I fully understand devoting finite resources to what is in demand. That said, IMHO G-Butterfly (I haven't tried Dr. W. or E-Valve) is not only an amazing sounding pedal, but also unique in how it does what it does. I value and recommend it highly. Now that I have SS the Robot Butterfly to compare A/B, the tube magic is very apparent.
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The Sushi Box FX Secret Society
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I fully understand devoting finite resources to what is in demand. That said, IMHO G-Butterfly (I haven't tried Dr. W. or E-Valve) is not only an amazing sounding pedal, but also unique in how it does what it does. I value and recommend it highly. Now that I have SS the Robot Butterfly to compare A/B, the tube magic is very apparent.
That's a good question. I have fractured cherry pics of More, but I don't have any of the dirty magic yet. I have a dirty magic More enclosure, but nobody has ordered one in that finish yet so I haven't built it up.@Sushi Box FX I have a bass friend that would like to order a MORE, after seeing/hearing about mine…any idea when all the enclosure finish pics will be up? (Or do you have a representative pic of fractured cherry and dirty magic somewhere?)
That being said, we're working on migrating the website to the new host today, so the website will probably go down at some point and be inaccessible for a bit, so I'm not sure if I can get the pics up today. I can throw a couple pics here on the thread though.
So this is the More I did in fractured cherry
This is a better picture showing the details of the texture of fractured cherry, the camera just seems to have focused better. I'll try to grab a good dirty magic pic soon.
This is a better picture showing the details of the texture of fractured cherry, the camera just seems to have focused better. I'll try to grab a good dirty magic pic soon.
I'll always have a soft spot for Fractured Cherry!
While I'm here I may as well spill a secret, this is the secret society after all.
Since I've started stocking pedals for easy ordering my custom batches have gotten a lot smaller. Small batches don't take me as long to build, so I've been building two "mini batches" each month, one at the beginning and one in the middle. So if you place a custom order by March 15, your pedal will be built before the end of the month. Custom orders placed between the 15th and end of the month will be built in early April, etc.
Just thought you might like to know.
Since I've started stocking pedals for easy ordering my custom batches have gotten a lot smaller. Small batches don't take me as long to build, so I've been building two "mini batches" each month, one at the beginning and one in the middle. So if you place a custom order by March 15, your pedal will be built before the end of the month. Custom orders placed between the 15th and end of the month will be built in early April, etc.
Just thought you might like to know.
Underground Accelerator is amazing, thank you guys for the recommendation.
This is a older model & was previously used. I'll try to get more information from the seller but what is the typical lifespan of this style tube? Assume I will know when it needs to be changed but I'm just curious.
This is a older model & was previously used. I'll try to get more information from the seller but what is the typical lifespan of this style tube? Assume I will know when it needs to be changed but I'm just curious.
Indeed, what @mikeGJ said; should be good for years, though it depends on the specific one you've got. I get the sense that Nathan, aka: Senor Sushi, is quite good about testing to make sure only good ones end up in his units. Power amp tubes are the ones more commonly in need of replacement.
As long as the tube itself is good, there's a small chance a preamp tube won't even need replacing in your lifetime.
Nope. One of the main issues with the purple LEDs that made me discontinue them was how much extra current they took to get bright enough to be visible. These pink LEDs are WAY brighter and I don't need to modify the circuit every time someone chooses pink LEDs. I will not be offering purple LEDs again.
It looks like the website has been moved over to the new host successfully, so I'll get the pictures up sometime today.
Agreed the Pink has a lot of blue making it a fine choice.
@JohnnyBottom did you try the MORE after your preamps or EQ2?
IME the MORE sounds better being fed. MORE is the King of Tone
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I promised myself I'd wait until the Venus X dropped before in asked again about this as i know you've got your hands full!
But seeing as you brought up you development pipeline
When's the likelihood of you having the time to revisit this one?
After reading your posts, I was going to do that. although EQ2 needs to stay at end, since its I use it to eq my IEMs and send to my amp and i want More in both of those. thanks!
Oh right, I have that prototype around here somewhere. Yes I absolutely plan to pick that one back up as well.I promised myself I'd wait until the Venus X dropped before in asked again about this as i know you've got your hands full!
But seeing as you brought up you development pipeline
When's the likelihood of you having the time to revisit this one?
I don't want to add to the nagging but.... still awaiting you to box this and let me know.
Signed faithful customer...
I had a list of things I wanted to get done tonight, and it all went out the window as the last of my cables finally shoed up and I was able to complete my monstrosity of a pedalboard. In its previous configuration it had 11 tubes spread out between 6 pedals, now it has 12 tubes spread out between 9 pedals. My Cioks bricks get WARM. By the time I got everything plugged in and got the wires tidied up it was 11:30, so I just spent the last hour actually playing my instrument, which is something I haven't done (aside from to test pedals) in months.
In case anyone was wondering, the two 3-knob Black Eyes are handwired, but I don't plan to make more. The "Chrysalis" series taking up the bottom row is what would happen if you took Glass Butterfly, removed a tube, then only loaded a single effect into each unit so you could have separate control of each effect. They have some shortcomings, so I don't plan to release those to the public either, but they work well enough for my specific needs.
In case anyone was wondering, the two 3-knob Black Eyes are handwired, but I don't plan to make more. The "Chrysalis" series taking up the bottom row is what would happen if you took Glass Butterfly, removed a tube, then only loaded a single effect into each unit so you could have separate control of each effect. They have some shortcomings, so I don't plan to release those to the public either, but they work well enough for my specific needs.
Very cool to see the House Special Bento! That is an absolute bounty of tube goodness. And glad to hear you are getting some bass time in; I mean, that's why we got into all this stuff in the first place, so I am glad you are reconnecting with a passion of yours.
Although I do want to ask, given your recent fatal prognosis of its impact/tone/benefit in comparison to its big brother, how come you're rocking A Little More here as your (from the looks of it) last-in-line tone shaper???
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