Varidriver prototype

[Vasshu the humanoid typhoon]

Got myself a crazy idea today, added an extra passive tone sweeper along with the allready exisiting tonecontrol, it also has a toggle enabling two different caps for the bottomend.
It is a more modern British voice, this shows how it sounds, well basicly, it got extremely heavy on the CM Customshop 50 used as top through a 4x12 cab..uh hehe
As you can hear it can sweep through different voicings, it is a fat thing and mean.
The mean part is best showed on a real amp though, I used my tuned down to D Wolfgang and my tuned down to C strat at work, for a sec I though that the cab was going to give up its ghost...
The stoic Hiwatt on the other hand was not easily scared, it handled it with a firm hand, so I dialed the eq all to eastwise and got myself a very hotrodded newer Marshally sound.
This small clip I used my Marshall DRP-1 and my APH-1b humbucker.

http://www.soundclick.com/bands/songInfo.cfm?bandID=415328&songID=3858157

Jeff B and Erik H might like this
Niels

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I liked it
thick, it sounds like a comptortion or a double drive from SANS AMP

[Vasshu the humanoid typhoon]

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Thanks, I will see next week, if this thing still will make me wanna go along and develope it some more

[bungalowbill]

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Rid, sounds kick butt, does a pretty good VH type tone. I wanna be a tester if ya need one.

[Vasshu the humanoid typhoon]

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Thanks...eh EVH..hmm too modern for the old sound.
This is at it less mean sound
On a tubeamp it is a real beast, so it will go through some more developing before I am done, I'll stick with the sound though.

[ErikH]

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Sounds pretty good. I'd like to hear it through a mic'd up amp though. Direct recording takes away the natural ambience too much.

[StrangeSound]

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Sounds pretty good. I'd like to hear it through a mic'd up amp though. Direct recording takes away the natural ambience too much.

My thoughts exactly!

Good playing Rid!

[Vasshu the humanoid typhoon]

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Ambience??
This way is the most unforgiving that is, hehe.
The Hiwatt and this little SS-recordpreamp is my testers, if they can sound remotely good here, then there is hope
It is bonedry on purpose.
Thanks, it is great to get some feedback from here
Niels

[ErikH]

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No problem with it being dry, that's cool. Just that natural speaker ambience is missing is all.
I really dig some of the stuff you've come up with. Just wish I could get one or two. It'll be a while though. With the Tele purchase, nothing new for another 6 months. That's gonna hurt...lol.

[Vasshu the humanoid typhoon]

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6 months with no new gear....uh I buy something new about every month, some little fun pedal or more Duncans
Or build some additional stuff for myself, just made a brushed steel look drive, one with fets, it is a juicy open thingy
Man 6 months...
Hehe well I'll get the studio up and running at work, just not had the time yet to do so, then I will use our Customshop50's and that big ole Hiwatt, perhaps a few other things as well, then you will get your ambience
Niels

[ErikH]

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Yeah, 6 months....but it's worth it for the Tele. I played it for hours the past couple days and fine-tuned the setup last night. Man it's sweet.
I'm lookin' forward to hearin' that HiWatt. Those things are awesome.....awesomely loud....lol.
I at least have some component parts and a breadboard so I can mess with some stuff. Got some FETs laying around too and have been wanting to re-breadboard my Sixteen Overdrive circuit to mess with.

[Vasshu the humanoid typhoon]

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Here is a few pictures of the thing.

One more.

I just made a clip using it, I dig that look.
Dunno if I just should leave the surface alone?
P'S about FET's, try the BF256, it gives something else than the usual J201.

[ErikH]

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Nice. I love that look. Mine all look like that....but not brushed. I just pop the circuit in and write the circuit name on it. I've reused a couple enclosures recently. Right now I'm running the AMZ Mosfet Boost in one. I love that pedal. It's perfect for pushing a Marshall.

Is that a Sansamp off to the right in the other pic?

[Vasshu the humanoid typhoon]

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Heh yeah I reuse alot of enclosures as well, repaint them or brush them.
AMZ mosfet boost, it does sound rather good for that amp pushing duty
No not a Sansamp, an AMT dist station
A Sibyrian creation(knockoff)
Hehe

[ErikH]

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...or just wipe off the marker and relabel it again.
I've tried so many boosters with my Marshall I've lost count...lol. The ones that work best with it are the AMZ Mosfet Boost and one I did that's taken from the front end of a JCM800 preamp, only one JFET.