jimijames
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So, I had a thread with everything I wanted to sell in it, but it might be better to break things up.
I'm looking for telecaster stuff - bridge pickup, ashtray bridge w/ brass saddles, and neck. Those are the big ones. Otherwise, feel free to talk to me if you see something you like. I'm also looking for some wood screws for my les paul's trussrod cover. In Gold. Just thought I'd throw that out there.
I have:
- An old Ibanez Phase Tone pt 909 (serial # 115889) (thanks @ low_fidelity)
- A Euthymia Crucible Fuzz (Si version)
- A Danelectro PB & J Delay Pedal
- An extensively modded boss SD-1 (more on that later)
The pictarz:
Pedals:
Phasetone pt909 serial #:
The Modified SD-1. Here are the relevant parts:
- Burr Brown Op Amp. I forget specifically the model number - it's whatever comes with one of the Monte Allums Kits. That's where the brown capacitors and the tantalum capacitors you see in the photos come from as well. The op amp is socketed so you can try your own (if for example you prefer the sound of the JRC 4558 or TL072 you can swap those in)
- The clipping section is two blue LEDs and a Germanium OC75 Red Dot transistor wired to function like a diode. I've tried the 'germanium-transistor-as-clipping-diode' in more than one overdrive and I've got to say it adds a very organic warmth to various overdrives. I don't know where I read to try it (because I sure as heck didn't think to try it myself) but it's been an improvement in every pedal I've tried it in.
- The SD-1 is a buffered pedal - it's never really off when it's plugged into your pedal chain. The problem is the buffering circuit in the SD-1 doesn't really let enough treble through. So, I found a fix that lets you swap out a few parts to make the buffered 'bypass' sound much, much better. The buffered, clean channel now has just a little bit more treble than if you ran it straight through a cable, but it's not enough that you'd notice it without doing back-to-back comparos.
I Swapped in a blue indicator LED:
Here's the clipping section/op amp:
You can see the buffered output modification here (it's the green capacitor and silicon transistor attached to the white wires above the board
In the interest of full disclosure, this is the back of the board. Now, understand that this pedal has worked reliably for me for over three years - the ugliness is purely cosmetic.
The pedal works great and the sound is kind of tube screamer-esque, but it doesn't push your mids to the front like a lot of tubescreamers do. It's more balanced, and a little less smooth. The Ge transistor doesn't clip like the diodes do and the result is very slightly asymmetrical and warm distortion with a wide frequency response. For some reason that I don't fully understand, LEDs in the clipping section actually increase the volume output of the pedal, so you can dial in more volume from this pedal than comparable tube screamers. It works very well as a clean boost pedal if you're into that sort of thing. It can't get as dirty as a true distortion pedal, but it has more volume and dirt than my other modded SD-1. Anyway, if you want a recording of it, all I've got is a vox tonelab SE hooked up to my computer so it won't be the same as a mic'd amp, but it should give you an idea of what it sounds like. I'll see if I can't take care of that here in a minute.
Anyway, any questions, interest, trades, etc. just drop me a line.
I'm looking for telecaster stuff - bridge pickup, ashtray bridge w/ brass saddles, and neck. Those are the big ones. Otherwise, feel free to talk to me if you see something you like. I'm also looking for some wood screws for my les paul's trussrod cover. In Gold. Just thought I'd throw that out there.
I have:
- An old Ibanez Phase Tone pt 909 (serial # 115889) (thanks @ low_fidelity)
- A Euthymia Crucible Fuzz (Si version)
- A Danelectro PB & J Delay Pedal
- An extensively modded boss SD-1 (more on that later)
The pictarz:
Pedals:
Phasetone pt909 serial #:
The Modified SD-1. Here are the relevant parts:
- Burr Brown Op Amp. I forget specifically the model number - it's whatever comes with one of the Monte Allums Kits. That's where the brown capacitors and the tantalum capacitors you see in the photos come from as well. The op amp is socketed so you can try your own (if for example you prefer the sound of the JRC 4558 or TL072 you can swap those in)
- The clipping section is two blue LEDs and a Germanium OC75 Red Dot transistor wired to function like a diode. I've tried the 'germanium-transistor-as-clipping-diode' in more than one overdrive and I've got to say it adds a very organic warmth to various overdrives. I don't know where I read to try it (because I sure as heck didn't think to try it myself) but it's been an improvement in every pedal I've tried it in.
- The SD-1 is a buffered pedal - it's never really off when it's plugged into your pedal chain. The problem is the buffering circuit in the SD-1 doesn't really let enough treble through. So, I found a fix that lets you swap out a few parts to make the buffered 'bypass' sound much, much better. The buffered, clean channel now has just a little bit more treble than if you ran it straight through a cable, but it's not enough that you'd notice it without doing back-to-back comparos.
I Swapped in a blue indicator LED:
Here's the clipping section/op amp:
You can see the buffered output modification here (it's the green capacitor and silicon transistor attached to the white wires above the board
In the interest of full disclosure, this is the back of the board. Now, understand that this pedal has worked reliably for me for over three years - the ugliness is purely cosmetic.
The pedal works great and the sound is kind of tube screamer-esque, but it doesn't push your mids to the front like a lot of tubescreamers do. It's more balanced, and a little less smooth. The Ge transistor doesn't clip like the diodes do and the result is very slightly asymmetrical and warm distortion with a wide frequency response. For some reason that I don't fully understand, LEDs in the clipping section actually increase the volume output of the pedal, so you can dial in more volume from this pedal than comparable tube screamers. It works very well as a clean boost pedal if you're into that sort of thing. It can't get as dirty as a true distortion pedal, but it has more volume and dirt than my other modded SD-1. Anyway, if you want a recording of it, all I've got is a vox tonelab SE hooked up to my computer so it won't be the same as a mic'd amp, but it should give you an idea of what it sounds like. I'll see if I can't take care of that here in a minute.
Anyway, any questions, interest, trades, etc. just drop me a line.
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