I believe Zvex purchased all of Madbean's remaining stock. 
It's really a simple fuzz circuit and it doesn't require hard to find "mojo" transistors or any other silliness. It's a derivative of the standard silicon Fuzz Face circuit with a couple of tweaks for bass, and of course a tone control.
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12-07-2012, 08:48 AM
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Originally Posted by Crater I suspect that Zachary Vex made a deal with mr. MadBean and asked him to stop producing Wooly Mammoth clone PCBs, and I believe Zvex purchased all of Madbean's remaining stock.
It's really a simple fuzz circuit and it doesn't require hard to find "mojo" transistors or any other silliness. It's a derivative of the standard silicon Fuzz Face circuit with a couple of tweaks for bass, and of course a tone control. | Except I bought a few of the remaining boards?? You can still get an etched wm PCB in the for sale section of MadBean any day of the week. From what I understand, MadBean has moved away from clones altogether in pursuit of his own designs. He's actually launching his own pedal company in a little while. |
12-07-2012, 09:29 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2005 Location: Turlock, CA | |  Isn't cloning a pedal a lot like pirating music?  |
12-07-2012, 10:09 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Seoul, South Korea | | | I got a great Mastrotron clone by John K.. all over the place. And no, I don't think it's like pirating music necessarily: playing a blues chord doesn't make you a pirate, it's too general. A lot of circuits are like that. Some are incredibly specific and highly proprietary.. seems the Mammoth is not one of those. I suppose it's relative. But I'd also think there's a reason they're not IP.. maybe just due to legal/registration fees? |
12-07-2012, 11:00 AM
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Originally Posted by blubolt Isn't cloning a pedal a lot like pirating music? | What do you think of all the big muff and tube screamer clones on the market? Pretty much every pedal company out there has one of those in their roster. |
12-07-2012, 12:50 PM
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Originally Posted by Crater I suspect that Zachary Vex made a deal with mr. MadBean and asked him to stop producing Wooly Mammoth clone PCBs, and I believe Zvex purchased all of Madbean's remaining stock.
It's really a simple fuzz circuit and it doesn't require hard to find "mojo" transistors or any other silliness. It's a derivative of the standard silicon Fuzz Face circuit with a couple of tweaks for bass, and of course a tone control. | Yea, I wondered what happen to the Sabertooth. I bought two boards and built two, one for me and one for a friend. Gnarly fuzzes to boot. I would not pay $350.00 for that tone + the whole pedal cost about 20 bucks to build.
I have the Madbean schematic around somewhere if anyone needs it, oh, it's still out there: http://madbeanpedals.com/projects/Sa...ooth_ver.4.pdf
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