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by wader2k
17 Dec 2008, 04:03
Forum: DIY Projects
Topic: DOD - OD-250 (3 different versions)
Replies: 30
Views: 17217

Re: DOD - OD-250 (3 different versions)

.....but I'd really like to know which ckt is the venerable gray box that draws so much crazy money on ebay. None of them..... as you can see here: https://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=270281825817&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT&ih=017 it´s an Mxr Distortion+ circuit ho...
by wader2k
17 Dec 2008, 01:21
Forum: DIY Projects
Topic: DOD - OD-250 (3 different versions)
Replies: 30
Views: 17217

Re: DOD - OD-250 (3 different versions)

.....but I'd really like to know which ckt is the venerable gray box that draws so much crazy money on ebay. None of them..... as you can see here: https://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=270281825817&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT&ih=017 it´s an Mxr Distortion+ circuit ho...
by wader2k
16 Dec 2008, 10:36
Forum: DIY Projects
Topic: DOD - OD-250 (3 different versions)
Replies: 30
Views: 17217

Re: DOD - OD-250 (3 different versions)

Sorry for bumping an old thread ..... but I am trying to track down the value of a resistor in the 77 gray dod 250 and have found conflicting information...... the resistor listed as R2 in markm's links in the OP above is said to be 470k in the grey spec layout and 1M in the 1977 Spec layout.....but...
by wader2k
15 Dec 2008, 05:27
Forum: Vintage Stompbox Corner ( ... - 1975)
Topic: Maestro - FZ-1S Fuzz-Tone
Replies: 22
Views: 20404

Re: Maestro - FZ-1S ( Fuzz-Tone )

I sold one of these a few years ago....found it at a rum mage sale for $5...couldn't find a decent sound in it.... got $180 for it...... Couldn't find a decent sound in it? Maybe you should have tried this one instead. :slap: :lol: I figured on catching flack for that......but really it was just to...
by wader2k
14 Dec 2008, 09:43
Forum: Modern Stompbox Effects (1975 - ...)
Topic: Tube Works - Real Tube
Replies: 13
Views: 12265

Re: Tube Works Butler variants?

Here's mine..... https://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff319/wader2k/303_b.jpg Great little pedal....tone controls take a bit of getting used to ...highly interactive.... The only thing I don't like is the footswitch doesn't like to latch sometimes.....no lighthearted stomping on this one.....must jum...
by wader2k
14 Dec 2008, 09:19
Forum: Vintage Stompbox Corner ( ... - 1975)
Topic: Maestro - FZ-1S Fuzz-Tone
Replies: 22
Views: 20404

Re: Maestro - FZ-1S ( Fuzz-Tone )

I sold one of these a few years ago....found it at a rummage sale for $5...couldn't find a decent sound in it.... got $180 for it...... 8^) ps I'm not hating exactly.....i'm just not a fuzz type of guy....having 0 experience with fuzzes made me wonder if it was just me or if that particular fuzz jus...
by wader2k
09 Aug 2008, 08:15
Forum: Modern Stompbox Effects (1975 - ...)
Topic: TubeWorks Pure Tube TW303 SMOOTH
Replies: 15
Views: 9663

Re: TubeWorks Pure Tube TW303 SMOOTH overdrive pedal

You can swap in a 12AT7, 12AU7, 12AY7, 5751, etc... all the usual 12AX7 type substitutes. Each will get different amounts of gain and have a different tone. Different brands of 12AX7 should sound different as well. That's one of the fun things with tubes; you can swap tubes all day long and get ver...
by wader2k
08 Aug 2008, 17:40
Forum: Modern Stompbox Effects (1975 - ...)
Topic: TubeWorks Pure Tube TW303 SMOOTH
Replies: 15
Views: 9663

Re: TubeWorks Pure Tube TW303 SMOOTH overdrive pedal

Maybe I should have posted this in a new pedal day thread!?
by wader2k
08 Aug 2008, 00:47
Forum: Modern Stompbox Effects (1975 - ...)
Topic: TubeWorks Pure Tube TW303 SMOOTH
Replies: 15
Views: 9663

Re: TubeWorks Pure Tube TW303 SMOOTH overdrive pedal

Tube Works 303 smooth tube boost/od showed up earlier this week......took me a couple of days to figure it out ....I LIKE it a lot. Now, I have never used pedals, so it took me awhile to set it up and dial it in......but this thing sings. 3 tone controls labeled ice, neutral, and warm are VERY inter...
by wader2k
31 Jul 2008, 20:41
Forum: Modern Stompbox Effects (1975 - ...)
Topic: TubeWorks Pure Tube TW303 SMOOTH
Replies: 15
Views: 9663

Re: TubeWorks Pure Tube TW303 SMOOTH overdrive pedal

Thanks for the info folks! I should have this pedal in a few days....I will be running it straight into a DRRI ( or maybe a vintage Fender Vibrochamp- Bronco) that I have been driving with a Zoom G7 modeler( i know). I am trying to get away from the zoom and move to pedals, but I don't know that muc...
by wader2k
31 Jul 2008, 09:38
Forum: Modern Stompbox Effects (1975 - ...)
Topic: TubeWorks Pure Tube TW303 SMOOTH
Replies: 15
Views: 9663

Re: TubeWorks Pure Tube TW303 SMOOTH overdrive pedal

briggs wrote:The schematic you point to was made by our very own Soulsonic.

Hopefully he will pipe up and answer a few of your questions :wink:

yup....I kinda figured he was on here.....that's what drew me.....but searching the site led to no real user review......
by wader2k
31 Jul 2008, 09:27
Forum: Modern Stompbox Effects (1975 - ...)
Topic: TubeWorks Pure Tube TW303 SMOOTH
Replies: 15
Views: 9663

TubeWorks Pure Tube TW303 SMOOTH overdrive pedal

Hey folks.....first post here so please excuse if this is the wrong place. I just snagged this old pedal and haven't been able to find much info with google..... https://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=380051242570&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT&ih=025 I did find a little i...