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I Present the IdiotBox Effects's Blower Box
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I have to say it, IMO, the BB blows the RK away man. Blows it away. It's got authority that I found in the RK that I thought was in the RK. Until I played the BB. I want to play through my BB every day. I also can't say that about my RK. No offense at all the fuzzrocious. But man. Blows it away. IMO.
Killing gods
just wish I could try it on my board first just so I know its everything I want it to be.
How does the blowers box compare to a blackout musket, wren and cuff pickle pie b or a supercollider? Its not like I need another fuzz but id like one haha.
Totally different really, the BB can get very saturated but I think it sounds unusable for me with the gain up too high, whereas those others you mention sound great at full tilt. Sounds best at low-med gain as an aggressive distortion IMHO (which is where the muff clones sound dull and lifeless!).
Im a big fan of the supercollider at low gain it seems to keep alot of low end intact. Still for 120$ im very interested.
The advantage the RK has over the BB is the switchable 2nd gain control. Man, would this pedal be damn near perfect with that.
I totally agree. Some of us commented on that earlier in the thread. Reason being, for me anyway, is that the BB excels in low gain and mid to higher gain dist. It would be the bees knees to get a second dist channel in this guy. Honestly, I bet if I inquired about it, Matt may be able to mod it. There still plenty o room in the box and looking at the inside of the RK, there's some room to spare. I think it would be doable. Maybe I'm wrong though. I should email Matt and see what he thinks.
Killing gods
Don't forget the feedback mod! I think that is one of the reasons I haven't bit the bullet yet. I like making noise.
I could do without the feedback loop. It is fun to play with, but I never found an application for it. But I never used it much live. I could do without it.
Adding a feedback loop should be be a piece of cake anyway - I've done it to my BBM, I imagine it's much the same for a RAT circuit - just put solder two wires to the right place and hook them up to a switch. It sounds awesome on a muff, not tried it on a RAT before. I might have to look into this!
I have found some good uses for it. I can run it with my ring mod, phaser, or tremolo and since my feedback switch is latching I am able to do self oscillations that sound pretty awesome. My band likes to mess around with making noise so it is pretty useful for me.
Yeah, it is pretty awesome with some other effects like delay and an octave with wah. I hear ya there.
Still won't miss it
Killing gods
Still won't miss it
Killing gods
Ordered my blower box last week and have yet to get shipping confirmation. Wonder if matt is sold out. If so, good for him!
I also second the motion for a two channel Blower Box!
I'm thinking about picking up the dungeon master to replace my ailing MIJ HM-2. The DM sounds like an HM-2 with more gain on tap. Any relation?
I also second the motion for a two channel Blower Box!
I'm thinking about picking up the dungeon master to replace my ailing MIJ HM-2. The DM sounds like an HM-2 with more gain on tap. Any relation?
I think I'm gonna hold out til he does a 2nd channel mod. I've come so close to pulling the RT w/2nd dist. off my board for this, but the fact that I'd lose 2 distortion settings just, meh.
Unless I suddenly come into possession of $120 extra bucks
Unless I suddenly come into possession of $120 extra bucks
