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Way huge Pork and Pickle
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Mind you, it’s for the Pork Loin. It is a simple cap swap, C10 if memory serves. It opens up the top end slightly, making the pedal less muffled sounding. No clue if it would work in the P&P.
No i dont think this is the reason. I played my passive P and jazz basses, and also my Sire V7 5 string active and never noticed this issue, before or after the mod. The only thing i will say is i always used it at 18v, which does seem to stop this happening.
I don’t think its good that to stop this happening you have to resort to running the pedal at a higher voltage than the manufacturer recommends . Too many people have commented on this for it to be iuser error, and while i can understand the PL was never designed for handling those low notes, WH have no excuse if the new pedal also does it.
I don’t think it’s user error by any means. Just wondering since mine are modded and I’ve never had the issue.
Just bought one today. Goes from just a bit of tube warmth to a full out face melting fuzz. I think I love this pedal.
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Nice! I too love the sound of it.
So the obvious question is: Do you have to run it at 18V to prevent this strange headroom issue I have?
I set mine as you described and gave it quick play. No issues I hear. The effect seems to be uniform across the range of the instrument. I varied my attack making sure to hit it harder than I would in a normal playing situation. While the effect definitely responds to one's touch, i heard nothing I would consider a problem.
Edit: They say 9 volts so that's what I'll do.
It seems to me that the lack of (internal) headroom is a constant "feature" of J. Tripps' work. Think Carbon Copy, Aqua/Supa Puss... and now even this? I understand it's a dirt pedal but come on...
If it clips even at 100% dry settings, which I'm sure it does, it's a shame.
If it clips even at 100% dry settings, which I'm sure it does, it's a shame.
Try using it for crystal clean tones. It's really hard to get a usable clean delay sound with it or the Aqua Puss. It can work with single notes and/or fingerpicking, but if you're playing with a pick and/or strum a chord, or dig a little bit harder in general... you get overdriven repeats.
Both are beautiful delays, probably among the best on the market, but the lack of internal headroom is a well known problem. The fact that in the manual of the Aqua Puss Way Huge suggests to put the unit BEFORE overdrive/boost pedals should make you think. Into a dirty amp or after dirt these delays are absolutely beautiful and dynamic, but for cleans they don't work very well.
I'm not here to bash on Way Huge/Dunlop anyway, I'm just sharing my experience.
I would have gone digital if I wanted that
Is this 100%? I've heard the contrary stated on here in other threads and also that the newer ones sound slightly toppier. Certainly the demo of the pork side of the P&P sounded a little different to my old Pork Loin. I couldn't tell if it was toppier or possibly slightly higher gain. I'm interested in a definitive yes/no if you've looked a the circuit. Does anyone from Dunlop post on here? Some myth busting on this and the headroom question would help everyone!
People have claimed that new pork loins have the mod but every newer unit I have seen is exactly the same as the older units with the exception of some slight graphics changes. I haven’t had a chance to play the pork loin next to a pork and pickle there may be some differences but it may also be the redesign of the circuit just changes the tone a bit. The pork loin circuit took up the whole enclosure I’m sure there were some tweaks to make it fit with the Russian Pickle in the smaller way huge box.
Don‘t want to generalize but my unit has this and I‘m in conctact with a german about that.
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Not necessarely. With a good ol' DM-3 or any analog delay with decent headroom you can get clean repeats without loosing that crispyness and dynamic response. I've had many analog delays and pretty much all of them were good for cleans.I would have gone digital if I wanted that
Did a done figure out a mod to add a footswitch to toggle between the pork and pickle sides of this pedal? Would love a switch that could also toggle an LED between indicating which is in use. I'm not an electrically inclined person, but does anyone have any ideas?
Email this guy and ask him about it. He can usually do stuff like that.
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