I was looking at The Swollen Pickle, but ended up going with the Russian Pickle.
Great Fuzz. Super creamy.
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Pork Loin mod
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I was looking at The Swollen Pickle, but ended up going with the Russian Pickle.
Great Fuzz. Super creamy.
Can’t imagine improving the Pork Loin beyond the cap swap mod. 18v gets more headroom, I assume?
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18V gives it more headroom. The cap that needs to be swapped out doesn't have a high voltage rating. It might be fine to run the pedal at 18V for a while, but the cap will eventually give out. Swapping it to a 25V cap is going to give the whole pedal a lot more life.
Good to know, but I don't run it that heavy regardless, so I don't think I need the headroom. I will say, though, that the Pork Loin is my favorite OD ever. It just works for so much stuff. Never parting with mine.
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For the internal knobs... one let's you dial out the overdrive so that it's just a preamp. Can't you just dial out the overdrive by dialing back the drive knob? What's the point of dialing it back internally if you can just do that with the external knob? Or am I missing something?
Just dropping by to say I still love my PorkLoin.
I wasn't using it for a while as I was enjoying running mostly clean through my GK Fusion550.
But last band practice I brought my Peavey MiniMega which is pretty transparent in comparison to the GK.
The PL just added the extra tasty flavour I have always loved it for.
For me this pedal with a clean/transparent amp is hard to beat.
I wasn't using it for a while as I was enjoying running mostly clean through my GK Fusion550.
But last band practice I brought my Peavey MiniMega which is pretty transparent in comparison to the GK.
The PL just added the extra tasty flavour I have always loved it for.
For me this pedal with a clean/transparent amp is hard to beat.
I run mine as clean as possible - Internal drive trim all the way down, External clean all the way up - and there is still some grit using the external Overdrive knob. At least enough for my tastes
I set the overdrive at around 930 and it just adds the right amount of hair to cut and add character
I am running at 18v
And no....I don't have the mod. Haven't felt it needed it to be honest. I bought new 18 months ago
'drive knob' is the 'gain' control of the dirt channel.
internal knob is the 'output volume' control of the dirt channel.
Use them as you like.
I always liked the Pork Loin but couldn't deal with the sheer girth of the pedal itself. So, I've now got a Pork & Pickle on the way!
Kinda odd...the Pork & Pickle is TWO pedals, and it's HALF the size
Kinda odd...the Pork & Pickle is TWO pedals, and it's HALF the size
Great pedal. Running the fuzz side with the drive at minimum (you need gain to compensate) and no clean is a great tone unto itself.I always liked the Pork Loin but couldn't deal with the sheer girth of the pedal itself. So, I've now got a Pork & Pickle on the way!
Kinda odd...the Pork & Pickle is TWO pedals, and it's HALF the size
It is a solid low gain OD for guitar. Never tried anything more than that, but it was good. Eventually, I moved on to it for an OCD style circuit, and the Pork Loin went to my secondary bass board. It is the best OD I’ve ever heard on bass, and it’s on two of my 3 bass boards!
Hello bass talkers,
I just made an account expressly to thank JohnK and everyone else here for this thread. I'm a guitar player and tone chaser, and have never found anything to dethrone my beloved Pork Loin. It's warm, dynamic, expressive, harmonically rich... Guitarists much better than I have taken note after hearing it in action.
But the muddiness was getting to me! So I decided to search the ol' internet to deconstruct WHY this pedal sounds so great to my ears, hoping maybe to find another circuit that is similar.
I have learned so much thanks to everyone on this thread, and am ordering a cap now to make probably the easiest mod I've ever seen. Feels so good to see other people enjoying the PL, finding the same issue, and lending their expertise to solving it. I'll never part with this one!
I just made an account expressly to thank JohnK and everyone else here for this thread. I'm a guitar player and tone chaser, and have never found anything to dethrone my beloved Pork Loin. It's warm, dynamic, expressive, harmonically rich... Guitarists much better than I have taken note after hearing it in action.
But the muddiness was getting to me! So I decided to search the ol' internet to deconstruct WHY this pedal sounds so great to my ears, hoping maybe to find another circuit that is similar.
I have learned so much thanks to everyone on this thread, and am ordering a cap now to make probably the easiest mod I've ever seen. Feels so good to see other people enjoying the PL, finding the same issue, and lending their expertise to solving it. I'll never part with this one!
Okay, I've sold a PL and bought it back 3 times now. It's like a first love you can't get past. I will be buying it again, and modding it again(this time with a 330pf) and keeping her for good.
I know it's all subjective but I like that you've gone through 3 of these already... Can you elaborate more about why you're landing on a 330pf?
I always liked the Pork Loin but couldn't deal with the sheer girth of the pedal itself. So, I've now got a Pork & Pickle on the way!
Kinda odd...the Pork & Pickle is TWO pedals, and it's HALF the size
I really wanted to get the Pork & Pickle. The only thing that stopped me was the clean blend wasn't a true "clean" blend - or a better term would be a Dry Blend. If it had that, i'd be all over it.
