Boom Boom Brassmaster

[fredwreck]

I was listening to the bass fuzz on Frank Sinatra's "The World We Knew" and seen that Carol Kaye played the bass.  So I went on her webpage and emailed her to ask what effect that was and she replied! Only problem was she didn't remember the name of the pedal but she sent me a fuzzy picture of herself using it at the Sinatra session and after scouring the internet I found it was the BrassMaster.  This thing sounds amazing!  Thanks MadBean!

[jimilee]

Carol Kaye is / was an awesome bass player. She played on so many things.


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[BryGuy]

Super cool. I need to watch that documentary about the wrecking crew again.

[jwin615]

That's awesome. Lotta love for the brass master here as well. The whole circuit is unique with the rectifier/carrier freq thing.
I gave my last build away for a base buddy. I think I have 1 PCB left.
Experiment with an EQ in front. Pushing a little more low end at the input can help get more beef in the output. I've wondered if beefing up some of the decoupling caps would aid in getting more clean bass through.
Anyway, great looking build. Be careful loaning it out.

[TNblueshawk]

That is so cool of her to take the time to reply let alone send a pic.

[jessenator]

that's a super cool story behind the build, my dude, and cool build, to boot!