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The Sushi Box FX Secret Society

#15,161
Mayo Fan said:
There's a lot to learn when jumping on the SushiBox wagon. The great thing about señor Sushi being a one man band is that he develops new iterations or completely new designs quite often. That can make it a bit more difficult to keep up with the jargon used in this thread.

That raises a question, who has time to spare to start a SushiBox wiki listing all past and current models? :D
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All of the out of production X series pedals are listed here in the Archives but @Sushi Box FX has not listed the mini tube versions. Many of the designs have evolved significantly and will continue to improve as Senor has high standards and we appreciate that.
 
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SoulReflection said:
What are the differences between Slampegg reg and X?
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JackFawkes said:
The original model used 6N21B sub-miniature "pen" tubes that can only be found as Soviet surplus and can only be replaced by soldering.
The X model was redesigned to use common, easily swappable 12AX7 tubes (or any other standard 9-pin 12A_7 tube).
If I recall correctly, the 6N21B requires a bit more current to operate, runs a bit hotter, and pushes a little more midrange than a 12AX7 does.
Oh yeah, and the 6N21B has a voltage gain of 75, while a 12AX7 has a gain of 100... on paper, a 6N21B makes the gain characteristics of the Slampegg closer to a B-15N while a 12AX7 will make it closer to a B-25... but if you swapped a 12AX7 for a 5751 it'd theoretically put your gain structure closer to that of a B-15N again.
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And that is why I was so happy to get that mini tube version of the Slampegg from the garage sale. It has the perfectly vintage warm slightly squishy sound I was hoping to add to my collection of tones, perfect for 60's -70's era vintage tones that the PA didn't supply. Run that into the Finally and add a bit of damped room or air reverb (an old trick for speaker sim) and violas and cellos magic!
 
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Mayo Fan said:
That raises a question, who has time to spare to start a SushiBox wiki listing all past and current models? :D
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I can certainly contribute as I arguably am the most familiar with the pedals, but alas spare time is something I'm admittedly short on.

Probably because I spend all my spare time redesigning everything to keep people confused :bassist:
 
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Sushi Box pedals make recording fantabulous bass tones so easy. Did some fretless stuff today while installing games.
 
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#15,168
NKBassman said:
Has anyone with a Westinghouse ever tried any tube rolling with it? Curious how dramatic an effect different branded tubes might have in that circuit.
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Just me I guess?

The TAD EF86 I tried sounded similar enough to the Winged C 6Ж32П that it wasn't worth the swap, but I snagged a NOS Mullard EF86 off eBay a while back, and that's what stays in mine full-time. The warmth is about the same, but it seems to have a bit more "punch" to it, I really like the character.
 
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Sushi Box FX said:
Yup, impedance is going to be a big factor. 20kΩ is incredibly low for an input and would load down a lot of devices that are expecting a higher impedance input.
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The effects returns and aux inputs on the Subway amps are line level. 10k - 47k is pretty much standard for this type of input, 10k - 22k is the most common. They are intended to be driven by a buffered line level source.

eeyorebass said:
Excellent points! I know some designers do make adjustments to the standard power modules in their integrated bass heads. And, you never know where that stuff will be in relation to an FX return. For example, does the Power Amp Damping control on your WD800 have an effect when you run through the FX return? Knowing the Tone Hammer has such a baked in flavor, I didn't want to assume it was all in the preamp, just in case.

Thanks!
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Yes, power amp damping, and output tube emulation circuitry are active on the effects return input.
 
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#15,170
So the Underground Accelerator is a combo of the London Underground and the Particle Accelerator.

London Underground is based on the Orange AD200B.
Particle Accelerator is based on the Alembic F-2B, which is the heart of a Fender amp.

So is the Underground Accelerator more based on the Particle or London for the gain and tone stack? If I recall correctly through forum history, 0-10-0 is a "flat" EQ on the UA.

Enter the Dreamcatcher, UA on Channel 1, and Black Eye-ish on Channel 2. Seems like wide range of possibilities here and seriously considering saving up for this on the next drop, but want to make sure I know what I'm getting myself into. I don't do a whole lot of distortion, but do enjoy a bit of grit, seemed like on the demo video the gain can be turned down so it's not over the top but still has some hair on it.
 
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warptheory said:
Enter the Dreamcatcher, UA on Channel 1, and Black Eye-ish on Channel 2. Seems like wide range of possibilities here and seriously considering saving up for this on the next drop, but want to make sure I know what I'm getting myself into. I don't do a whole lot of distortion, but do enjoy a bit of grit, seemed like on the demo video the gain can be turned down so it's not over the top but still has some hair on it.
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The Dreamcatcher (BlackEyeish channel) can absolutely do just a hair of drive without being over the top. As a matter of fact, I ran it just that way at a gig the whole night and it sounded fabulous. It sat in the mix perfectly.
 
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Quick December batch update:

A little over half the batch is completely finished, and I just sent out the first dozen shipping notices. I'm still waiting on my latest circuit board order, which is expected to be here tomorrow (Thursday) at which point I should be able to finish up the remaining pedals relatively quickly as all enclosures are finished. I won't promise I'll have everything shipped by this weekend, but I'm setting a personal goal to have everything shipped by this weekend (with the exception of the packages that I've been asked to hold onto and ship after the holidays so they don't sit around while people are on vacation).
 
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I was messing around today recording some different preamps through different DIs, and I found I really liked the sound of my mini tube London Underground. I popped onto the garage sale page and the pink London Underground x was still available, so I snagged it, then I was reading through the archives, and I saw that you used to offer the London Underground with the particle accelerator mod, before you combined them into one pedal.

Does the pink one have the original LU tone stack?
 

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