pictures of your gear here

less_cunning · Post by **less_cunning** » Fri Jun 12, 2009 4:18 pm

Haze wrote:thats my plan actually, im done with the pedal stuffs for now, i think i might snag a friend's 80s crate he has, 50w, and he let me turn it all the way up and MAN tubes sound great when pushed to 10

you don't need a tube amp until you start gigging. or at least recording...

fittedoar · Post by **fittedoar** » Fri Jun 12, 2009 8:50 pm

For $30 I picked up an ART Tube Preamp, it may not be a tube amp, but it gives me a warmer sound and a bit of tubey creamy goodness. Look at my pedalboard post, it's under my DOD chorus. I like it and for $30 you can't go wrong even if it doesn't suit ur needs.

stewart · Post by **stewart** » Fri Jun 12, 2009 8:59 pm

fittedoar wrote:Recently updated my pedalboard, and figured I'd finally post my first pedalboard pic on shortscale. Don't rag on me too hard.

noise suppressor eh? i had one of those on my board until recently, it was a tone vampire. i'd rather have the odd bit of feedback than lose all my top end. do you find it useful?

endsjustifymeans · Post by **endsjustifymeans** » Fri Jun 12, 2009 9:07 pm

Mike wrote:You really need to stop buying pedals and get a tube amp Haze.

Solution...
MBM Tube Amps.

Noirie. · Post by **Noirie.** » Fri Jun 12, 2009 9:27 pm

endsjustifymeans wrote:
Mike wrote:You really need to stop buying pedals and get a tube amp Haze.
Solution...
MBM Tube Amps.

DO WANT FUCKING WANT!

They could be set out like boxes of Mike or saltbooster +.

Post by **Mike** » Fri Jun 12, 2009 9:28 pm

hah you guys are sweet but we're a waaaays off that yet.

endsjustifymeans · Post by **endsjustifymeans** » Fri Jun 12, 2009 9:58 pm

Mike wrote:hah you guys are sweet but we're a waaaays off that yet.

The Salt Pillar!

DEW EET!

fittedoar · Post by **fittedoar** » Fri Jun 12, 2009 11:10 pm

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noise suppressor eh? i had one of those on my board until recently, it was a tone vampire. i'd rather have the odd bit of feedback than lose all my top end. do you find it useful?[/quote]

I realized the tone loss not too long after turning it on. I realized that the higher you have the threshhold, the more tone lost. I just turn the decay knob down all the way, and that way i don't have to turn the threshhold up as high. I found a good medium between tone loss and hiss loss. I like it, plus i'm going to get the parallel DC cord so i can power pedals off of it.

Post by **Mike** » Sun Jun 14, 2009 5:38 pm

Thom · Post by **Thom** » Sun Jun 14, 2009 6:12 pm

S-weet, looks great Mike, I love the new salt-shaker and the clone, they look really pro.

Post by **Mike** » Sun Jun 14, 2009 6:17 pm

Cheers.

I'm drilling the case for the Crunch Box which will replace the MXR this Wednesday, and also my Blackstone MOSFET Overdrive which has the trimpots externalised to give it controls for Pre-Gain, Post-Gain, Tone, Presence and Volume aswell as the Buffer/Reactive toggle.

Noirie. · Post by **Noirie.** » Sun Jun 14, 2009 6:20 pm

They all do look fanastic Mike. How you setting out the crunch box?

Post by **Mike** » Sun Jun 14, 2009 6:32 pm

Exactly like Lamp's, Knobs in a Triangle, in/out jacks on the sides near the top of the case. I'm building one like that for Markleton so I'm just doing one for myself alongside it.

Not sure about colour yet, might go with the black metallic.

Thom · Post by **Thom** » Sun Jun 14, 2009 6:37 pm

Mike wrote:Not sure about colour yet, might go with the black metallic.

Do it.

Thom · Post by **Thom** » Sun Jun 14, 2009 6:39 pm

Mike wrote:Blackstone MOSFET Overdrive which has the trimpots externalised to give it controls for Pre-Gain, Post-Gain, Tone, Presence and Volume aswell as the Buffer/Reactive toggle.

Also, this sounds really interesting - look forward to the demo.

Aeon · Post by **Aeon** » Sun Jun 14, 2009 8:10 pm

Mike, what is that Marshall JCM800/Plexi pedal? A homebrew? Based on a pre-existing circuit? Looks velly cool, as do the rest of your pedals.

Gavin · Post by **Gavin** » Sun Jun 14, 2009 8:18 pm

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Post by **Mike** » Mon Jun 15, 2009 7:27 am

Aeon wrote:Mike, what is that Marshall JCM800/Plexi pedal? A homebrew? Based on a pre-existing circuit? Looks velly cool, as do the rest of your pedals.

It's a Catalinbread Dirty Little Secret. At $159 the original is a superb deal and a brilliant pedal, go buy one!

Progrockabuse · Post by **Progrockabuse** » Mon Jun 15, 2009 7:54 am

Mike wrote:
Aeon wrote:Mike, what is that Marshall JCM800/Plexi pedal? A homebrew? Based on a pre-existing circuit? Looks velly cool, as do the rest of your pedals.
It's a Catalinbread Dirty Little Secret. At $159 the original is a superb deal and a brilliant pedal, go buy one!

+1, also for the UK people. catalinbread ship direct from there website at only $10 for international shipping. so the DLS would be Â£103 pounds.

Thom · Post by **Thom** » Mon Jun 15, 2009 12:25 pm

Progrockabuse wrote:
Mike wrote:
Aeon wrote:Mike, what is that Marshall JCM800/Plexi pedal? A homebrew? Based on a pre-existing circuit? Looks velly cool, as do the rest of your pedals.
It's a Catalinbread Dirty Little Secret. At $159 the original is a superb deal and a brilliant pedal, go buy one!
+1, also for the UK people. catalinbread ship direct from there website at only $10 for international shipping. so the DLS would be Â£103 pounds.

I ordered one last week following my OD thread and yours and Mike's recommendations. They were really quick to answer my emails and dead friendly. Hopefully it won't take too long.