I Present the IdiotBox Effects's Blower Box

[kleinenenten]

Yes, Overdrive adds compression for sure. It can sound like a wet blanket on top of your higher gain distortion for sure. You can get cool lo-fi sounds out of it through, so not all bad That is part of the beauty of Phil Jones amps in my opinion. What comes out of your board comes out of the speakers That's why a clean amp can be your friend sometimes... Won't stop me from getting a non-clean amp though

I don't have tube heads. I just noticed my pedals took considerably less gain to get as grindy as some demos I heard. Always wondered why. Seems like this could be part of it. Not a complaint or anything, just always trying to learn as much as possible.

 

[nshuman]

Yeah, any OD or compression can do that.

The best at doing so that I have found so far is the Cave Passive Super Grunt when used in super mode. Complete muffler. Like putting a meter thick piece of foam in front of your speakers

 

[Jeffkeuh]

Any way to buy one of these in europe?

 

[PlunkRock]

Any way to buy one of these in europe?

I couldn't find anywhere and ended up buying direct from Idiotbox, the postage cost was very reasonable compared to other people I've bought from and I don't know if you're in the UK but mine didn't have any charges when it got here.

The only thing is the wait!

 

[Jeffkeuh]

I couldn't find anywhere and ended up buying direct from Idiotbox, the postage cost was very reasonable compared to other people I've bought from and I don't know if you're in the UK but mine didn't have any charges when it got here.

The only thing is the wait!

Hmm yes that may be the best option, how long did you have to wait?

 

[PlunkRock]

Hmm yes that may be the best option, how long did you have to wait?

Just under 2 weeks in total

 

[oysteivi]

Ordering from Idiotbox to Norway, I had much the same experience as PlunkRock. I believe I ordered on a Sunday and got it just in time for a Thursday rehearsal, so about 10-11 days total.

 

[PlunkRock]

A second hand Blower Box has just come up for sale in the UK on basschat.co.uk

 

[johnk_10]

i traced the circuit in mine and just built an exact clone of a blower box only in a smaller enclosure (1590B). it sounds identical but since i socketed the Jfet's drain transistor so it has more output than the stock one.
i'm only going to keep one but i'm not sure which one i'm going to sell. i modded my original so it has a lot more output so with the gain/drive all the way down it can still go way past unity gain.

here's a couple of pics of the new 'mini' BB:

 

[Lebowsky]

if you decide to sell the smaller one pleeeeease let me know

 

[bassmusic17]

Now that's a BB I would buy!

 

[kleinenenten]

i traced the circuit in mine and just built an exact clone of a blower box only in a smaller enclosure (1590B). it sounds identical but since i socketed the Jfet's drain transistor so it has more output than the stock one.
i'm only going to keep one but i'm not sure which one i'm going to sell. i modded my original so it has a lot more output so with the gain/drive all the way down it can still go way past unity gain.

here's a couple of pics of the new 'mini' BB:

Nice!

 

[mmbongo]

i traced the circuit in mine and just built an exact clone of a blower box only in a smaller enclosure (1590B). it sounds identical but since i socketed the Jfet's drain transistor so it has more output than the stock one.
i'm only going to keep one but i'm not sure which one i'm going to sell. i modded my original so it has a lot more output so with the gain/drive all the way down it can still go way past unity gain.

here's a couple of pics of the new 'mini' BB:

Well that didn't take long! The large size is the only reason I haven't tried a Blower Box yet. Looks like the clone could easily go into a 1590B with top jacks which is right up my alley!

 

[Moon Goddess]

That Peavey is gotta be 40 years old. Hartley sure as heck made gear that did the job.

That Peavey was my first big bass amp. Replaced my B-15N.

 

[kleinenenten]

i traced the circuit in mine and just built an exact clone of a blower box only in a smaller enclosure (1590B). it sounds identical but since i socketed the Jfet's drain transistor so it has more output than the stock one.
i'm only going to keep one but i'm not sure which one i'm going to sell. i modded my original so it has a lot more output so with the gain/drive all the way down it can still go way past unity gain.

here's a couple of pics of the new 'mini' BB:

Any way to mod the original to that size? Just asking, because I love that gas mask fella (Voivod)!

 

[eveilleu]

I absolutely love my BlowerBox and I'll always make room for it's 2 eyes! I like mine just the way it is

(Yes by always I mean for a while..)
Kiding aside, I really like the original box and I think matt deserves his $$ for making a quality product that somehow just managed to hit a sweet spot! Please don't sell BB clones


Eric

 

[NoxNoctus]

Surely I don't think anyone would want to step in on another pedal builder's product, its not bad form, it's like, worst form... lol. It's cool that it can be done in a smaller box sure, but I think it's perfect the way it is. It's really not that much bigger than an MXR-sized box

 

[jwr]

Ummm I'm sorry but how is it ok to advertise tracing another builders build in a thread about their pedal?

 

[kleinenenten]

I absolutely love my BlowerBox and I'll always make room for it's 2 eyes! I like mine just the way it is

(Yes by always I mean for a while..)
Kiding aside, I really like the original box and I think matt deserves his $$ for making a quality product that somehow just managed to hit a sweet spot! Please don't sell BB clones


Eric

Just to be clear, I did NOT intend to suggest clones be made. Hence, "How can the original be modded?" Matt deserves his cash! But I just like to know the possibilities, even if I don't want to utilize it that way. Maybe I could buy a second BB and mod it...

Anyway, anyone have clips of the BB at very low settings? Most I see are on the extreme side, but I hear lighter OD is great too! Settings?

 

[eveilleu]

SO the other day I went to play a bit with my brother in law. He hadn't seen the blower box yet.

I walk in and say I have a new toy, you'll like it.

He's like you and your pedals.. just play bass....

I open up the bag, lay down the pedal board and he goes OMG! *** does this do?!? and steps on the blower box!

He did not do that with the Cali76tx

Eric