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I Present the IdiotBox Effects's Blower Box

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After I got my Carcosa, I started playing with the settings on my Blower Box again, and have found that I really like the tone I get when I put the distortion around 12, Bass at 1, and Treble at 8ish. I hear a lot of my clean signal coming through, but much gnarlier. I used to run it with more distortion and bass with less treble for a really great heavy distortion, but I'm very happy with this setting right now.
 
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Happy to see him getting started on the Landphil builds. I could have received mine before getting the signature and such on the enclosure... It's ok to wait for me since what I have going works fine. This weekend will be time for some experimentation of some other things I have picked up lately.
 
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skydivingninja said:
After I got my Carcosa, I started playing with the settings on my Blower Box again, and have found that I really like the tone I get when I put the distortion around 12, Bass at 1, and Treble at 8ish. I hear a lot of my clean signal coming through, but much gnarlier. I used to run it with more distortion and bass with less treble for a really great heavy distortion, but I'm very happy with this setting right now.
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Hey those are my settings!!! Jk I use the drive between 10 or 11 o'clock but bass at 1 and treble at 8 is a great setting. I never get sick of this pedal.

I'm actually wearing an idiotbox hoodie right now :ninja:
 
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Fuzzbass said:
Sorry if I missed it but WHAT ARE THE EXTRA CONTROLS??? I know they correspond to Low, Hi, and Dist, but how? 2 bands each of EQ, 2 types of OD? Would be nice if there was Low Mid and Hi Mid in addition to Low and Hi, but I couldn't tell from the Excane video.
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I have the same questions. And honestly I thought it sounded super muddy in the beginning of the new demo.
 
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Late to the party as usual. World's oldest newb, here. Just got my BB pedal from Matt. I likey:bassist:! Now, I obviously have the newest version. Inside on the board it is labeled BB v.2; it also says, "RUN LIKE A BLOWER!!! EATS LIKE A GRINDER!!!"
The only other pedal I own is Sans BDDI, and I love for the first time: real distortion.
I'm having loads of fun with it; wild how it becomes synth like on some settings.
I read this thread (only the first 7 pages and last 5) after ordering to torture myself. Naturally, I have to ask about this mod spoke of by gregmon79.. that "puts your BB on roids," what is this and do I need it for the newest version?
thanks all for settings and line placement data,
f n o r d !

p.s. I've got a blue tube and a dbx166: does anyone use a tube pre and/or a compressor with the BB: suggestions on set up?:thumbsup: I'll be going through an ancient Peavey Mark IV.
 
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fnordlyone said:
I read this thread (only the first 7 pages and last 5) after ordering to torture myself. Naturally, I have to ask about this mod spoke of by gregmon79.. that "puts your BB on roids," what is this and do I need it for the newest version?
thanks all for settings and line placement data,
f n o r d !
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Since you got a brand new one, it already has the boost that was modded on Greg's older, big-box model.

My settings right now are gain at noon, bass at 2, and treble at 7:30, going into a treble-heavy SansAmp DI into a GK with a lot of high and low mids. If I just go into the amp I turn up the treble up to 9 or so.
 
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skydivingninja said:
After I got my Carcosa, I started playing with the settings on my Blower Box again, and have found that I really like the tone I get when I put the distortion around 12, Bass at 1, and Treble at 8ish. I hear a lot of my clean signal coming through, but much gnarlier. I used to run it with more distortion and bass with less treble for a really great heavy distortion, but I'm very happy with this setting right now.
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fnordlyone said:
Late to the party as usual. World's oldest newb, here. Just got my BB pedal from Matt. I likey:bassist:! Now, I obviously have the newest version. Inside on the board it is labeled BB v.2; it also says, "RUN LIKE A BLOWER!!! EATS LIKE A GRINDER!!!"
The only other pedal I own is Sans BDDI, and I love for the first time: real distortion.
I'm having loads of fun with it; wild how it becomes synth like on some settings.
I read this thread (only the first 7 pages and last 5) after ordering to torture myself. Naturally, I have to ask about this mod spoke of by gregmon79.. that "puts your BB on roids," what is this and do I need it for the newest version?
thanks all for settings and line placement data,
f n o r d !

p.s. I've got a blue tube and a dbx166: does anyone use a tube pre and/or a compressor with the BB: suggestions on set up?:thumbsup: I'll be going through an ancient Peavey Mark IV.
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Yeah, @kzr750r1 is correct, if you have a newer one, it's got the boost built into it already. Mine is a FET boost wired to the circuit. JohnK helped me out and send me the board. All I had to do was solder some leads into it and I was done.
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From what I recall the new BB included a boost such as was modded on Greg's.
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I still love my blower box. It's just amazing. I don't care what anyone says, it's an instant classic for bass dirt. High, low or mid gain. Oh that sweet sweet sag!! Mmmmm
 
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I just picked one up off a friend of mine for $50 with a power adapter! I love it. One thing I did notice was it didn't seem to like my one active bass, an Epiphone Thunderbird Pro. I thought I may have read somewhere on TB that it didn't work well with actives. Not really worried, as I have 3 passive basses. But I thought I'd ask anyhow if anyone else ran into this also?
 
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The Analog Kid said:
I just picked one up off a friend of mine for $50 with a power adapter! I love it. One thing I did notice was it didn't seem to like my one active bass, an Epiphone Thunderbird Pro. I thought I may have read somewhere on TB that it didn't work well with actives. Not really worried, as I have 3 passive basses. But I thought I'd ask anyhow if anyone else ran into this also?
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Works great with my active Music Man basses.
 
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The Analog Kid said:
I just picked one up off a friend of mine for $50 with a power adapter! I love it. One thing I did notice was it didn't seem to like my one active bass, an Epiphone Thunderbird Pro. I thought I may have read somewhere on TB that it didn't work well with actives. Not really worried, as I have 3 passive basses. But I thought I'd ask anyhow if anyone else ran into this also?
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My BB works great with all my basses, including my hottest active that some pedals can't handle. What's the problem between your BB and your Thunderbird?
 
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The Analog Kid said:
I just picked one up off a friend of mine for $50 with a power adapter! I love it. One thing I did notice was it didn't seem to like my one active bass, an Epiphone Thunderbird Pro. I thought I may have read somewhere on TB that it didn't work well with actives. Not really worried, as I have 3 passive basses. But I thought I'd ask anyhow if anyone else ran into this also?
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Works like a dream with my ATK 300
 
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