I have been thinking along the same lines as you Gent. No matter what, the Mosky seems to be making it more and more to becoming at least a secondary, if not primary, distortion for me. I agree that the low gain settings are amazing. It's hard to reconcile a $20 pedal being as good or better as pretty much all my boutiques, but alas, I have to concur with you that this one is an amazing piece and deserves a place in every bassists arsenal who is looking for a rat. I am too much of a Fanboy of Dunwich to compare the Mosky favorably to the VT, and in reality, the VT has objectively a heavier bass feel to it than the Mosky, but there is still something about the Mosky that feels super responsive, natural and just plain fun. I can't seem to put it away. I love how you can see the LED's pumping under the Vintage/Turbo toggle if you look at it at the right angle. And like you (I even think I bought it off you) the Iron Pig V2 was a huge dissapointment for me.
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$20 Mosky Black Rat
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I have been thinking along the same lines as you Gent. No matter what, the Mosky seems to be making it more and more to becoming at least a secondary, if not primary, distortion for me. I agree that the low gain settings are amazing. It's hard to reconcile a $20 pedal being as good or better as pretty much all my boutiques, but alas, I have to concur with you that this one is an amazing piece and deserves a place in every bassists arsenal who is looking for a rat. I am too much of a Fanboy of Dunwich to compare the Mosky favorably to the VT, and in reality, the VT has objectively a heavier bass feel to it than the Mosky, but there is still something about the Mosky that feels super responsive, natural and just plain fun. I can't seem to put it away. I love how you can see the LED's pumping under the Vintage/Turbo toggle if you look at it at the right angle. And like you (I even think I bought it off you) the Iron Pig V2 was a huge dissapointment for me.
I guess I think of the Mosky as basier b/c the Mosky doesn’t need a bass control to boost bass whereas I had to crank the bass on the VT and it’s dryness still made it feel less hefty/juicy
True, one does need to crank the bass on the VT (depending of course on Diode selection) and the Mosky just seems to have the right balance, but I just a/b'd the VT and it edges it out for sheer sonic punch. Having said that however, I still seem to enjoy playing the mosky the most over all my Rats (landphil, IPV2, VT, Plague Rat with blend, Built By Ryan monster rat).
Could take a picture of the guts and send it to someone who could tell whether the components can take it
That's where I got mine and it was fine. Took less time than they said it would, too.
Please do if possible. Only issue is it's a stacked double board. Might be hard to see many of the components. Thanks. You're a true "Gent."
I'll tear into mine tonight, I need to see what is/isn't board mounted.
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Much obliged good gentleman. Now, who's the brave soul cuz it ain't gonna be me. I'm superstitious. Mine sounds so good I'm afraid another one might not be as good. Crazy I know.
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I have 15 volt battery pack I could try, but I'll have to find my adapter. (I really need to organize
)Is the op amp the only thing that has the potential to blow up? Or better yet, does your post mean you actually tried it?
The caps are what I've found generally blow, but all the ones I can see are rated above 18 volts (not sure on the ceramics). I haven't tried it yet, but once I get a look at the top board I'll give it a go.
