Early Seymour Duncan pedals

[Fender_Punk]

I've got an early Pedal Booster on my board that I have had for over 10 years. Great boost pedal for fairly cheap!
The Catalina Chorus I picked up about a year ago. It was on clearance for 200 Loonies ($145). Originally $350 I think. Really versatile chorus pedal but not the most affordable. The dynamic feature is really neat.

 

[maug2122]

In time, the Seymour Duncan Pickup Booster is going to be considered a ground breaking pedal , due to it's unique abilities.

 

[Seashore]

Question about the Pickup Booster - is there any difference in sound or construction between the different versions? Or is it just cosmetic?

 

[jeremy]

i believe the new version can be set for unity where the old one had a minimum 6db boost

 

[Fender_Punk]

i believe the new version can be set for unity where the old one had a minimum 6db boost

This is the only difference I know of.

 

[Seashore]

Thanks guys, newer version sounds like the ticket for me.

 

[Mincer]

The new version is a fantastic pedal. I use it for my Strat.

 

[Artie]

i believe the new version can be set for unity where the old one had a minimum 6db boost

True, but that's fixed with one 500k resistor, installed in an easy place. When I first did this, I started with a 500k trim-pot, so I could dial it in, so to speak. The proper value turned out to be with it maxed out at 500k. I've just never gotten around to replacing the trimmer with a fixed resistor. Gain is now unity-to-20db, with the proper 1M input impedance. (To properly mimic an amp input load.)

 

[JOLLY]

I still have a Tweak Fuzz brand new in the box that has never been opened. I also have a Twin Tube Classic.

 

[jeremy]

True, but that's fixed with one 500k resistor, installed in an easy place. When I first did this, I started with a 500k trim-pot, so I could dial it in, so to speak. The proper value turned out to be with it maxed out at 500k. I've just never gotten around to replacing the trimmer with a fixed resistor. Gain is now unity-to-20db, with the proper 1M input impedance. (To properly mimic an amp input load.)

oohh! i dont worry about the boost range, but the input impedence does matter to me. thanks, im totally going to do this to mine!

 

[Artie]

oohh! i dont worry about the boost range, but the input impedence does matter to me. thanks, im totally going to do this to mine!

Not sure how clear that pic is. Just unsolder the brown wire from the switch, and place the 470k resistor between the switch and the brown wire. If you want to get fancy, you could remove the brown wire altogether and solder one end of the resistor direct to the circuit board.

I know I said 500k originally, but 470k is technically more accurate. You aren't likely to tell the difference between the two values. But what's cool is . . . after the mod, there's no difference in volume if you hit the switch with the gain control all the way down. With one exception. If you're going into a pedal that's loading down the guitar, (like an old-school wah), you'll hear the difference of the guitar not being loaded down.

 

[jeremy]

cool, thanks for the clarification artie! im sure i have a pile of 470k layin around to make this happen

 

[Artie]

Let us know how you like the mod. Not sure why SD didn't do this to start with. :dunno:

 

[El Dunco]

I’d would buy a Seymour Duncan bass overdrive that lets you blend 805 style overdrive, tailored for bass with a clean bass sound and with separate eq for each (basically do what the BOSS ODB-3 doesn’t quite do without mods.)

 

[Seashore]

You can also buy a Boss LS2 and use it to do a clean blend with any drive pedal you like.

 

[Fender_Punk]

Let us know how you like the mod. Not sure why SD didn't do this to start with. :dunno:

Probably because they thought people wanted their signal boosted when they clicked on the pedal. They didn't anticipate people wanting to have the boost on but the gain unchanged.

 

[Artie]

Probably because they thought people wanted their signal boosted when they clicked on the pedal. They didn't anticipate people wanting to have the boost on but the gain unchanged.

That's only with the knob all the way down. You can still turn it up to 20 db.

 

[maug2122]

I feel the same about BBE Sonic Maximizers.

There's almost always one in my rig somewhere.

I got a BBE Stomp Sonic pedal between my two effect floor units, one pre Eq/ one post Eq ( both 462's ) , one 362 in the effects loop of Digitech 2112 SGS and 482 with a Hush / Rocktron Super C in the effects loops of my Crate Power Blocks .

 

[marcello252]

I had a deja vu ( fantastic , don't know why the heck I sold it) and a first series pickup booster (good but inferior quality , the switch broke after few months, I replaced it then I sold it in favor of a tc spark boost

 

[marcello252]

I need to bust out my tweak fuzz. I think I got it off someone on here (they modded it for a volume fix I think). sick pedal.

it's easy, it's enough to raise the value of the collector resistor on the second stage transistor, 1KR is enough