Guitar Gear That Sparkles!
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Guitar Gear That Sparkles!
Pedals, pick-ups, amps, FX, mic/preamp-combinations, techniques whatever! Looking add some serious sparkle to various fuzz and overdrive tones in a way that is incredibly clean & musical.
What I've found so far,,
Running dirty pedals into sparkly preamps
Tech 21 xxl - Sparkle dirt
Deltalab Effectron II- Overloading it, works as an awesome limiter too!
Maybe the Voodoo Lab Sparkle Drive MOD pedal, whatever that thing does.
What I've found so far,,
Running dirty pedals into sparkly preamps
Tech 21 xxl - Sparkle dirt
Deltalab Effectron II- Overloading it, works as an awesome limiter too!
Maybe the Voodoo Lab Sparkle Drive MOD pedal, whatever that thing does.
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These are easy to build yourself. I have a collection of home made vintage fuzz pedals. I used $6 colored 1592BB boxes from CE Distribution, 3PDT bypass footswitches, Switchcraft 11 and 12 series jacks and CTS pots. They are indestructable.
I have a Fuzz Face with a .22 uf input cap mod, a Colorsound Tonebender using AC128 germanium transistors, a Foxx Tone machine with that great octave split and a Roger Mayer Octavia. I also have a custom made job using a BB OPA1641 opamp, a J305 jfet and a 3 way switch to select silicon, germanium and asymetrical clipping germanium diodes.
You can get schematics for the classics from Fuzz Central's site. I got the germanium transistors from MCM electronics and the rare 1N270 germanium diodes from Jameco electronics. I used original transistor types for the Octavia and Foxx pedals from either Digi-Key or MCM. A piece of breadboard, a couple of aluminum 1/2" long spacers to mount and it's all easy to make.
Each sound completely different. The Colorsound is very smooth for a germanium fuzz, very 1960's. It's tone control is very wide and effective. The Foxx is that classic Hendrix octave split sound. The custom job does several things well, it's my go to box for live playing.
I have a Fuzz Face with a .22 uf input cap mod, a Colorsound Tonebender using AC128 germanium transistors, a Foxx Tone machine with that great octave split and a Roger Mayer Octavia. I also have a custom made job using a BB OPA1641 opamp, a J305 jfet and a 3 way switch to select silicon, germanium and asymetrical clipping germanium diodes.
You can get schematics for the classics from Fuzz Central's site. I got the germanium transistors from MCM electronics and the rare 1N270 germanium diodes from Jameco electronics. I used original transistor types for the Octavia and Foxx pedals from either Digi-Key or MCM. A piece of breadboard, a couple of aluminum 1/2" long spacers to mount and it's all easy to make.
Each sound completely different. The Colorsound is very smooth for a germanium fuzz, very 1960's. It's tone control is very wide and effective. The Foxx is that classic Hendrix octave split sound. The custom job does several things well, it's my go to box for live playing.
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BAX or Clarifonic EQ? That would be what I'd go for. Air and smooth presence for days.
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Mogami gold series instrument cable (for the studio)
Heavier gauge strings - 10+
Dropped a Duncan Little '59 in the bridge of my tele once and loved it.
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mechanicalmastering wrote:Awesome guys, but I mean, like, reeeeeally sparkley.
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Albini likes it!cgarges wrote:Chuck Collins Interfax Harmonic Percolator, especially at subtler settings.
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