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Dunwich Amplification General Discussion

#5,505
monsterthompson said:
Does It Doom posted a gorgeous limited color Baghdad that will be released soon. It's on IG, but not on their site yet.
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Very cool!
 
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Unwound said:
I can't believe how nice this one is on bass. It's probably a bit more versatile then the Conan, yeah?
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It's definitely got a warmer tone on bass than the others. I dimed the internal boost and mids. Really like what I'm hearing. The attack isn't as defined as the standard Fuzz Throne and the distortion isn't as harsh as the Standard's and Conan's. At least mine isn't. Reminds me more of the tamer, sweeter Cthulhu I got when Magic started to use the sparkly white enclosures as opposed to the edgier Dunwich / earlier Magic Cthulhus I've tried.
 
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TOGNA said:
It's definitely got a warmer tone on bass than the others. I dimed the internal boost and mids. Really like what I'm hearing. The attack isn't as defined as the standard Fuzz Throne and the distortion isn't as harsh as the Standard's and Conan's. At least mine isn't. Reminds me more of the tamer, sweeter Cthulhu I got when Magic started to use the sparkly white enclosures as opposed to the edgier Dunwich / earlier Magic Cthulhus I've tried.
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Yep, that's very similar to what I was hearing. "Warmth" is a perfect way to describe this guy with the depth and fuzz dimed. With that setting, I absolutely loved "attenuating" it with the the tone knob, and while I'm not really into this, cleaning it up with the volume knob was shockingly satisfying. I kept the boost trim pot dimed, and also didn't mess with the mids pot, guess that'll be next.

I tried it with both my Jazz and Ric thinking one would clearly gel better with it, but it just adapted so well with both pickups..the options seem endless when you add in tone shaping with the bass itself.

This is definitely up there with the latest 3-knob Cthulhu.
 
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Unwound said:
Yep, that's very similar to what I was hearing. "Warmth" is a perfect way to describe this guy with the depth and fuzz dimed. With that setting, I absolutely loved "attenuating" it with the the tone knob, and while I'm not really into this, cleaning it up with the volume knob was shockingly satisfying. I kept the boost trim pot dimed, and also didn't mess with the mids pot, guess that'll be next.

I tried it with both my Jazz and Ric thinking one would clearly gel better with it, but it just adapted so well with both pickups..the options seem endless when you add in tone shaping with the bass itself.

This is definitely up there with the latest 3-knob Cthulhu.
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The tone knob is interesting! On the Standard, 12 o'clock is balanced between lows and highs, while on the ST, mine appears to be balanced around 2 o'clock (with fuzz and depth dimed). Oddly, mine has the most low end at that setting. If I turn it CCW, it shaves off the edge and tames the low end at the same time until about 1-noon, then only rolls off highs as it continues CCW.
 
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TOGNA said:
The tone knob is interesting! On the Standard, 12 o'clock is balanced between lows and highs, while on the ST, mine appears to be balanced around 2 o'clock (with fuzz and depth dimed). Oddly, mine has the most low end at that setting. If I turn it CCW, it shaves off the edge and tames the low end at the same time until about 1-noon, then only rolls off highs as it continues CCW.
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I think there is definitely some synergy going on with that mids trim pot in conjunction with the tone+depth knob, I really love how both open that tone knob up! Every fuzz throne I have has sounded noticeably different from one another, but I think this combination of controls cracks the code for both usability and versatility with bass.

The Only things I think would take this circuit to the next level would be to put both the boost and mids trim pot back on top and make that depth knob a FAC circuit like the wizard, turning it into a..

Super-fuzz throne?

One could only dream.
 
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Unwound said:
The Only things I think would take this circuit to the next level would be to put both the boost and mids trim pot back on top and make that depth knob a FAC circuit like the wizard, turning it into a..

Super-fuzz throne?

One could only dream.
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It sounds like you're describing the Fuzz Throne Deluxe. Unless I'm mistaken, @Fuzzonaut and @kranahan have one
 
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Here's a fun one to share. Picked this up through God City Instruments. HM-2 Filter Prototype that Kurt Ballou had commissioned.

1-band gyrator mid range EQ built off an early HM-2 PCB. As described by Kurt, it's not a fully formed idea and I bought it knowing as much. Mainly picked it up because Kurt Ballou is one of my favorite producers of all time and it's a kinda neat little bit of Ballou/Dunwich lore :)

No real use for it but it's been fun to use as a nice boost (does a great job running in front of my Beta Bass) and something to mess with running into high-gain pedals and adjusting the EQs.

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