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Title: Pepper Spray Albini specs
Post by: trustybs on November 06, 2012, 09:38:06 PM
Here is my pepper spray built with the albini specs. I used the diodes specified on the info sheet and i must say that i love the sound best with the two bat 41s.  I love the overdrive it gets with both knobs around 2pm, very early sonic youthish sound.

(http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k311/trustybs/percolator.jpg)

The enclosure is a little slimmer than your usual hammond 150B so i had to turn the pcb a bit to fit in.


(http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k311/trustybs/peppersprayguts.jpg)
Title: Re: Pepper Spray Albini specs
Post by: monkeyssj1 on November 06, 2012, 09:39:54 PM
the graphics are awesome
Title: Re: Pepper Spray Albini specs
Post by: Bret608 on November 06, 2012, 09:52:31 PM
I agree that this looks really cool. Where did you get that wedge-shaped knob? I've been looking for those for a while!

This is one of my favorite pedals, although I have 1n914s instead of BAT41. I am so happy that you mentioned Sonic Youth! I was thinking of that diode setting as more of a Husker Du sound. For a while in the 90s I tuned my guitar with AA-DD-GG unison pairs as SY does. I used the "Brother James" tuning. I should do it again to try it with my Peppery Spray. I would think this circuit would work well with alternate tunings, seeing how well it handles complex chords!
Title: Re: Pepper Spray Albini specs
Post by: trustybs on November 06, 2012, 09:56:06 PM
Hey, i tuned a guitar in EE BB F#E (used by lee ranaldo) and the pepper spray loves it.
Title: Re: Pepper Spray Albini specs
Post by: trustybs on November 06, 2012, 10:04:44 PM
Oh yes and for the knob it comes from banzai music
Title: Re: Pepper Spray Albini specs
Post by: Bret608 on November 06, 2012, 10:23:27 PM
Thanks and welcome!  :)
Title: Re: Pepper Spray Albini specs
Post by: pickdropper on November 06, 2012, 10:58:01 PM
Great looking build.  Love the graphics.
Title: Re: Pepper Spray Albini specs
Post by: nzCdog on November 07, 2012, 03:58:02 AM
Quote from: pickdropper on November 06, 2012, 10:58:01 PM
Great looking build.  Love the graphics.

+1
Tidy build
Title: Re: Pepper Spray Albini specs
Post by: MattOcaster on November 07, 2012, 08:48:59 AM
The graphics are really unique.
Totally dig it!
Title: Re: Pepper Spray Albini specs
Post by: raulduke on November 07, 2012, 10:05:17 AM
Nice build dude.

Really cool graphics!
Title: Re: Pepper Spray Albini specs
Post by: trustybs on November 07, 2012, 02:17:50 PM
Thank you very much for the appreciations.

I have to be honest here and all these graphics are in fact TTF fonts that i found on the site dafont.com
It's a mix of two fonts :finnish rock paintings and Inga stone signs.

Now you know...
Title: Re: Pepper Spray Albini specs
Post by: midwayfair on November 07, 2012, 04:16:20 PM
Quote from: trustybs on November 07, 2012, 02:17:50 PM
Thank you very much for the appreciations.

I have to be honest here and all these graphics are in fact TTF fonts that i found on the site dafont.com
It's a mix of two fonts :finnish rock paintings and Inga stone signs.

Now you know...

Good usage of them, though. They look awesome. Espectially the little guy leading his cattle across the footswitch.
Title: Re: Pepper Spray Albini specs
Post by: icecycle66 on November 07, 2012, 04:28:06 PM
The little guys remind me of "The Dancing Men" Sherlock Holmes story.
Title: Re: Pepper Spray Albini specs
Post by: lincolnic on November 07, 2012, 04:38:16 PM
That's a great looking pedal.