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Yeah, different strokes 

I had one and while it sounds great, it's tough to dial in exactly the sound that you want. You mess with it a lot. I need 2-3 knobs. More than that and I'm lost for an hour.

When it works, though, it gets that glorious Mike Gordon wet Down With Disease sound.

The only problem with a meatball clone is that there are so so many knobs and options that you can spend all your time twiddling away. Personally, I like a pedal with a few less options.

The obvious name would be:

Snowdrive

If anyone is making boards... pm me!

Nice thread. I'm going to have to try this extra knob on my afterlife.

Thanks! Looks good so far...

What features should I be looking for in a pedal building tool? Prob won't use it for much else than battery testing.

I have a super cheap multimeter that isn't getting the job done. Any suggestions on a basic, solid multimeter that won't break the bank?

Where are you guys getting your probes?

ditto would like to see it too.

Afterlife is a compressor 

Seriously, though, I like the idea of the Fatpants upping my headroom with the 18V charge pump. Would then running things through the 9V Bloviator ruin that advantage?

In for 2.

Think of the Bloviator as an enhancement to whatever you run into it. So, different EQ settings can be accentuated with it or not. Actually, an EQ and Bloviator type circuit in one box would be a nice build, although sometimes it's better to have your EQ in different places in your signal chain. If you did it with separate ins and outs for each effect...that would be slick.

My thought now (and I have almost everything to do it--and Curtis has given me a lot of advice) is this lineup:
In>Afterlife>Effects loop with Blend>6ShooterEQ>Fatpants>Out

I have a big enough box to include the Bloviator... but if I did put it in, where would I include it?

The point of this project is to have a nice, basic, tone box for bass that helps me to dial in a nice tone at home at low volumes, at the practice space on my amp, and on other people's amps.

Just my opinion, but the bloviator to me is an always on effect, at least in my rigs, makes a big difference to my ears. An EQ is something that is turned on and off, eg, so solos POP. You should be able to shape your tone with your amp and then kick on the EQ when required. Having said that, there's no rules mate, build 'em both and decide for yourself 

That's an interesting take. In this build, which is for bass, I was actually going to put the EQ on a switch rather than a stomp as I was planning on having it on most of the time. For me, at least, it's tricky to get just the right bass sound with a band/different amps and I was thinking of it less as an effect and more as a presence device.

It seems that the bloviator would be good for quiet home practice while the 6 shooter would be better for live playing.

Thanks! Didn't see that.