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by craggles
05 Jun 2016, 09:36
Forum: Boutique Stompboxes dissected...
Topic: Catalinbread - Pareidolia Harmonic Mesmerizer [traced]
Replies: 113
Views: 69553

Re: Catalinbread Pareidolia Harmonic Mesmerizer [traced]

Ok I think I got it sorted.

Found a tiny bridge in my etch. Cut it, and now all is good. Confirmed working!

The range sounds pretty good but as yet I haven't soldered the volume pot on so it's kinda hard to tell how transparent it's gonna be when at unity volume.

Cheers :)
by craggles
04 Jun 2016, 15:18
Forum: Boutique Stompboxes dissected...
Topic: Catalinbread - Pareidolia Harmonic Mesmerizer [traced]
Replies: 113
Views: 69553

Re: Catalinbread Pareidolia Harmonic Mesmerizer [traced]

Hey guys sorry for the mega necro resurrection, but I built this today using the pcb v1.2 posted earlier in the thread. Something is very wrong... it does pass a signal but it's very trebly (I already switched out c10 to pre-compensate but to no avail) and I can hear odd glitches. The rate is all bu...
by craggles
22 Jun 2015, 04:48
Forum: Modern Stompbox Effects (1975 - ...)
Topic: Joyo - JF-01 Vintage Overdrive
Replies: 33
Views: 53886

Re: Smooth out my joyo vintage overdrive

You might be better served by taking a closer look at the amplifier long before you tweak pedals. If the amp is already bright (and a lot are) then you will struggle to find the right pedal. :secret: If creamy smooth OD is the goal them excess bandwidth will kill off any chance of that happening. I...
by craggles
20 Jun 2015, 02:26
Forum: Modern Stompbox Effects (1975 - ...)
Topic: Joyo - JF-01 Vintage Overdrive
Replies: 33
Views: 53886

Smooth out my joyo vintage overdrive

Hi all, long time lurker, first time poster :) I'm looking to improve on my JY01 Vintage OD. I know this might be taken as sacrilege, but I'm just not feeling the tone it puts out. In a nutshell, I can't really get the smoothness or creaminess that I hear in other people's pedals and on YT. I play b...