Hey gang, here's a Monolith Oracle fuzz I finally got all put together recently. Several years back I bought some 2N1309s by mistake and had always hoped to be able to use them in a build someday. I recently saw a layout for the Oracle which uses PNPs and still works with negative ground power, the 1309s sound great in there. Closing out 2021 with a nod to one of my favorite films of all time Big Trouble in Little China because why not. :-D
(https://i.imgur.com/e8dDRwA.jpg) (https://i.imgur.com/jRCgZah.jpg)
Nice! I instantly recognized the name!! Used to love that movie but I haven't seen it in like 25 years or so. Wonder how it holds up.
Looks awesome, love the colour! How's it sound?!
great name!
The sound is pretty squarely in the Tonebender lane, the tone control (Peasant Magic) has a pretty good range as does the fuzz control. The switch does. ... something. . . . can't quite put my finger what exactly, it's pretty subtle. Definitely worth a build if you have some PNPs and don't want to hassle with a voltage inverter.
Quote from: zombie_rock123 on December 12, 2021, 10:19:15 PM
Looks awesome, love the colour! How's it sound?!
Quote from: matmosphere on December 12, 2021, 09:34:36 PM
Nice! I instantly recognized the name!! Used to love that movie but I haven't seen it in like 25 years or so. Wonder how it holds up.
I watched it recently with my then-19 year old, he was looking at me like WTH is this, so I had to tell him it's supposed to be kind of tongue-in-cheek. Still a very fun movie even without modern FX. I heard the studios were considering a re-make, which I hope they don't because the movie is fine as-is and if you can't have Kurt Russell as Jack Burton then why bother. I would really like to see someone like HBO do a martial arts/Witcher mashup with a young Egg Shen. Would totally watch that.
Quote from: G.G. on December 13, 2021, 04:16:48 PM
Quote from: matmosphere on December 12, 2021, 09:34:36 PM
Nice! I instantly recognized the name!! Used to love that movie but I haven't seen it in like 25 years or so. Wonder how it holds up.
I watched it recently with my then-19 year old, he was looking at me like WTH is this, so I had to tell him it's supposed to be kind of tongue-in-cheek. Still a very fun movie even without modern FX. I heard the studios were considering a re-make, which I hope they don't because the movie is fine as-is and if you can't have Kurt Russell as Jack Burton then why bother. I would really like to see someone like HBO do a martial arts/Witcher mashup with a young Egg Shen. Would totally watch that.
I saw that with a friend in the theater when I was in junior high and I've loved it ever since. We still get together with a third friend and watch it every couple of years.
Someone gave me a 6 Demon Bag t-shirt for Christmas a few years back. Classic.