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Started by nzCdog, July 07, 2017, 09:09:13 PM

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nzCdog

Finally built one for myself... made one similar a few years ago which I sold, had the spare decal sitting around since then. 
*Wowrarecollectible* NOS J201s   ;D

Always liked this pretty fierce Dual Rec sounding overdrive.  The EQ was never perfect in this circuit, but it's very useable.   :)





alanp

Tonestack is close enough for rock n roll, eh? :)

You almost expect the wiring to be orange!
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shedland

Choice looking build there.

Nice work on the decal, is it a waterslide?

gordo

That's a really cool idea doing treadplate on a decal.  Very slick build in and out.
Gordy Power
How loud is too loud?  What?

wgc

always the beautiful answer who asks a more beautiful question.
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nzCdog

Thanks for the kind words  :)

Quote from: alanp on July 07, 2017, 10:07:06 PM
Tonestack is close enough for rock n roll, eh? :)
Acceptably within rock n roll tolerances, aye. I'm a set and forget kinda guy anyway ;D

Quote from: shedland on July 07, 2017, 11:17:44 PM
Nice work on the decal, is it a waterslide?
Cheers mate. It's laser printed on white sticker paper. The enclosure was a black powder coat from Tayda, all finished with matt varnish.  :)

mcasemo

Beautiful!   I'm getting started looking into jfet overdrives/distortion, never built any, not looking forward to learning about jfet measurements.

stringsthings

That looks great!  Excellent graphics and choice of knobs.
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WormBoy

Thing of beauty, both outside and inside! How does it sound? I know it's capable of a lot of distortion, but does it stay reasonably defined? Too bad the Chunk Chunk is now discontinued ... have to build me one on perf  then 8).

nzCdog

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Thanks all :)

Quote from: WormBoy on July 09, 2017, 10:10:05 AM
How does it sound? I know it's capable of a lot of distortion, but does it stay reasonably defined?

There's actually quite a discussion about this at various building forums.  I'm not a huge fan of the EQ section, but it's definitely useable. The single biggest factor I can tell in controlling the sound and performance is the bias of your FETs.  There are plenty of posts about tricks, tips and special recipes.  Suffice to say, being a  discrete FET circuit, it's a little moire finicky than some to get right. 

I'm no authority on Djent or Chugg... but it ticks the angry metal box for me.  Check out youtube demos, I also made a fairly average recording on the last pedal I made,  see below ;D

[soundcloud]https://soundcloud.com/nzcdog/dr-boogie-demo[/soundcloud]

Jakes Dad

Very nicely done.

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nzCdog

Quote from: Jakes Dad on July 09, 2017, 08:02:49 PM
Our 17 year old Chihuahua's secondary name is Booger.

Chuck

That's uncanny!  And very cool. 8)

My avatar is just from the internets, such a great facial from a pooch... "Mummy's special boy!  Can has whatever I wants!"  ;D

WormBoy

Quote from: nzCdog on July 09, 2017, 06:31:52 PM
I'm no authority on Djent or Chugg... but it ticks the angry metal box for me.  Check out youtube demos, I also made a fairly average recording on the last pedal I made,  see below ;D

Thanks for the demo; that sounds pretty impressive. Will put this one on the todo list  ;D

gordo

That's a great demo!  I'm surprised at how clear the notes are even with all that gain.
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How loud is too loud?  What?