Recent content by Brad Alan Self

I love Josh's pedals! There's some early ones that would suggest he was at least dropping acid while working on his EE masters thesis... They are fantastic!

Yeah, Fralins. It's good spurring curiosity but imo without generating one's own field data this is kind of like debating the merits of removing the rumble seat from your Model A. Or installing one. I have a Chender triple maple with local homewound double J's at 18k each wired like Mr Page,'s...

Wire one up? The Fender pots are $9. It's the easiest way to get your answer, but VTVT doesn't solve VVT shortcomings, or vice versa. I think you're overestimating the differences between VTVT/VVT/VVT, a recording engineer is still going to insist you use a PBass so he doesn't have to gate & EQ...

Stack two Joyo Ultimate Drives, $35 each. Set the Level to unity gain with his clean amp'd volume one at a time, then set Gain on one cleanish, right to the edge of break up and just a little past it, highs rolled off, lp switch in high. Then separately set the gain on the 2nd one high enough to...

Marked pots backwards above, revised expanded:

If you're ambitious you can take the pots apart, make the A250K tone pot no-load (decent videos on that can be found, I'm a nail polish advocate, not a trace cutter,) and swap out the A500K lug wafer for one from a linear taper B500K. The linear volume pot will give you a smidge more volume...