Himmelstrutz - Fetto

culturejam · Post by **culturejam** » 17 Sep 2009, 19:13

I did some poking around and found these on the forum at The Guitar Hub.

Might give us a general idea of what's going on.

RnFR · Post by **RnFR** » 17 Sep 2009, 20:21

i see the dip switches, but what are those other things? sockets for jumpers? switches?

Naz Nomad · Post by **Naz Nomad** » 17 Sep 2009, 20:23

They appear to be jumpers/shunts ... they sit across 2 pins ... like on the back of a hard-drive.

http://www.molex.com/product/cgrid/7859.html

culturejam · Post by **culturejam** » 17 Sep 2009, 22:13

Naz Nomad wrote:They appear to be jumpers/shunts ... they sit across 2 pins ... like on the back of a hard-drive.

http://www.molex.com/product/cgrid/7859.html

Yeah, that's exactly what I was thinking. It's an interesting way to make a connection.

Naz Nomad · Post by **Naz Nomad** » 17 Sep 2009, 22:33

Quite a sweet way to disconnect or bypass a component ... and if it's gets RE'd, a good excuse to throw a heap more switches onto the box.

Whoismarykelly · Post by **Whoismarykelly** » 18 Sep 2009, 01:48

The Haunting Mids fuzz uses a number of jumpers like that to alter the tone.

coldcraft · Post by **coldcraft** » 18 Sep 2009, 05:30

look at the backside of the bottom plate, all of those jumpers have a purpose: "mids", etc...

that was easy.

RnFR · Post by **RnFR** » 18 Sep 2009, 05:32

coldcraft wrote:look at the backside of the bottom plate, all of those jumpers have a purpose: "mids", etc...

that was easy.

yeah, easy. it was the first thing that came to mind. but what are the components? you know where i can buy those? they don't look like normal sockets. are they used in some other app?

and the gut shot doesn't show any jumpers. i find that odd considering what seem to be the stock settings inside the the backplate.(that was easy, too.)

guiddruid · Post by **guiddruid** » 18 Sep 2009, 08:39

RnFR wrote:the gut shot doesn't show any jumpers

Yes it does. Those white things are jumpers. See some black ones here;
http://www.technobots.co.uk/acatalog/PCB_Headers.html

They do look a little unusual though - you can't see any trace of the header pins they are fitted to. Presumably the pins are either fitted from the other side, or don't have any plastic support strip.

RnFR · Post by **RnFR** » 18 Sep 2009, 09:22

guiddruid wrote:
RnFR wrote:the gut shot doesn't show any jumpers
Yes it does. Those white things are jumpers. See some black ones here;
http://www.technobots.co.uk/acatalog/PCB_Headers.html

They do look a little unusual though - you can't see any trace of the header pins they are fitted to. Presumably the pins are either fitted from the other side, or don't have any plastic support strip.

thank you! that looks like it could be it.

what a trip. looking at these switches, it seems that Cherry is the main manufacturer. my step dad used to work for them when i was in high school. wish i would've got into this sooner!

Naz Nomad · Post by **Naz Nomad** » 18 Sep 2009, 10:19

RnFR wrote:... and the gut shot doesn't show any jumpers.

Naz Nomad wrote:... they sit across 2 pins ... like on the back of a hard-drive. http://www.molex.com/product/cgrid/7859.html

Post by **Saruman** » 18 Sep 2009, 11:04

foto back side?????
circuit???????

its the best ovrdrive!!!!!

WHO CRACK FETTO????

theleftfoot · Post by **theleftfoot** » 21 Oct 2009, 14:50

any news on it?

culturejam · Post by **culturejam** » 21 Oct 2009, 15:20

theleftfoot wrote:any news on it?

If you don't see it posted here, there ain't no news.

Lawnchair · Post by **Lawnchair** » 22 Oct 2009, 14:39

I'm gonna try to score a Nord. Sounds fucking nice in the Himmelstrutz demo's.

Lawnchair · Post by **Lawnchair** » 22 Oct 2009, 23:02

But not 350.00 nice!

Jeez, I'm just going to get another Ampeg J-20 to mod with my duckies. Badass amp with a Vin 30!!!

soulsonic · Post by **soulsonic** » 22 Oct 2009, 23:25

Lawnchair wrote:But not 350.00 nice! Jeez, I'm just going to get another Ampeg J-20 to mod with my duckies. Badass amp with a Vin 30!!!

Amp wins every time!

culturejam · Post by **culturejam** » 22 Oct 2009, 23:56

soulsonic wrote:
Lawnchair wrote:But not 350.00 nice! Jeez, I'm just going to get another Ampeg J-20 to mod with my duckies. Badass amp with a Vin 30!!!
Amp wins every time!

No kidding. Every time I see somebody raving about a $400 pedal, I'm think about how I could've bought and moded a sweet little tube amp for that cash.

Greg · Post by **Greg** » 23 Oct 2009, 01:01

It's more a currency issue between countries IMO.

Everything out of Europe seems to be pricey.. and the US dollar is at a low so stuff out of the US is currently pretty cheap to the rest of the world.
The Aussie dollar was buying about 55 cents US a short time ago.. it's now about 93 cents.
That means a pedal that cost say $250 in the states would have cost us $455.. it would now cost us $269.. makes a massice difference.

My wife and I just got back from France a couple of weeks ago. We were paying around $80 Australian for breakfast which was just a couple of coffees and a few Croissants.
It's expensive in relation to most of the rest of the world, but right for them in consideration of wages, taxes, etc I guess.

Geting back to topic.. I've mentioned the Fetto several times before in other threads..
It's a great sounding pedal and has become very popular with local Pros where I live.. half a chance it's got some originality to it too.
The original was a little hard and modern sounding for my taste, but the new models seem to be better in that regard.

Lawnchair · Post by **Lawnchair** » 24 Oct 2009, 04:25

Got one in my sites for low coin. I'll make it happen.

Himmelstrutz - Fetto [traced]