overdrive/fuzz quest part 2

[karter2000]

Donated as well!!

 

[tsunami1052]

JohnK, thank you for all the hard work and time you put into this great thread.

Sent you a little something.

 

[gregmon79]

Going to your page now to help you keepin on on your great work john.

 

[johnk_10]

well, thanks to those that donated, it got me half way there to upgrade my soundcloud account (to unlimited uploads). I just put in the other half so it looks like tomorrow i'll be making and posting more clips. (yay!)

 

[johnk_10]

Just finished up this one designed by J Nagy. It uses a mosfet (BS170) to drive two Jfets (J201's) for its distortion, followed by a BJT (2N5088) to boost its output. after modding it for more low end, it's a very nice sounding mild to heavy OD/distortion pedal now.

 

[vincent69]

i'll try to soon, but i'm going to have to upgrade my soundcloud account before I do that since i'm currently out of space for it ( I only have 4 hours worth right now).unfortunately that's going to cost me another $120!

Hi John, I also sent you a few bucks. Your sound clips are so great, they well deserve it ! Vincent

 

[boristhespider7]

it looks like tomorrow i'll be making and posting more clips. (yay!)

wahey! johnk_10 just discovered your OD threads and the link on your signature. you really are a mass of bass OD knowledge!

Can i get some advice? I'm after a broken up Hiwatt type of OD like reminiscent of John Wetton's King Crimson phase such as on Starless on:
http://youtu.be/t-YJyffWh3s (bass OD starts at about 4:30in more dirt about 6:30)
I'm considering an EBS multidrive. Do you think i'm in the right ballpark? Greedtone doesn't seem to be that available in the UK.

At a mucher cheaper price i've also considered the JOYO offerings, but would be prepared to spend more for the EBS if better OD. Any thoughts?

 

[johnk_10]

IMO, the catalinbread WIIO is one of the better sounding Hiwatt style pedals.

 

[Diaz]

Johnk_10, is there by any chance a mod guide for the stock Swollen Pickle mkII to be more bass friendly?

Either way i can't wait for some demo clips of yourssss.

 

[johnk_10]

by 'bass friendly', what do you mean? it has a TON of low end stock.

 

[johnk_10]

BTW, I recently finished three more builds. a rat tail, a Nobels ODR-S and an MI Audio Tube Zone. all three of them are very nice OD/Distortions for bass with no mods necessary.

 

[ryansalmond]

That tubezone is gorgeous- the enclosure is particularly nice. And smaller than the original!

 

[johnk_10]

thanks. it's a nice sounding pedal too.
here's its gut shot:

 

[gregmon79]

That's easily the coolest looking rat tail I've ever seem. Awesome john.

 

[nshuman]

Yeah, that's like a small classy luxury Rat Tail

 

[Diaz]

by 'bass friendly', what do you mean? it has a TON of low end stock.

Aaah. I'd been reading that there was some low end loss with it. Guess i'll just research more on it. Thanks though!

 

[dannybuoy]

Unless you get the new version announced at NAMM that has all the controls on the outside, the regular Pickle has a few trimpots inside you can adjust, apparently one of which affects the low end, so make sure you delve in there!

 

[johnk_10]

I made mine with all of the controls mounted externally.

on the current one with the internal trimpots, one of them is labeled 'voice' and the other 'clip'.
the voice trimpot adjustes the intensity of the external scoop control, so if you adjust if for more scoop, it can have a ton of low end.

 

[loopee]

I really like my Tube Zone but it takes a lot of room.....yours is in a small enclosure and I could really go for that....could you make me one?

 

[johnk_10]

I really like my Tube Zone but it takes a lot of room.....yours is in a small enclosure and I could really go for that....could you make me one?

sure.