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Beautiful work... Love the violet/purple in/out theme.  It looks striking 🙂

Ooohhh it does sound ghosty!
Great build Chris, and congrats all on a great project!

Sweet build Chris! 
I'm a big fan of the CE1 and CE2, this is an interesting project

Xotic effects BB+? Whats the other one?

Great idea... and looks slick in that enclosure.  Well done!
I am a geek for micro controller stuff... Bought a couple of Raspberry Pi Pico wireless boards a while ago, need to dig em out & have a play!

More votes for the 855... I should breadboard this! My live rig is a blackface super, using both Humbucker and single coil guitars. Worked amazing with the TS808 until I changed up my pedal board. 

The Vemuram screamer screams too.

I scream when I see Vemuram prices 
Is there a diy project out there?

You don't have to get fancy "washing" yeast for reuse, just put the new batch on the old yeast cake or save some trub from the first batch in the fridge if you can't turn around that quickly. It helps to save a little money. One advantage of doing half-size batches and reusing the yeast to make a stronger brews is that I rarely have to make starters.

Oh really?  I have just been using the dry yeast that comes with the kits... we're still at that stage here.
Perhaps I can look into trying nicer yeast, and then hopefully re-use it 

Trust me, we've all been there, more than once!   

Heh... yup 

+1 on the Laureate.  My buddy, Buddy (no, I'm not being a smart ass) has been thru every screamer variant there is and is quite enamored with how well it cleans up.

Thanks Gordo... and I'm sold! Just need to wait for the restock.  Might try the Misfit also

Cory, you still rockin that 18 watt Trinity Amp with the scumbacks you built?

I had a BYOC 855 Drive pcb that I populated 5 years ago but never boxed up, or even tried to see how it sounded. It is like the Ibanez & Maxon OD-855.  I had given my tubescreaner clone to a friend  a couple of years ago because I stopped using it.  I had a friend asking if I could build him a Tube Screamer. I looked in mt project box to see if I had a TS board and saw the populated BYOC 855 board. I boxed it up. The more I used it the more I liked it. I an keeping it on the pedal board. Got to find something for the friend.  It does pretty much what you are looking for. I use it with the my Trinity 18 watt with the same scumbacks you recommened to me many years ago. Sorry to mention another bulders PCBs

Hefty, I am still rocking the 18W!  How are you finding your build? 
Thanks for the suggestion, I have been largely ignorant of the the YATS family will check out he OD-855

The Nobels ODR line are some of my faves, you can hear demos on YouTube.  Very flexible, and less of a mid-hump than a TS.  Brian has an ODR-1 (Laureate) with added bass roll-off (a very useful mod) here at Madbean.   

Or for something completely different, try the Ibanez MT-10 Mostortion, with 3-band EQ (Madbean Misfit), I like it even better than the ODR-1, and it's even more flexible.

Sweet thanks for the suggestions... will check out some demos

Hello all... overdrive suggestions please!

I've always been a big fan of the old Ibanez TS808. But want to try something with a slightly less exaggerated mid-range?  I guess also with not too much bass response, because I like how the TS808 stacks and tightens up my lead tone.  Guess I'm after something with a different mid-range flavor. Your thoughts?

Your build looks sweet! Gotta check out a demo of this project

Wow! I had never heard of  reusing yeast, (and yet it seems kinda obvious now that I think about it...) Just googled it... Fascinating!

That looks grest! Love the colours and theme, minty fresh!