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The Sushi Box FX Secret Society

I think the octave market is wide open right now. The 3 Leaf and Iron Ether offerings aren't available unless you want to get gouged. Boss has their OC offering, but somewhat boring even if they do sound good. I think an Octave done right with tube could be just what we need. Especially if it has a filter where you can go from dub to synthy or even just with a little hair on it. Personally, I don't use the Octave -2 at all, I could see if you only play in higher octaves it could maybe be useful or for guitar, but for me, I have it turned all the way off on my OC5. Though the Octave +1 I do use a little bit of for a more synth-like effect.

Agreed 100%. A synthy -1 octave, with the tube for the clean path, would be killer if done right. +1 would be a nice option, but the money, for me, would be for the -1 if done right.
 
In other news, I broke down and ordered a 2nd More. I need 1 for each of my boards so I don’t have to swap my current one back and forth.

Yeah, I've got s'more as well. :)

2-Mores for the same reason!
Wow—I ordered a second MORE yesterday, too! Went with Dirty Magic/Pink/Silver knob…same reason.

J-u-s-t curious, but anyone ever tried MORE + MORE on the same board? Too much MORE, or more better?
 
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Wow, lots of love for the More. If I’m using the UA for some tube warmth and character, would a More still be beneficial? Guess I’m having difficulty pinning down exactly what the More pedal does.
Just get one. We all get a commision by talking it up :) Now i think I need another one too.
 
You’re a young fella, right? I’ll ask you what I recently asked my dentist. “Please outlive me, and don’t retire.”
If I were to retire from my day job I would certainly plan to keep making pedals as long as I am physically and mentally able, but yup I'm still young (34).
 
Guess I’m having difficulty pinning down exactly what the More pedal does.

It's a clean tube warmer and boost. It's fairly subtle...brightens a bit....not a dramatic game changer IME/IMHO. I don't think it adds much to a UA in a live mix.....on a recording it all depends how finely you wanna tune things....just my .02
 
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Dreamcatcher arrived today. 1st impression is that it's perfecto for me as is. I will likely not have to swap the red channel tube for lower gain. I have the blue channel set at "warm" with mild bass and treble boosted (both at 9:00) mids maxed, and the red with more marked bass and treble bumps (both at noon) with higher gain and mids maxed. I compensate for the relative mid scooping with my head's eq. This way the blue channel is pretty much my default. I have the red channel set similar to Robert DeLeo's tone on Interstate Love Song. That isolated track that really opened my eyes to using OD to paradoxically help bass clarity in a mix. When I want total clarity I'll bypass it.



While that is an impressive bass tone he will also be running a clean DI into that sound as well. Won't all be tube OD so to speak. Love Rob's bass playing! A true legend of the rock bass world. Always wanted to see STP live but never got the chance sadly. Amazing band!
 
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Think all of us More users are definately wondering/or have past thought what 2 of these would sound like on a board instead of one!
The closest I’ve gotten is a More into a HW Space Heater, which then went into 1 of several different Sushi Box preamps, and ended with a Finally.

Sounds huge, feels like playing a big tube amp.
I’ve got a 3rd board which is mainly SB pedals, but I need to buy power supplies for it. I used both my Eventide Power Maxes and my Power Mini on my other 2 boards….
 
Ok so initial impressions of the Dreamcatcher with a 12AT7 in the Red side:

First it sounds great. No real tonal change at all, which is to be expected, but it does allow me to dial in the right amount of gain easier. Before it would go into heavy saturation pretty quickly, now it has just a little bit more fine control over the amount. I still have it before 12, usually at 9, just to get a little hair on it without being distorted. I think that what I’m subcontiously setting tones for is 2 different UA’s with different EQ (scooped and flat), can then adjust the gain and volume on each channel, which is nice because the scooped channel might need a bit of a volume bump to be heard.

Driving it with a Broughton Scorpion, which stacks pretty will with accentuating the highs, at least in my room. Get to try it out in practice on Monday.


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