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Posted: Wed Sep 14, 2011 9:21 pm
by taylornutt
Mike, have you ever done a Civil War Muff? I saw a PGS pedal demo that was based on the Civil War Muff. Sounded pretty cool.
Posted: Wed Sep 14, 2011 9:31 pm
by lorez
taylornutt wrote:Mike, have you ever done a Civil War Muff? I saw a PGS pedal demo that was based on the Civil War Muff. Sounded pretty cool.
i thought the civil war muff was a green muff clone?
Posted: Wed Sep 14, 2011 10:14 pm
by SGJarrod
civil wars were out before the green russian..... there are only 4 parts that are different, the civil war has three 430pf high pass filters on Q1-3 compared to the 470pf's on the green, and the emitter resistor is different on Q4.... Civil war is 2.7k and green is 2k
basically the civil war is a tiny bit raspier with alittle more high end and the green has a touch more gain in the Q4 tranny
Posted: Thu Sep 15, 2011 7:23 am
by Mike
The Green is better in those subtle ways in my opinion. I also only use 470pF on those filters - you won't catch me trying to find some hard to find 430pF caps just because EHX slapped them in because they got them for cheap.
Posted: Thu Sep 15, 2011 7:33 am
by wwrrss
I'm gonna regret asking this... well my wallet is...
ever built an Bixonic Expandora clone? is it do-able?
Posted: Thu Sep 15, 2011 7:37 am
by Mike
Never built one but I've seen a schematic - should be doable. PM me if you're intreested.
Posted: Thu Sep 15, 2011 10:43 am
by Thomas
Mike wrote:What's the verdict, kid?
Can't stop playing this monster. Everyone should have one of these. So much sonic joy from such a wee box!!
Posted: Thu Sep 15, 2011 10:43 am
by Mike
Aww you've made by day mate - that's going on the Testimonials page!
Posted: Mon Sep 19, 2011 8:39 am
by Mike
I've also been soldering my nuts off for my next few cases to get my order list down.
Sitting on my desk are built & tested circuit boards for the following:
- Dream Box (5)
- '78 IC Muff (2)
- Saltbooster Plus
- Modded Big Muff
- One Knob Fuzz
- Green Ringer
One of my next builds is the Nobels ODR-S I've done a layout for recently. it's the swank one with the 3 band EQ.
Posted: Mon Sep 19, 2011 1:44 pm
by Mike
Posted: Mon Sep 19, 2011 2:24 pm
by jagsonic
Sounds fine! If i wouldn't have an original green muff, i would buy one of yours!
Posted: Wed Sep 21, 2011 8:45 am
by Mike
Posted: Wed Sep 21, 2011 1:45 pm
by Thomas
Love the gut shots. Amazingly clean as usual! All i can say is keep bringing the goods Mike. They'll keep on selling.
Posted: Wed Sep 21, 2011 1:51 pm
by Mike
Certainly seem to be popular - I've built 5 and there are another 9 on my order list!
Posted: Wed Sep 21, 2011 1:54 pm
by lorez
given the amount of work in the dreamboxes are you considering getting these made up as PCBs Mike?
Posted: Wed Sep 21, 2011 1:55 pm
by Thomas
Mike wrote:Certainly seem to be popular - I've built 5 and there are another 9 on my order list!
I can believe it. Since getting mine I've not even picked up my acoustic once...and I love my acoustic. I love the Dreambox more. Gotta go do an riff!
Posted: Wed Sep 21, 2011 1:56 pm
by Mike
lorez wrote:given the amount of work in the dreamboxes are you considering getting these made up as PCBs Mike?
Designed, Ordered and awaiting the sample prototypes!
Posted: Wed Sep 21, 2011 1:59 pm
by lorez
nice one. are there any other pedals you are considering doing this with?
Posted: Wed Sep 21, 2011 2:09 pm
by Mike
Yes, the other one I've designed a layout for is the '78 IC Muff, and I've also done one for all my transistor Muff variants. I might order a batch of each if the Dream Box one is successful.
If I move to batch production I'll be using PCBs for sure, but at the moment I'm still working on an Order List basis, and a lot of my stuff is non standard and modified.
Some places charge tooling fees, and others have long lead times on the production. So designing the PCB itself is only half the battle really. Tim and I have been chatting a lot about it.
Posted: Wed Sep 21, 2011 2:35 pm
by lorez
sounds brilliant and exciting with potential to expand production a lot easier if necessary.
