The Sushi Box FX Secret Society

[Sushi Box FX]

when I plug in power its the same

I get no signal when the pedal is turned on, only when its turned off does signal pass thru

did something inside the pedal get disconnected?

What power supply are you using with your pedal?

 

[MIMike]

It showed booth number for most vendors, but your listing does not have a number on it yet:

 

[Sushi Box FX]

It showed booth number for most vendors, but your listing does not have a number on it yet:

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Weird, I've had my booth assignment since October.

 

[Sushi Box FX]

And speaking of obnoxious things that will be at my booth, I just got the faceplates in for the headphone amps. Last year I tried a couple pedals at a couple different booths, and everyone was using these cheap $50 headphone amps to demo their $200-300 pedals, which didn't end up sounding very good. So I'm going with a different approach. I've built three of these to bring to the show.

 

[Shindig73]

And speaking of obnoxious things that will be at my booth, I just got the faceplates in for the headphone amps. Last year I tried a couple pedals at a couple different booths, and everyone was using these cheap $50 headphone amps to demo their $200-300 pedals, which didn't end up sounding very good. So I'm going with a different approach. I've built three of these to bring to the show.

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I’d definitely cop one of those!!!

 

[RevOgre]

Man... beats mine, I use a real piece of Schitt.

Schiit Audio: Audio Products Designed and Built in Texas and California

And speaking of obnoxious things that will be at my booth, I just got the faceplates in for the headphone amps. Last year I tried a couple pedals at a couple different booths, and everyone was using these cheap $50 headphone amps to demo their $200-300 pedals, which didn't end up sounding very good. So I'm going with a different approach. I've built three of these to bring to the show.

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[mmbass21]

And speaking of obnoxious things that will be at my booth, I just got the faceplates in for the headphone amps. Last year I tried a couple pedals at a couple different booths, and everyone was using these cheap $50 headphone amps to demo their $200-300 pedals, which didn't end up sounding very good. So I'm going with a different approach. I've built three of these to bring to the show.

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Just going to put it out there that you may need to make more than 3! I absolutely want something like this!

 

[dangobass]

Anyone ever swap the LED color on one of their pedals? Just curious what that process looks like as I will no doubt end up with more sushi box pedals and thought it would be cool to color code them based on the LED

 

[Hasty]

And speaking of obnoxious things that will be at my booth, I just got the faceplates in for the headphone amps. Last year I tried a couple pedals at a couple different booths, and everyone was using these cheap $50 headphone amps to demo their $200-300 pedals, which didn't end up sounding very good. So I'm going with a different approach. I've built three of these to bring to the show.

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Whoa!!! I like that. Is it just the preamp stage hitting the transformer or is it a headphone friendly AX84?

 

[Sushi Box FX]

Whoa!!! I like that. Is it just the preamp stage hitting the transformer or is it a headphone friendly AX84?

I'm using a 12AU7 for the preamp and a 12BH7 for the power amp (1/2 of each tube per channel), so the output transformers are spec'd to the 12BH7 output. I've done a headphone amp based on the AX84 Firefly and it was passable on guitar, but unusable on bass.

I'm using hi-fi transformers instead of typical guitar amp transformers because I need to be able to get a healthy low end out of it. It sounds excellent on bass which was the main thing I care about, admittedly on guitar I think it could benefit from a cabsim as it's a bit harsh sounding with distortion. But the tone quality is excellent, the noise floor is very reasonable, it has a little flavor so it's not just sterile, but it's not overwhelming, so you can still get an accurate feel for the character of the pedals going into it. I'm pretty excited with how it came out.

 

[Hasty]

I'm using a 12AU7 for the preamp and a 12BH7 for the power amp (1/2 of each tube per channel), so the output transformers are spec'd to the 12BH7 output. I've done a headphone amp based on the AX84 Firefly and it was passable on guitar, but unusable on bass.

I'm using hi-fi transformers instead of typical guitar amp transformers because I need to be able to get a healthy low end out of it. It sounds excellent on bass which was the main thing I care about, admittedly on guitar I think it could benefit from a cabsim as it's a bit harsh sounding with distortion. But the tone quality is excellent, the noise floor is very reasonable, it has a little flavor so it's not just sterile, but it's not overwhelming, so you can still get an accurate feel for the character of the pedals going into it. I'm pretty excited with how it came out.

ooooooh… sounds like it would make a good headphone practice amp.

 

[phangtonpower]

And speaking of obnoxious things that will be at my booth, I just got the faceplates in for the headphone amps. Last year I tried a couple pedals at a couple different booths, and everyone was using these cheap $50 headphone amps to demo their $200-300 pedals, which didn't end up sounding very good. So I'm going with a different approach. I've built three of these to bring to the show.

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I use a tube headphone amp for practice. Its why I decided to get a slampegg!

 

[phangtonpower]

Anyone ever swap the LED color on one of their pedals? Just curious what that process looks like as I will no doubt end up with more sushi box pedals and thought it would be cool to color code them based on the LED

I wouldn't imagine it being too hard. Desolder old ones and solder new ones, or clip old ones kinda long and solder the new ones to the leads from the old led.

I was thinking about adding sockets to the leds so that tube rolling would be a little easier.

 

[dangobass]

I wouldn't imagine it being too hard. Desolder old ones and solder new ones, or clip old ones kinda long and solder the new ones to the leads from the old led.

I was thinking about adding sockets to the leds so that tube rolling would be a little easier.

Cool, thanks. I'll give it more of a look when I'm home next week. I'm out of town for the holidays and am finding myself dreaming of bass related things I can spend my time and money on when I get back.

 

[lomo]

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Even in the absence of custom finishes....Dirty magic lives!!!

 

[HueyFreeman]

Cool, thanks. I'll give it more of a look when I'm home next week. I'm out of town for the holidays and am finding myself dreaming of bass related things I can spend my time and money on when I get back.

There are some things to consider before doing this..

First is that Sushi pedals operate internally at very high voltages. You must wait a few minutes after unplugging for the high voltage caps to drain before working in the board.

Next, your soldering skills.
The LED solder joints may be in a tight spot. The tighter their position, the harder it'll be to desolder the joints without burning other components.
As well, if you do manage to desolder the LEDs, there will most likely be solder left behind in the pads. This solder will have to be removed before placing a new LED in. Again, not so easy if the pads are in a tight spot.

 

[kbarboza4]

Question for all you Sushi-Heads: I just got a second hand Space Heater (thanks TomB!), and like it so far. I already want to look into one more, but can't decide... I have a Radial Pro DI that's nice and clean, been my workhorse for years. Is there any advantage in using a Finally over just keeping the Space Heater and going through my Radial? Or should I just look into something else?

 

[_Tay_]

Question for all you Sushi-Heads: I just got a second hand Space Heater (thanks TomB!), and like it so far. I already want to look into one more, but can't decide... I have a Radial Pro DI that's nice and clean, been my workhorse for years. Is there any advantage in using a Finally over just keeping the Space Heater and going through my Radial? Or should I just look into something else?

If you like your DI I'd recommend something else. I love my space heater. Stick a More after it and you will absolutely love it!

 

[Thumper]

I have a Slampegg into a More on my home board. To me, some bottom drops out, energizing the lows of the Slampegg helps. Has anyone else experienced this? I thought a More added More, not subtracted anything.

 

[Sugarbear08]

I LOVE my Slampegg on its own, but it is even more satisfying when I feed it the broughton studio boost mini.