Catalinbread - SFT  [traced]

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The latest dirt pedal from Catalinbread. Anyone tried one out yet?

http://news.harmony-central.com/Product ... e-Released

I'm liking how it sounds with bass:



Guitar demo:

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yeah, that one caught my attention too...

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Looks cool. Anyone ordered one yet?

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Post by RnFR »

that things sounds killer on guitar and bass. you can get a glimpse of the circuit on the breadboard in the proto video. looks like it has about 6 or 7 transistors.



i really like how catalinbread is putting out all of these different videos of their pedals- it really shows what they can do. and it's much better than just one video from the pro guitar shop mafia!
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Sounds like there is a bit of crossover distortion in there.. the description, distorted yet clean sound seems to confirm this too..

I really like the sound of this pedal. :applause:
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Well I couldn't hold out any longer and I ordered one.

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rcubed wrote:Well I couldn't hold out any longer and I ordered one.
Cool. I can't wait to see.

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:horsey:

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Looking forward to checking it out.

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rcubed, have you received this yet? Thoughts, pics?

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Old Gregg wrote:rcubed, have you received this yet? Thoughts, pics?
It's here. I'm still trying to get a feel for it. I'm more of a fuzz guy and I don't have a lot of experience with ODs. It's using a Baxandall tone stack, I know that much. I took the lid off and everything is mounted to the PCB so it will be a good bit of work to take a look at the components.

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Yeah, the build probably has PCB mounted jacks and pots. Those who traced the DLS look to have unsoldered the jacks and pots (viewtopic.php?f=7&t=4668&hilit=brake+cleaner&start=60) to get pictures, which is probably the best way to get the pcb out.

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[smilie=bump.gif] Are you ready to/comfortable with opening the insides up a bit more?

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Brink wrote:[smilie=bump.gif] Are you ready to/comfortable with opening the insides up a bit more?
Sorry, I had a busy weekend. Yes, I'm comfortable getting the guts out. I just need to block off some time to do so and document it properly.

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:horsey:

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very interested in this.

I'm not surprised if its a baxandall eq. I was told over at the catalinbread forum that the now-discontinued silverkiss used a 3-band version of the bax'.
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Post by azrael »

Very cool sounding pedal. Really adds a lot of the girth I look for in bass tones.

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Yeah, come on, desolder it and turn it around.:) Please, do it!:)


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A sneak preview:

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Excellent...

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