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I Present the IdiotBox Effects's Blower Box

#781
Bama said:
Not sure about the enclosure itself, but the feather is one of the symbols from Led Zeppelin. Each band member had their own symbol.
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Yeah they are the Led Zeppelin symbols. Originally I had my Fuzzrocious BDPG in that box. I don't have a good way to make graphics so I have to dress up my home made pedal boxes any way I can! The stickers are actually fretboard inlays from inlaystickers.com :)
 
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#782
mmbongo said:
Yeah they are the Led Zeppelin symbols. Originally I had my Fuzzrocious BDPG in that box. I don't have a good way to make graphics so I have to dress up my home made pedal boxes any way I can! The stickers are actually fretboard inlays from inlaystickers.com :)
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You should get up with jwr here on TB. His name is Adam and he works for Acid Splash Designs. He etches pedals and does amazing work too. You can see some of his work on the Darkglass thread. He's got a B7K with Ash and chainsaw from the original Evil Dead and he's got a Duality with the possessed chick from Evil Dead. He has a link in his sig or you can facebook Acid Splash Designs.
 
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Bama said:
You should get up with jwr here on TB. His name is Adam and he works for Acid Splash Designs. He etches pedals and does amazing work too. You can see some of his work on the Darkglass thread. He's got a B7K with Ash and chainsaw from the original Evil Dead and he's got a Duality with the possessed chick from Evil Dead. He has a link in his sig or you can facebook Acid Splash Designs.
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I may do that in the future! Right now I'm just glad everything works on it, I finished all the wiring a little bit ago. Success so far! Just need to order some knobs, LED bezel, and the boost mod and she'll be good to go.

It does pain me to not be using the most awesome looking enclosure out there, but the cosmetics is just not worth losing another pedal over. I'd love to have this same graphic in this size enclosure! If he would make the circuit board about 1/4" narrower he could drop them in these slimmer enclosures without issue.
 
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#785
PlunkRock said:
TFR is another one I'd like to try, had the Grey Stache a couple of times, great pedal but not for me.
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I had the Pickle Pie Bass version which was pretty sweet and a Green Russian clone that I really liked. So thinking TFR with the clran blend would be pretty killer. I also had the Russian Spy which was pretty good and the Pharoah which sucked on bass IMHO.
 
#786
Turtle71 said:
All this talk of stacking the BB got me thinking...

Second Blower Box is on the way. :bassist:

I figure in the off chance that 2 BB don't play well together, the second one can always go on my second board...it may end up there anyway, especially if I end up with one of those SmallSound/BigSound Mini's, or a SFT....man I have a dirt pedal addiction :D.
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Been there done that... Curious how you see if it's useful or not. Never ran both in a band mix so not sure if useful.
 
#788
kzr750r1 said:
Both GS and TFR have taken a back seat to the BB and AE HC (HS).
TFR could be that always on if I didn't have the others. GS is a finicky little bitch.
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I really wanted to get a TFR again but decided to give the TAFM a chance. It plays so nicely with the BB. The gate is usable throughout the whole range of the pedal, definitely beats the gate mod on the GS. I still have not decided if I want the TAFM before or after the BB though.
 
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#789
kzr750r1 said:
Been there done that... Curious how you see if it's useful or not. Never ran both in a band mix so not sure if useful.
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Matt says it's suppose to ship on Monday, probably have it by next weekend...I'm hoping for a low gain/high gain BB pair, I love the sound of this pedal both ways.

But...having 2 BB's is a lot of real estate to use on my board...we'll see how things go.
 
#790
Turtle71 said:
Matt says it's suppose to ship on Monday, probably have it by next weekend...I'm hoping for a low gain/high gain BB pair, I love the sound of this pedal both ways.

But...having 2 BB's is a lot of real estate to use on my board...we'll see how things go.
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There's room to rehouse 2 BB's in one of those enclosures :)

Well maybe not the stock enclosure because of the drill pattern. But I'd just about bet you could fit two of them in a new enclosure that size with a more efficient knob layout.
 
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mmbongo said:
There's room to rehouse 2 BB's in one of those enclosures :)

Well maybe not the stock enclosure because of the drill pattern. But I'd just about bet you could fit two of them in a new enclosure that size with a more efficient knob layout.
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I have thought about that as well, but we'll see, there are a couple of other OD pedals out there I'd like to try stacked with the BB as well.
 
#792
mmbongo said:
There's room to rehouse 2 BB's in one of those enclosures :)

Well maybe not the stock enclosure because of the drill pattern. But I'd just about bet you could fit two of them in a new enclosure that size with a more efficient knob layout.
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Hmm..got me thinking now. It may actually be very possible.

One on the top row. One on the bottom row. 2 volumes in the middle.

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Alright, after playing around today for about 2 hours, here's what has come of my search for fuzz in my BB/B3K rig. The two fuzzes I have are the MXR Bass Fuzz Deluxe and EHX Deluxe Bass Big Muff. Very different fuzzes, but good in their own ways. Ok, here goes.

I love my B3K into my BB, and after switching them around first, that's how they'll stay. Definitely. Their settings are my OD sound, so they're not being changed. Typically, I've been using fuzz after all my dirt, as a sort of intensity ramp up. Solo, it sounded great. In the mix, I got buried instantly. So after some suggestions from TB people, I got to moving my fuzz around in my chain. First, I kept it last, and just changed fuzzes. I got a nice setting to test out on each fuzz.

In the last position, I felt the Muff was good. It's a bit darker, and didn't overpower the other effects. It had a low blend as well, which is what I want. I don't want tons of fuzz since my whole spectrum is distorted at this point. It was nice, thick, and warm, but with some bite from the BB. I liked it. The BFD took over the signal in this position. Everything was just high gain fuzz. No real remnant of my previous pedals remained in the signal. No good.

Then, I tried them both in front of the dirt section. The MXR sounded pretty good. The B3K tamed the shrillness, and let it go through the chain. Not a bad sound for high gain fuzz with other dirt. Unfortunately, that's not really what I wanted, so while it might be useful to me, I let it go. The Muff simply did nothing for me in this position. The darker tone being tamed by the B3K made everything muffled. Not good, and not at all what I wanted. At this point, I thought the MXR was going to win this battle.

Finally, I tried them in between my B3K and BB. I would never have tried this without it being suggested. Lo and behold, that's where the magic is! I tried the MXR, and again, it hijacked the signal again a bit too much for my liking. But the Muff shined! It was livened up just a tad by the B3K, and then it did its Muffy magic on the signal. But, instead of just being warm and thick, it had just a little bit of crunch from the B3K owing to the low blend I was using. Perfect! Slightly less present in the mix, but a great fuzz tone that I tested on some of my material and it would certainly work well. Then, I turned on the BB. AMAZING! Got that fuzz, and then it just rips with the BB engaged. That makes it cut like crazy. Gonna try it at practice Tuesday, but I have no doubts.

Now, here is my rig, and I have no intentions of changing it for a LOOOONG time: Bass > B3K > Deluxe Bass Big Muff > Blower Box > iStomp #1 (changes) > iStomp #2 (Envelope Filter) > FDeck HPF3 > MXR Bass Compressor > MXR Smart Gate.

Gonna cross post in the DG forum as well since I got some suggestions there too.

Thanks everyone!
 
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#798
johnk_10 said:
IMO, the mod is really only useful if you want to run the BB with gain and the bass controls at their lower settings. otherwise it has plenty of output.
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I did notice that...I had been using a MXR Micro amp after the BB (when using it as low gain OD) to boost the level back up...Perhaps your mod could be just the ticket for me if the BB does end up being my low gain OD choice....I can't seem to decide which way I like it...fill tilt crazy dirt, or just some nice low gain grit, it sounds sweet (to me) either way.
 
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Don't know about you folks, but I like to keep settings I find manually, i.e. not just on my phone. Someone from the DG forum made me a sheet to keep settings, so I'm paying it forward with one for my beloved Blower Box. It's pretty simple, but that was the idea. Hope you like it!
 

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