Damnation Audio Fan/Appreciation Thread

[Snake101st]

MBD is still carrying my board along with the CAPO - I have been using my MM Bongo while my Dingwall is being set up ahead of some upcoming shows, and it kills even on a bass that sounds very different than what I've been using with this band

Just like day 1, I've got the main drive set up as a tone similar to Timmy C's main drive tone, and then the boost gets it into DG alpha Omega territory (but better imo - I've compared back to back quite a bit)

 

[father of fires]

Anything specific I should cover at the dirt clinic?

 

[Snake101st]

I'd just brag about how much better your contoured blend is than everything else out there, haha

 

[Erithon]

Anything specific I should cover at the dirt clinic?

• The MBD is an original design in a market saturated with clones. This is pretty cool. I'd stress this and also talk about how it came to be: the various evolutions, the challenges in the design process, etc.
• Funny stories about Dave; @whoismarykelly should tell funny stories about Jeff
• Future plans
• Things you've learned along the way and how your philosophy as a small business owner has changed
• Encourage people to sign up for the newsletter. The dry humor is not to be missed.

 

[BklynKen]

Anything specific I should cover at the dirt clinic?

I think the MBD mostly stands on its own, but people might find it fun to hear bass through the Dirt Fixer with some classic guitar pedals that are known to not work well with bass, at least if you want to retain low end.

 

[smogg]

Maybe give some general settings for always on low gain & show the advantage of the boost button feature?

 

[BklynKen]

Weird question, but anyone know what value input capacitor is in the MBD? I'm taking a pedal building class right now and now I'm curious what value is in the MBD.

 

[220_Hz]

Anything specific I should cover at the dirt clinic?

Spite box!

 

[father of fires]

Weird question, but anyone know what value input capacitor is in the MBD? I'm taking a pedal building class right now and now I'm curious what value is in the MBD.

Which one? The first input is 100n with a 1M bias resistor. The depth control mixes a 4n7 with a 100n with a 47k input impedance to the distortion blocks.

 

[BklynKen]

Which one? The first input is 100n with a 1M bias resistor. The depth control mixes a 4n7 with a 100n with a 47k input impedance to the distortion blocks.

Thanks, Jeff. It was the first input I was curious about, that's all really cool info.

 

[Maxi Funkl]

For the Clinic discuss ant future plans for other pedals not dirt related why or why not.

 

[whoismarykelly]

Weird question, but anyone know what value input capacitor is in the MBD? I'm taking a pedal building class right now and now I'm curious what value is in the MBD.

To add a bit to what Jeff said earlier, the input cap value in and of itself doesn't mean much. For most pedals the input cap creates a high pass filter with a bias resistor going to a voltage reference and the way that maths out you can have a pretty small input cap that effectively passes all signal well below the range of human hearing.

For example, the 22n input cap on a Rat creates a ~7Hz filter with the 1M bias resistor on the gain stage which is why making the input cap bigger (a common way people try to mod things 'for bass') makes no difference.

Sometimes a value is arbitrary because it will work in that position and simplifies the parts list for the pedal.

 

[father of fires]

Thanks everyone for the content suggestions.

 

[BklynKen]

To add a bit to what Jeff said earlier, the input cap value in and of itself doesn't mean much. For most pedals the input cap creates a high pass filter with a bias resistor going to a voltage reference and the way that maths out you can have a pretty small input cap that effectively passes all signal well below the range of human hearing.

For example, the 22n input cap on a Rat creates a ~7Hz filter with the 1M bias resistor on the gain stage which is why making the input cap bigger (a common way people try to mod things 'for bass') makes no difference.

Sometimes a value is arbitrary because it will work in that position and simplifies the parts list for the pedal.

Thanks! I was under the impression that the higher that value the more low end it allowed. I'm sure I'm oversimplifying it.

 

[whoismarykelly]

Thanks! I was under the impression that the higher that value the more low end it allowed. I'm sure I'm oversimplifying it.

There are some cases where that is true but it depends on the math. A bigger input cap will allow more bass in situations where the input cap is intentionally small to attenuate low frequencies.

A dallas rangemaster treble booster has a 5nf input cap which, in combination with the bias circuit, attenuates all frequencies below about 2500Hz. Making that input cap bigger will pass more bass.

 

[Bleezar]

3rd test with a cheap REVV clone, for the oldschool metalheads outhere

 

[kleinenenten]

3rd test with a cheap REVV clone, for the oldschool metalheads outhere

No Love Lost! Excellent choice of demo song!

 

[jumbo_steelie]

Check out my band doing a cover of the Tragically Hip song "Thugs" at my buddy's cool vintage store the Vintage Venture in Niagara Falls Ontario. It's subtle but I used the MBD1 as an always on drive in this tune. The audio and video was recorded live in the store. Enjoy!

 

[BklynKen]

Check out my band doing a cover of the Tragically Hip song "Thugs" at my buddy's cool vintage store the Vintage Venture in Niagara Falls Ontario. It's subtle but I used the MBD1 as an always on drive in this tune. The audio and video was recorded live in the store. Enjoy!

Excellent! Love the bass. Grabber?

 

[jumbo_steelie]

Yeppers! It works great in a two guitar band situation for cutting through.