He everyone, I'm trying to come up with a list of all the funny "mojo" magic things that there are surrounding the world of stompboxes (I do not want to debate their merits -- that's been done to death -- just a listing of them). Here's some that I can think of right now...
Carbon Comp Resistors
Silver Solder
Tropical Fish Caps
The 4558 Chip
Anything else??
-Joe Hart
Oh, yeah. And Ceramic Capacitors sound "gritty" and may be good in distortion circuits.
-Joe Hart
one-of-a-kind paint jobs.
"hand wired", no etching chemicals.
Anything that starts with "Tubescreamer" ...
add a (mini-) tube for a little warmth!
Batteries
Germanium Transistors
Sound Enhancing Knobs
Gold Plated Contacts
Oxygen Depleted Cables
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Sound Enhancing Knobs
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Are you sure you didn't make this one up on your own?
Cheers
LM
Quote from: Fret WireBatteries
Germanium Transistors
Sound Enhancing Knobs
Gold Plated Contacts
Oxygen Depleted Cables
Not any batteries, ...carbon batteries.
Re: http://www.tonequest.com/articles/article24.htm near the end of the article.
My fav mojo... I should add: discrete sounds better than op-amps :wink:
Gilles
Oh, some other mojos,
True bypass
Connect Fender or Gibson guitars only, nothing else sounds good with your diy effects.
http://diystompboxes.com/sboxforum/viewtopic.php?t=18667&start=0&postdays=0&postorder=asc&highlight=bullshit
Low oxygen copper is no bullshit IMHO
If this topic goes to the Lounge so it goes.
808 / "SRV in a box". The 4558 must be a vintage JRC chip used back in the day. A modern TI version (and anything else you can get new) has anti-mojo and will set your playing back three years.
I'd go so far as to say the manufacturer's name contributes to the mojo. It seems a lot of players wouldn't be caught dead with a danelectro or dod pedal, and a boss is only acceptable after having at least three big-name mods done to it ("Keeley").
Finally, ridiculous prices. If a TubeScreamer costs $500, then it -must- have something supernatural. Otherwise... what'd I pay $500 for? :D
The sound-enhancing knobs are no joke; someone is selling them to the audiophile crowd. I can't imagine there is much success, but hey...
Quote from: LinuxManQuote from: Fret Wire
Sound Enhancing Knobs
:shock:
Are you sure you didn't make this one up on your own?
Cheers
LM
Where have you been hiding? You have been living a sheltered life! :D This has been a running joke here for awhile. You should buy these for your next silver soldered, vintage JRC4558 equipped, Tubescreamer! You will play like SRV or Jimi instantly! :roll:
http://www.referenceaudiomods.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=NOB_C37_C&Category_Code=VOLUME&Product_Count=2
I wonder why it slipped my attention ;)...
At least I know what to do for my next TS clone... :)
Cheers
LM
point to point wireing
TRUE BYPASS (in some cases)
switchcraft jacks
metal film resistors
I guess the last couple have "modern mojo", not "vintage mojo"
I used to lurk HCFX a little, until i caught a thread that said "how would changing the LED on an effect to blue effect my tone" and they weren't talking about an LED/LDR combo or a clipping diode - they were talking about the indicator.
so i guess blue led mojo
chickenhead knobs !
Quote from: Halpoint to point wireing
TRUE BYPASS (in some cases)
switchcraft jacks
metal film resistors
I guess the last couple have "modern mojo", not "vintage mojo"
I used to lurk HCFX a little, until i caught a thread that said "how would changing the LED on an effect to blue effect my tone" and they weren't talking about an LED/LDR combo or a clipping diode - they were talking about the indicator.
so i guess blue led mojo
This goes well with my other post. So switchcraft jacks are no different
than any others of the same type? As for example these (http://www.banzaieffects.com/europe/parts/jacks.htm).
Cheers
LM
The reliability/contact merits of Switchcraft jacks can be debated to death, but they have a very nice "feel" that is NOT bunk IMHO. A plug goes in and comes out easily, and is held in just the right position, even if you try to push in too far. The cheapo jacks I use (which are like 1/3 the price) have a nastier chrome coating and grip a plug like crazy, but go funny when you push in too far and are more of a pain to pull a plug out of.
1960s PVC-insulated wire that comes in a variety of rather dull, pastel colours and strips to reveal grey wires. Instant mojo.
;lkj
Silver wire. Some people out there are making amps with silver wire because "it's 7% less resistive than copper". While this is true, it doesn't amount to anything in a wire that is 6 or 8 inches long. If we were talking long distances and voltage drop was a concern, maybe. But in a guitar amp?! C'mon now.
Three silly letters.....
N.O.S.
you guy's skipped the 2 most famous Texas Mojo tone secret's, The Rubber Band, and dying Battery's, now there's 2 that have been beat to death, :lol: and not to forget how to burn your amp up, The Variac ! :shock:
Johnny
Can it be any old rubber band or does Eric Johnson have to put it on himself? :lol:
I wonder how many Marshalls wailin' Halen fried with a variac...
...and cotton wire.
Quote from: travisskIt seems a lot of players wouldn't be caught dead with a danelectro or dod pedal, and a boss is only acceptable after having at least three big-name mods done to it ("Keeley").
Oooh, good one. Does anyone else find it ridiculously moronic to pump $75+ (or more!! I know someone who spend $175 on a BD-2) in mods to a <$50 pedal? Well, whatever $$ it takes to get you your tone, that's all that matters I suppose.
Perf board in a $300 boutique pedal.
Twist wiring your ps lines like the heater wiring in amps to give the illusion your pedal is quieter. Does look neat though.
personally, I think SOME danelectro stuff and things liek that are okay. Just pot the in a 1590B or whatever, and it's at least decent for the price.
I disagree with the metal films and switchcraft jacks as being said to be "funny mojo". Switchcrafts or other closed jacks sound much better than my crappy jacks. These are Rat schack brand, and don't solder at all!!! The Switchcrafts are more mechanically sound, and end up being easier to solder, and soldering cleanly, intead of with HUGE cold solder blobs. Metal films are also quiet when it comes to high gain circuits etc... I don't really find them funny MOJO. Carbon comps are though. You need a crap load of voltage going through them to get some tone outa them, and thats just a Teeensy bit.
Thats just my opinion, so don't take it to seriously.
Nish
Watch, in a month, some lurker will use all our humorous examples in one ad to sell pedals on Ebay. He make millions. :shock:
The metal is thicker in higher quality jacks like Switchcraft.
And the plating looks thicker too.
So this could mean better contacts.
A friend of mine had to replace the jack of his homemade Strat a couple of times because it was loosening all the time, and after screwing it tighter a few times, the switch would fall apart.
After I told him to get better switches (a few bucks each in place of 2 for a buck), which he did, he never had to change it anymore. I still have the original in mine (a Switchcraft) and we built our guitars around the same time.
Gilles
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You said it, man!!!
Oh god, a friend bought two for $10 canadian here at the store. Now He has a dunlop fuzz-face (REISSUE!!!) with those vintage-shmintage knobs.
They look kinda good. But every krishna-damn boutique pedal has those!
Where's originality?
How 'bout speaker wire with colored thread over rubber scavenged from a nuclear missile guidance system. :P
First, I'd like to note I wasn't bashing on Mr. Keeley or anyone else who mods pedals up there. Modding certainly improves a pedal's tone or versatility. It's just that many players seem to go with mob mentality and won't even try anything stock without shipping it off for some parts changes and a blue LED
Quote from: sir_moduluspersonally, I think SOME danelectro stuff and things liek that are okay. Just pot the in a 1590B or whatever, and it's at least decent for the price.
My Dod Classic Fuzz and Juice Box are excellent pedals for what you can pick them up for ($20-30). I've been thinking of tracing them out so they can be built with better components and without those cheap switches. I'd hazard the Juice Box would then sound better than many $150 overdrive pedals.
Quote from: Peter SnowbergHow 'bout speaker wire with colored thread over rubber scavenged from a nuclear missile guidance system. Razz
That's a new one (unless I've missed something crazy :)); I think you might be onto a great marketing strategy:
"It's common knowledge that Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, and SRV were known to jam together near nuclear waste dumps--the radiation did strange and wonderful things to their gear. Now you can get the elusive tone of these three masters (at the same time!) quickly and easily, and at no health risk, with our new radioactive guitar cables! They'll turn your Squier Strat and 1x10 Crate Practice amp into a howling, screaming rock 'n roll setup!"
shielded cable anyone? :o
Quote from: more_beershielded cable anyone? :o
Definitely not. Shielded wire can be a great help in a high gain circuit or one with a pesky leaky LFO.
Wow, I really opened up a can of worms here! Interesting. I'm trying to build a pedal and I was wondering how much "crap" I could toss into it to capture that secret special tone! Interesting...
-Joe Hart
I'm gonna say ANY boo-teek, limited-run, distortion pedal that claims to nail some classic sound irrespective of the instrument played, the pickups, speakers and amp used, and all the other stuff in the signal chain.
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My personal favorite.
http://www.altmann.haan.de/tubeolator/default.htm :roll:
AL
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"Important: Always coat the complete top surface of a device. Do not partially coat a surface, else you may end up in a mess of non-correlated overtones, and the result will not sound as intended." :mrgreen:
(http://www.altmann.haan.de/tubeolator/tube_gifs/coating.gif)
"Attention: Experience has shown, that power transistors in certain circuit topologies CAN over-react to Altmann “Tube-o-lator" lacquer. Over-reaction will lead to a dumb sound (that will make you feel sick), because too many overtones are filtered"
Whoehahahaha.... a dumb sound.... this is too much!!!... :mrgreen::mrgreen::mrgreen:
Quote from: DavidQuote from: ALMy personal favorite.
http://www.altmann.haan.de/tubeolator/default.htm :roll:
AL
What absolute marketing CRAP! :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil:
Lord have mercy! I am gonna hurl!
Yeah, that is one of the more stupid examples which has been posted here before. But audiofools love that kind of stuff. I know one guy who would only use pennies from a certain year to prop up one corner of his turntable.
Gotta love it when someone can sell lacquer for 120,000 Euros PER LITRE. Wish I had thought of it first, the creator is probably laughing his ass off in his bathtub full of money :) :)
Whew check out this one !!! I got it from James Randi's site. Wow who knew?
"HEALING YOUR INSTRUMENT
Reader Chris Turner of Swindon, UK, tells us that we can get "Vortex
healing" of musical instruments - and people - from Beliefnet by going
to //www.suzimorris.co.uk A questioner asked the "experts" this:
Can you please describe the healing procedure for a guitar -
step-by-step, if possible.
The answer followed:
Ok, but it is in nomenclature... If I am sitting, then
instrument (guitar) is place on my legs or on the floor in front of me.
I channel various forms of wizard thread, (depending on level this can
be one thread type or many), from my navel out my hands and into the
instrument. No the naked eye can not percieve [sic] this unless they are
very psychicly [sic] gifted (for example I see auras plain as day, as
well as some chakras, but I do not see the thread however I feel it
physicaly [sic] leave my hands/fingers). I intend the thread to form "a
structure that will fix and heal this guitar as much as possible as well
as improve the musical sound it makes as much as possible" or some other
simular [sic] thought. Then the structure is put in the instrument.
After that, I perform a "full navel hook up" to the instrument, (while
touching it lightly with my palms or not touching) where I ask Merlin
(Mehindra) to fix it and repair it as much as possible while I
concentrate on using Mauma. I ask Mauma to do a "full vortex healing on
the instrument" and Mauma does. Two or 3 min. later, the instrument
sounds as good or better than new (most often, but if it is litteraly
[sic] junk, don't expect a miracle [sic] although they do happen...)
Wizard thread comes from an "energy ball" that is in the navel
of someone who has taken the advanced class. Other classes have other
"balls" that are also given as gifts of power to all students. You can
do structures for nearly anything, and some of them can give instant
results for many situations.
A full navel hook up is an energetic embilical [sic] cord of
sorts that allows you to hook up to a person or thing and then act as a
channel through which Merlin (Mehindra) and Mauma can work directly on
the issue, ect. [sic] You can feel physical pressure in the navel when
turning it on, as well as energy moving through it."
Now if you'll excuse me I think I just wet myself. :shock:
AL
http://www.soundstage.com/revequip/esp_power_cord.htm
http://www.soundstage.com/revequip/dhlabs_powerplus.htm
http://www.essentialsound.com/
http://www.jpslabs.com/powercord.shtml
Andrew
Chicken head knobs are pain to adjust in some applications. But I think I´ll purchase few anyhow :)
E-H offers some nice candy-colored ones... 8)
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'Cyborg' chicken head knobs sound much better. Scroll down to bottom of page for a look...
http://www.okw.co.uk/catalogue/tuning/info_pages/plastic_tuning.info.htm
I wouldn`t leave the pot unconnected:
I`d turn it into a true passive negative logarithmic gain control
(pot=attenuator at the output).
Don`t forget a blue or purple or ultraviolet blinking indicator LED.
Of course,the 4558 should be "burnt in".
There should be a transparent cut-out on top or bottom of the box,
where you can see, if the stomp-switch is a real blue 9-lugged one....
Hmm... I almost forgot about power cords...
http://www.euronet.nl/~mgw/diy/cabling/uk_quadraad_1.html
http://www.euronet.nl/~mgw/diy/cabling/uk_scoobidoo_1.html
(also available in Dutch for those who are interested)
(http://www.euronet.nl/~mgw/diy/cabling/quadraad_fini.jpg)
(http://www.euronet.nl/~mgw/diy/cabling/scoubidou_fini.jpg)
:? :shock:
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Quote from: Paul MarossyCan it be any old rubber band or does Eric Johnson have to put it on himself? :lol:
I like the vintage rubber bands best. Hey, what if we dipped the rubber band in the "tubeolator" paint!!!
as he rushes off to patent the idea.............
:lol:
...audiophile shock-absorbing lownoise rubber feet...
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Now that you guys have brought up power cords, I feel obliged to tell you that $200 power cords will only get you so far... specifically, from the wall to your gear. Imagine all the other tone-sucking things your electricity has to go through... power lines, your home's circuit breaker, wiring in the wall, and often times your neighbors' houses! Horrible tone suckage!
I have recently started a consulting firm that will work with all necessary parties to get your tone up to par. We offer:
-Creation of a dedicated line from the power plant to your house, eliminating noise from neighbors' houses. These run one mile underground to get rid of problems caused by "sewer interference," a problem voted #2 on Bedroom Guitar Player's 2003 list of "tone suckers that go uncorrected."
-Only the finest power cabling from the plant to your house. Sure, it may cost $100 a foot, and you may be 10 miles from the plant, and you may need two cords, but ask yourself: can you put a price on your tone? You most certainly cannot.
-Refitting of turbines, gears, and other parts at the plant to super-rare metal alloys.
-A team of highly trained power plant workers to deliver you with the highest-quality power.
-All power systems at the plant are retrofitted with carbon comp resistors, chickenhead knobs, NOS switches/jacks, JRC4558 opamps burnt in by SRV himself, etc. If the other guys can do it to your stompboxes, we can do it here.
-Finally, even the coal/uranium that gives off your energy impacts your tone. After we secure your personal supply of 1960's nuclear materials from the Cold War, you'll be amazed how well you can play! You'll swear an Iron Curtain was lifted from over your amp.
(ok, that last one was absolutely horrible. I'm cutting my losses and quitting now)
Quote from: Arno van der HeijdenHmm... I almost forgot about power cords...
http://www.euronet.nl/~mgw/diy/cabling/uk_quadraad_1.html
http://www.euronet.nl/~mgw/diy/cabling/uk_scoobidoo_1.html
(also available in Dutch for those who are interested)
(http://www.euronet.nl/~mgw/diy/cabling/quadraad_fini.jpg)
(http://www.euronet.nl/~mgw/diy/cabling/scoubidou_fini.jpg)
:? :shock:
Call me a nerd! Call me a geek!...
I love these power cords. :P
They don't call me Coco Gadget for nothing...
I was about to mention that we should use shielded power cables. That's what I received with my remote usb drive/cd/dvd box. But the braided power cord looks much better. So it must sound better. :wink:
Gilles
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I'm 4 the "Placebo Box".
U don't hear the superb-overdrive, grasshopper???
Well, the LED is lit....isn't it?
So it must B on.....
LOL!!!!!
It should B a "small" box 2 maximize profitability.
:)
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Quote from: DavidQuote from: tonemanI'm 4 the "Placebo Box".
U don't hear the superb-overdrive, grasshopper???
Well, the LED is lit....isn't it?
So it must B on.....
LOL!!!!!
It should B a "small" box 2 maximize profitability.
:)
Gentlemen:
THE FIRST MEMBER OF THE R & D DEPARTMENT!
WE HAVE A NAME FOR OUR PEDAL!! :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
no no no people might catch on....call it something like "sugah box"
:-D
Simple:
*anything* that draws fevered responses, but does not in any way adhere or abide to logic, nature and human ability to actually distinguish it from anything else in a double blind A-B.
Oh, and I love chicken-head knobs. Sorry. I dearly hope I'm not the only one buying them from Steve.
Ok, why not call it simply "THE Box" to say anything else is not it.
Or "LA Boite" for a french cuisine mood...
Adjust it to your taste.
hmmm... "La Booty" for the funk lovers. Market diversification for ya ;)
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Where's the silver solder? I am in possession of titanium bottom plate screws that enhance second order harmonics if used with a Coleman gas generator for the power supply.
Also, the ckt must be covered in boutique goop. I have Vintage Elvis Vomit ( from med overdoses) that when gooped on the pcb, will give a unique Sunn Studios vibe to the ckt.
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Hey, we'll make the box out of ductwork! Paul Marossy, this is your field! Head on down to R&D!
dang quotes!!! :evil:
hey, I thought R.G. could get some strap steel 2x6's(?)
Oh, but then, it wouldn't B a "small" box...
But, it needs a Titanium bottom cover, fersure!
On the bottom it says "BooTeek"
Components??? What Components??
(remember the "what compressor??)
LOL!!
:)
Hmmmm, mayB we should take this 2 the Lounge??
Are beers given away there?
What about Medicinal Sticks or Cancer Sticks?
staytuned
tone
Sorry to ruin your fun but I suggest not using nothing "The ... Box" in the name. Very big european music shop has product line named just like that. And these are cheapos, for the masses, low budget. We don´t want anybody thinkin this product is like that.
How about LA Studio Excalibur Professional
We'll call it the "CIA Box"...... so secret is the mojo, that you can't even hear it. Nor can anyone else. But trust us, it's there :wink:
yours truly R&D dept. is already working on a tube-version of the
"no-gainer"; (who`d expect s.th. else?....)
as soon as the prototype is available, a copy of it will be sent over to
the "New at ROG" labs, to make a jFET implementation/emulation/sim...
(by passing the design thru a couple of departments/stages/phases (!), we could claim it to
be a "BBD" topology: Bucket Brigade Downhanded).
(anyone noticed, that up until now, the unit is capable of
True Zero Flanging?) :P :lol: :P
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After all these secret weapons inside, you should add on the box: "Not tested on animals", or "Not tested on real people"
"THE box, that even Jimi didn`t play!!!"
btw: who`se gonna get the first ones:
MusicToyz ("in stock - limited"),
or GP for testing?
ps: here`s wondering, which clone will follow first:
a C*rnish version, or B*hringer (made in far east)?
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I have a question for R&D, why are you guys proposing to throw potential profits out the window in the form of TONE SUCKING (Gawd, they use opamps!!) components? I propose the base model should be a gooped up solid core wire, from input to output. This design features an extremely direct signal path, totally void of tone sucking components. Your fans won't even think your using a pedal, but you know better and that’s all that matters.
Quotethe base model should be a gooped up solid core wire
Yes! And a tube version from that!
"this is a 100% all-tube circuit that for optimum response and minimum coloration of *your* signal we have painstakingly made sure has no relation to the signal path whatsoever"QuoteIf anyone tries to remove the goop, the circuit must self-destruct INSTANTLY in a very stinky mess that gives off choking clouds of red smoke! Can do?
Well 'course!
That's what *we* know that battery is for ;)
Wow, is this a long thread!! All I wanted to do was build a distortion box and incorporate many of the "secret" mojo elements just for kicks. I'm still working on designing my circuit, then I was going to start swapping out components for the mojo ones. Of course, I'm only going to use the components that I actually thought sounded better, but I'm sure that there are parts that would make no difference in the resulting tone so I could probably use lots of funky stuff here and there -- just for the mojo factor.
I think this thread is pretty funny, but it is a little off from what I was originally looking for. But I did get a couple of good "mojo" ideas.
-Joe Hart
Don't forget that when the enclosures are sanded and prepped for finishing and need to be washed... make sure that they get a dip in the mighty Mississippi River. This will infuse the box with that elusive "Muddy Mississippi Water" vibe.
-Joe Hart
THis joke box you are talking about..
it exists, and it DOES sound good and sells a lot.
Z Vex SHO, Bad Bob, etc. They have the volume knob
attached but a buffer pedal DOES have it's uses and can improve
your tone.
Good things you cynics were not around 100 years ago, we would have missed all the fun PT Barnum gave us. Don't believe a NOS tube sounds better than a new russian tube? Dont buy it! Save some of the good stuff for me, I can hear the difference.
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Mea culpa...
All evidence of my comments have been removed from this thread so as not to offend, insult or anger anyone.
Mike isn't offended as far as I can see - he's just pointing out a little flaw in our little thought experiment. I agree the SHO is a brilliant pedal and is very benificial - but there's also theory supporting that. Same with NOS tubes - although someone is always entitled to an opinion, theres scientific evidence stating some real benifits in NOS tubes.
This is not what we want for our magic box! We want REAL mojo, that cannot be proven by science or nature! See, what I envision is NOS paint! Sitting on a shelf long enough so that it won't harden is bound to do something for your tone!
So let's take a bit of a breather, have a grin and remember what this is all about, or at least has grown into. Building the ultimate box of hot air.
HI,
The power cables and that stuff you put on chips for a tube sound was pretty funny, but some people were putting obviously important things like NOS, germanium, etc into the same category. I'm just trying to point out that there is probably basis behind most such claims.
Of course if you look closely, that "mermaid" was really a fish tail stitched onto a monkey's torso :wink:
(http://images.evalu8.org/images/feejee-mermaid3.jpg)
Quote from: Jason StoutI have a question for R&D, why are you guys ... I propose the base model should be a gooped up solid core wire, from input to output....
err, you`re talking bout the "De Luxe" version, here!?...
:lol:
OT: to the drawbackers: we were
not talking about any existing pedal or method: we were having fun diy-group-designing the BPE
(best pedal ever);
I must admit, I thought it was meant to be a joke from the beginning... :oops:
bahh, that pic is disgusting...
- and OT -
(my opinion!)
Quote from: analogmikeI'm just trying to point out that there is probably basis behind most such claims.
Not what this thread is about. If you read the first post, the poster wanted a list of "mojo" related stuff - some posts have gone OT but IMHO it's all in the spirit of the original post.
Don't take it personally, Mike - the people that frequent this board are not your target market, and you've got your good rep and customer service record to build off of/make sales.
Besides, shouldn't you be making pedals?! Where is my KOT, dammit! :)
;lkj
Forget the True Zero Flanging. I've built plenty of pedals that do True Zero!
-Joe Hart
didn't see the pic....(?)(?)(?)(?)
"IF you *think* you got a good deal......You DID!!"
I built it, and someone came(to buy it).
staytuned
tone
actually, it should read "Tube Zero Flanging",
as I`m (as always)
referring to the valve-version :wink:
BTW: I prefer fresh E-H tubes... :!:
QuoteIf anyone tries to remove the goop, the circuit must self-destruct INSTANTLY in a very stinky mess that gives off choking clouds of red smoke! Can do?
We will also sell bottles of so-called mojo-goop remover, which will automatically turn into that stinky mess, when used on "our" goop...
:lol:
Nothing will disolve our Vintage Elvis Vomit goop. Well, maybe barbituates and rubbing alcohol.
We won't need carbon comp pulldown resistors, because it's a floor mount pedal. If a customer uses a rack, then we'll put them in, so you can pull it down from the rack. Value doesn't matter, but they must be 10watt resistors to support the weight of the pedal when you pull-down from the rack.
we`ll also sell schems and documentary pdf.`s @ $2.50 per download...
(of course no guarantee for possible bugs - that`s what the forum is for!)
and we will own the copyrights, and`ll sue everybody that stirs it into his ....(insert your favorite country here)`s... stompbox cookbook!
Oh shit Puretube! I already posted it! Don't worry...you need infra-red 3-D glasses to view it. Plus, it is scripted in Pr2/3 resolution. Only works in JRC4558 based Macintosh XP platforms.
when you already have posted it by accident, try to trace the IP`s of the people that have downloaded it by accessing your page,
and send a trojan after them, that`ll erase exact those documents...
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v437/latronax/janetsun.jpg)
I see you "nipped" it in the bud. :D
all entries in?
or should we take some extra considerations from the Russian V-ZOX thread?
time to start prototyping (breadboarding?)...
we gotta hurry up, for it won`t be long till someone pick up the idea,
and turn it into a futuristic aspect with a µP or even a PIC for controlling
a flashing SeekDisplay LED-array (probably with a "Batman"-logo
beamer)!
...they might even come up with a digital version (one-chip AD/DA)...
:P
How about making only every 10th pedal sound good (like old fuzzfaces) so we could sell more. Famous guitar roadies hunt for good ones in every music equipment shop. That old Zachary Vex trick technique (hidden surface mount miniature components inside pots and pcb) could be used.
Some cool pedal name suggestions:
Black Sabotage Fuzz
Bad Mojo 666 Distortion
Or just use components that you have lying around, so some are more fuzzy than others, some are high endy, some low endy -- pretty much just random. So, then people will have to have multiples and one will be for rhythm work, one for a boost, one for bluesy leads...
-Joe Hart
...and then there is that collector, who wants all variants! :lol: :lol: :lol:
no, but seriously: every box should have some secret individual scratches
(marked with a knife or "leatherman") on the inside, so they can be traced later by roadies and technicians, at famous recording sessions...
Quote from: puretube...and then there is that collector, who wants all variants! :lol: :lol: :lol:
no, but seriously: every box should have some secret individual scratches
(marked with a knife or "leatherman") on the inside, so they can be traced later by roadies and technicians, at famous recording sessions...
Puretube, you are a crazy man! You're having WAY too much fun with this!
<Keep it up!> :twisted: :twisted: :twisted: :twisted:
Puretube...
Our box needs one more component in it. We need an expertise sensor. It would measure how well the person using the box could play. The higher the degree of expertise, the lower the purchase price. For collectors, since most probably don't play, the cost would go up...
... WAY up! :twisted: :twisted: :twisted: 8)
hey, man - I`m only doing this for the "community" -
so everybody can make mods to it, improve it, clone it,
once it is discovered, de-gooped, reverse-engineered,
schematix/drawings copied, mailed around and posted/hosted
after it has become one of the most searched for, hyped
secret-weapon-pedals :lol: :lol: :lol:
Quote from: puretubehey, man - I`m only doing this for the "community" -
so everybody can make mods to it, improve it, clone it,
once it is discovered, de-gooped, reverse-engineered,
schematix/drawings copied, mailed around and posted/hosted
after it has become one of the most searched for, hyped
secret-weapon-pedals :lol: :lol: :lol:
Don't forget the "Keeley mods", and those of other boutiquers as well...
Quote from: DavidPuretube...
Our box needs one more component in it....
that would be a
new sensor ? :o
but seriously: I thought our box already had booteek-status?
Quote from: puretubeQuote from: DavidPuretube...
Our box needs one more component in it....
that would be a new sensor ? :o
8)
oh man, this thread totally exploded!
the pedal should have "absolute bypass," that is, its always bypassed.
And it should have a fesil inductor between the battery and the blue LED.
Quote from: Haloh man, this thread totally exploded!
the pedal should have "absolute bypass," that is, its always bypassed.
And it should have a fesil inductor between the battery and the blue LED.
Hal, I think that's a
weasel inductor!
maybe we can get a coil custom-wound by Mr. D*nlop?
maybe centre-tapped for dubble-frequencies (octaves!),
or even a multi-tapped coil to take care of 50Hz and 60Hz mains
plus octaving?
wow!!!: tap-bypass
(somebody say: MIDI-synced...)
:P :P :P
I love this one. A pair of "stones" you put in a room to somehow attract and absorb EMI. In fact, there is a 'myth debunker' organization that has offered $1M to the person who can prove they work. No one has come close.
http://www.shakti-innovations.com/audiovideo.htm
I just sprinkle germanium dust on my carpet, does the same thing.
Did you know that the "metal" in metal flake paint acts as shielding? Reduces RF, BS, and BMF's too. Add a little Ge dust in the clearcoat, and it will induce random sixties clipping. Only above the equator, I might add. This coupled with silver solder makes the circuit neutral ground so that all available wall warts won't work except our uranium depleted Power Supply. :)
(http://www.bananapress.fi/Pilat/PilaK/p-105.gif)
How about a nice hole you can stick your shtup in and get a nice polish on it. Think of the business from truck drivers alone!!
RDV
Quote from: Nasse
Maybe some gurus of this forum could take the role for a bottle of whiskey?
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v156/maxlaughs/0102.jpg)
Our Junior Design Team(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v156/maxlaughs/0406.jpg)
Our Senior Design Team
Bingo: count me (r.) to the senior team...
(http://www.pure-tube-technology.de/beer-probe.jpg)
Since we're boutique, let's not forget.....TB
Truth-bypass advertising!
oh, yes!
and for the valve-version a state variable "Color"-toggle to switch into
Tube Bypass, to get rid of the coloration...
From Marketing Dept.: place a Surgeon General's warning on the side of the pedal. This will make the pedal appear dangerous, and people will want it more.
"Caution: studies have shown that continued use of this effect will do absolutely nothing to improve your tone."
Most Objectable Junk Object
Quote from: puretubeMost Objectable Junk Object
+1000 8)
FRET:
d`ya think it`s about time to start breadbording our little gem,
or should we do a simulation first? (incl. Monaco/MonteCarlo/SanMarino)...
:?:
we had "The Yardbirds" live in our town this weekend,
but I didn`t wanna go to the show with empty hands...
Ever since I heard that "Andre Rieu" is gonna show up here on his
tour soon to come, this project got me itching for action...
ps: did we think of a thermal stabilisation with piggyback-to-belly junctions already?
:?:
If we could find a way to produce only the prime harmonics (screw the others! they sound bad) we would ave a winner.
Ton: lets do a simulation with the "River Dance Band" setting.
Good idea, the advertising should include "thermal something" on the reversed polar piggy- side up trannys. :)
ooops - we forgot mil.-specs:
we should offer an extra rugged army version ("The Invader"),
with a solid stainless steel
barbed wire
direct from in- to output jack...
:twisted:
Stainless is not the best conductor.
Perhaps you should try silver barbed wire, or even better, barbed Litz wire. :mrgreen:
"Blitzwire" for mess-distraction?
Well, the conductor for the army will be elected, soon...
Quote from: puretubeEver since I heard that "Andre Rieu" is gonna show up here on his tour soon to come, this project got me itching for action...
Hehehehe... ROFL :lol:
Our product, which is made with proprietary Blitzwireâ,,¢ technology boasts a mathematically perfect sound composed of your delicate tone mingling with all the prime number harmonics within the audio spectrum â€" these harmonics are so special that they only have divisors of themselves and one. Let not your tone be divided!
one more possible addition:
we could implement a "built-in Y-splitter"
(pronounced: "WHY-splitter"),
the output of which will either be connected to 2 individual output jacks,
or to a stereo jack:
one provides the 0 degree signal,
the other an extra "phased" 360 degree signal!
(with a phase shift accuracy drifting less than 0.01dB from the nominal value @ 20Hz to 44.1kHz)
aka: the vicious circle-phaser :twisted:
:lol:
Quote"Blitzwire" for mess-distraction?
How about Blitzwire fo mass DISTORTION!
It gives you superb articulation of even order harmonics and refines playing dynamics all at the same time while massivly compressing the signal for a SMOOTH SINGING CREAMY DELICIOUS LOW-FAT sustain!
how about evil harmonics for....soy- (=fatless) sustain ?
:roll:
Pity we left the millenium behind.
Around 1998-1999 it would have been great mojo trying to sell a Y2K (year 2000) compliant stompbox :wink:
Quote from: puretubeaka: the vicious circle-phaser :twisted:
:lol:
:lol: :lol: :lol:
Part of the tonal secret of the Blitzwire is the precise and specific spacing of the "barbs" which act as resonator traps for super high frequency harmonics, thus reducing the brill artifacts present in even the finest conventional interconnects.
:o
Quote from: Jason StoutOur product, which is made with proprietary Blitzwireâ,,¢ technology boasts a mathematically perfect sound composed of your delicate tone mingling with all the prime number harmonics within the audio spectrum â€" these harmonics are so special that they only have divisors of themselves and one. Let not your tone be divided!
I've been cracking up ever since I resigned from the corporation! I might point out that the harmonics you're talking about (divisors of themselves and 1) are...
...
PRIME HARMONICS! :mrgreen: :mrgreen: They are indeed special!
Note to R&D: If the delivery date hasn't impossibly slipped yet, the next design change is to incorporate generation of the
pi harmonic into the design (you know, the 3.141592... harmonic).
I know, I just know that certain people are now going to work in references to a certain circular baked confection that (in the US at least) generally contains sweetened fruit... :roll:
err, "PI" could be mixed up with a currently popular large muffler;
rather name the 3.14... "TRITONIC HARM" ?
btw.: maybe we should put a deadline to entries, when 10 pages are full?*
we could then concentrate on another product, located on the opposite side of the quality/price scale:
"The LOMOJO", most shitty performance, dirt cheap, mega-mass producable crap....
*: ooops, there it is...
Quote from: puretube
"The LOMOJO", most shitty performance, dirt cheap, mega-mass producable crap....
That would be our non-matched, leaky, fake - NKT Germanium model with the carbon comps. None of which is connected to anything (saves costs that way).
Have you heard of our Pendamonium Blitz fluxer
Based on researches made in the blitzwire labs, notes from bkitzwire user lead us to develop our new resonating Flux Phauzzer, based solely on tube technilogy and power by the "improbability engine" rotating phaser one seconed and jamming with ford perfect in a push of a button...
Your rotating Flux Phauzzer Penda Panda Blitzh UHF Reso in within YOUR REACH!
HEY: we don`t have a Blitzwire (registered FakeMark) user yet!
Or did someone slip a secret proto outta da lab??? :twisted:
...maybe... ;)
Quote from: puretube"The LOMOJO", most shitty performance, dirt cheap, mega-mass producable crap....
Called the TS7, isn't it? :lol:
no, rather: "Tube Dreamer" - very noisy device, though...
-eats batteries like...-
-large housing-
-plastic stompswitch-
-cardboard unshielded case-
.... - you name it -
This topic has provided that much needed "daily internal laugh" I have prescribed myself. Thanks!
I can’t seem to get the picture of a resonating section of Fakemarked Blitzwire out of my head.
I was thinking of solvents we could use on the plant floor and….It figures, after reading this (http://www.petitiononline.com/spots350/petition.html) I had to discard my first choice.
:wink:
Quote from: Jason StoutThis topic has provided that much needed "daily internal laugh" I have prescribed myself. Thanks!
I can’t seem to get the picture of a resonating section of Fakemarked Blitzwire out of my head.
I was thinking of solvents we could use on the plant floor and….It figures, after reading this (http://www.petitiononline.com/spots350/petition.html) I had to discard my first choice.
:wink:
Solvents? No problem, man! You can use ferric chloride or sodium persulphate (I think). You can clean the floor and etch circuit boards at the same time! :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
...aaahhhhh, I bet Germany and Denmark are VERY beautiful this time of year.
Tired of Florida. No tree colors.
RDV
...all the leaves are brown
and the sky is gray...
we`ve had a very lousy summer - yet it`s been so windy,
while there was not enough rain,
so that (due to the economic problems of the communities/people?)
the gardens and trees look like it`s fall since 2 months, since no
watering has been done....
:cry:
the LoMoJo (beta-tester versions only,) of course will come with a manual,
translated by an online-translator (babylon-fish)
into some far-east language,
re-translated into pidgeon-english by some native foreigner,
and hand-written in cyrillic letters,
then multiply copied with a "blackening" machine,
and will be faxed (thermo-paper!) to the customers
only upon their request (on their cost/pay per call).
(disclaimer included)
not after long, a users-forum, the: "JO-FORE" ("Jo4") will be established;
all contributors of this here thread are members of the "JOCO" community, - each under 2 different alias-names - :
the first alias is a fervent fan of the (in fact crappy))
LOmojo pedal (the so-called: "Lows"),
while their second alias contributes to turning down the
(in fact high-end) MOjo pedal (the so-called: "Mores").
Let`s sit back `n` relax, watching/reading what the customers/websurfers will come up with....
:P :P
ok, we got new hardware-details fo` da "MO`" :
see here:
http://www.diystompboxes.com/sboxforum/viewtopic.php?t=25495
Quote from: puretubeok, we got new hardware-details fo` da "MO`"
Oh, no! He's on the "jazz" again! :twisted: :twisted:
Quote from: Fret Wire
http://www.referenceaudiomods.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=NOB_C37_C&Category_Code=VOLUME&Product_Count=2
I already covered it on the first page. However, I'm now sourcing what might be even more incredibly mojo-istic:
wooden input/output jacks. NO TONESUCKING!!!!!!!!!
Quote from: Fret WireQuote from: Fret Wire
http://www.referenceaudiomods.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=NOB_C37_C&Category_Code=VOLUME&Product_Count=2
I already covered it on the first page. However, I'm now sourcing what might be even more incredibly mojo-istic: wooden input/output jacks. NO TONESUCKING!!!!!!!!!
Yeah, but... no conduction, either!
OOhhhhhh, I get it... :twisted: :twisted: :twisted: :twisted:
Quote from: David
Yeah, but... no conduction, either!
OOhhhhhh, I get it... :twisted: :twisted: :twisted: :twisted:
Hence, our "mojo-istic" claim cannot be disputed by any audiophile/effects forums. :twisted:
Even Better...cardboard jacks.!!!
I use these before, you laminate a buncha layers of cardboard [not corrugated] and drill a wire thread hole next to the 1/4'' hole and loop/tie wire through that, the fasten and shape a wire loop that will contact the tip when the plug is inserted [using the wires springyness to make contact]...works just fine when you're like really out of jack...
...so called Blitzjack-of-all-fakes...
:P
Quote from: Fret WireQuote from: Fret Wire
http://www.referenceaudiomods.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=NOB_C37_C&Category_Code=VOLUME&Product_Count=2
I already covered it on the first page. However, I'm now sourcing what might be even more incredibly mojo-istic: wooden input/output jacks. NO TONESUCKING!!!!!!!!!
yes, we had the knobs already - but did you see the passive attenuator?
The wooden pinocchio-jacks are a great idea, especially for the brandnew:
WIRELESS guitar (
= NO strings attached), aka: "unplucked
(btw.: no pun intended)
Well, you may want wood jacks for low impedance, ... unless it's wet, but I prefered to buy a chrome plated brass guitar (Dobro style) to make sure the ground would be good and the pick-up well shielded.
Metal picks and a mojo bag are also a good addition. 8)
Gilles
We should take care, that our pedals will always be
"in stock - LIMITED" in every online-store,
and start an e-b*y auction, as soon as we recognize, that one of the major dealers is (temporarily) out of supply....
BTW: are those pedals polyphonic aftert all?
(or should we add a hexa-/polyphonic version to our inventory?)
:P
Blitz-a-fonic ?
Shush! Don't tell anyone, but I've found the key to noise free distortion. This technology is borrowed from the automotive field "mojo" department. When hooked on to the input and output wiring, it will add magnetic shielding to the signal. No-Noise Super Audiophile Filters!
ps- remember to peel off the stickers, so we can claim it's an audiophile invention (truth-bypass advertising).
http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/Displayitem.taf?itemnumber=36098
This is one of the longest threads I have ever seen here! :shock:
Has anyone mentioned that stuff you paint on an opamp or transistor that is supposed to make it sound like a tube? I think this was discussed here before, but I still think it is hogwash... 8)
Earwax does the same thing though...I think that's what they're selling...you shape it around the transistor like a tube, and that makes it more tube-like...
in live-situations, we rather throw beers over the stompboxes, and spill some over the mixing console, too....
Quote from: PhorhasQuote"Blitzwire" for mess-distraction?
How about Blitzwire fo mass DISTORTION!
It gives you superb articulation of even order harmonics and refines playing dynamics all at the same time while massivly compressing the signal for a SMOOTH SINGING CREAMY DELICIOUS LOW-FAT sustain!
.......................:?: :?: :?:
http://www.blitzwire.de :?: :?: :?:.....................
The officail Blitzwire MassDistorter Web Site... that's a thing I'm anxius to see!!!
will the webpage's sound FX feature 0.00001% THD?
Quote from: PhorhasThe officail Blitzwire MassDistorter Web Site... that's a thing I'm anxius to see!!!
will the webpage's sound FX feature 0.00001% THD?
I know I'm gonna be sorry I asked this, but...
What measurement does THD represent?
Truth and
Honesty Distortion? :twisted: 8) :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
I always laugh when I hear people talk about NOISE free parts in a DISTORTION pedal.
Its pretty much nothing BUT controlled noise from an engineering standpoint.
David-
THD = Total Harmonic Distortion. 8)
David: no honesty in our pedal...it uses Truth-Bypass Switching.
Ton: awsome website for our new pedal!! 8)
I even found a famous "Guitar God" to endorse it! :twisted: :twisted:
http://j-walk.com/other/todd/aboutme.htm
We will sell millions!!
BTW, 3501 views on a post about complete BS!
Fret: I have to stay out of the endorsement negotiations with Todd!
I got a serious problem with the statement on the bottom of his home-page, where he mentions disliking trombones, and trombone-music.
Since I am a fervent fan of the great Fred Wesley, the baddest bone-player of all time (former bandleader/arranger for James Brown, and mastermind behind the JB`s and the Horny Horns, a.o.),
I don`t want to get in direct contact with Todd.
But it`s totally OK, when his management offers us a fair amount of cash,
if he wants to use our pedals in public.
The first couple of thousand pedals will not be sold, but rented, anyway.
(just like a big "exc*ter" manufacturer did in the beginning -
s.th. like 10.000 $ per weekend should be a good starting point -
- remember: they want to achieve that tone -.... ).
We need some good marketing guys/gals + accountants
I`ll stay in R&D&PR.
:P
QuoteHas anyone mentioned that stuff you paint on an opamp or transistor that is supposed to make it sound like a tube? I think this was discussed here before, but I still think it is hogwash...
Hey Paul - Page 3
AL
Quote from: Fret Wire....Ton: awsome website for our new pedal!! 8)
We will sell millions!!
BTW, 3501 views on a post about complete BS!
nota bene: the last 300 (!) views occurred over the last 22 hours!
(is that because of that strange link:
http://www.blitzwire.de/ ? )
BTW.: the
BS could very well be one of our follow-up products...
(advertized as the "Big Shot");
later then, the
BMF ("boss MoJo follower") will follow...
OK... check this out - and bare with me hear...
A Blitzwire Coffe Mug - juices up those creativity cells between your ears!
The Official Blitzwire T-Shirt - with our awsome new NuCotton thecnology (or NuCott - as it is reffered to in the biz) based Controlled Eviormental Maneging Gourment System - CEMGS - soak sweet and dirt better than any regular cotton product! to suit you sweet soaking needs on these long night in the spot lights!
Merchandizing my friends... who the he#@ even needs a real product?!
boy, you`re late...
the Organizayshon is already urgently awaiting the container from Ch*na, IYNWIM..... 8) 8)
(the heavy weather and stormy sea.....)
:)
I can't wait to get my official Blitzwire (TM) coffee mug and T-shirt!
Wait a second..... T-shirts may not be suitable for this..... perhaps a monogrammed polo shirt would be more appropriate. :D
Great new site Ton! :lol:
I was lucky enough to perform with Fred Wesley once (in the Greyboy Allstars configuration).... Damn.... he was good! :D
One of the surplus joints near us that sells appliances, mattresses, answering machines, DVD players and a whole lotta subwoofers and car power amps, has this little wedge-shaped thing like a lopsided loaf of pumpernickel that promises all manner of sound image improvements. I took one out of the box, and I swear to god it has no visible power. No wallwart jack. No LEDs to suggest even batteries. Just input and output jacks and a bypass switch. Clearly the thing is entirely passive. So what on earth could a 100% passive box do that would not eat up ridiculous amounts of signal and erode your S/N ratio or phase relationships? The nearest I can figure out is that it might be some sort of entirely passive version of something like the EM signal spreader circuit ( http://www.montagar.com/~patj/spreader.gif ) and merely passively cancels out antiphase information via purely resistive crossfeeds. I suppose the good news is that it is marked down to about $30 Canadian. I think it is made by a company whose initials are AR. I looked up Acoustic Research and Audio Research but it doesn't seem to be in either of their product lines.
Quote from: Peter Snowberg
I was lucky enough to perform with Fred Wesley once (in the Greyboy Allstars configuration).... Damn.... he was good! :D
Yeah, he
is good!
WOW, I`ll try to find you on that "greyboy" album!!
That reminds me, I mentioned a special story relating to my lovin` wife`s
birthday cheesecake - it has to do with Fred...
(somewhere here: http://diystompboxes.com/sboxforum/viewtopic.php?t=25591&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=15)
(http://photobucket.com/albums/v437/latronax/th_cheeca036.jpg)
As Gerti loves to say:
"Fred`s got more Funk in his toe, than J.B. in his show"
Quote from: puretube.....
Since I am a fervent fan of the great Fred Wesley,
[to the right:],
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v437/latronax/F.jpg)
the baddest bone-player of all time (former bandleader/arranger for James Brown, and mastermind behind the JB`s and the Horny Horns, a.o.),.....
....
Above pic (backstage) from his last concert with Bootsy`s New Rubber Band in Munich/Germany, where we`re discussing in front of the big black refrigerator, who`ll be the first one to "cut the cake".....
PS.: for those 2 of you, who
might not know too much about Fred Wesley, I suggest listening to: "Make It Funky pt.3" by James Brown,
(or read his great biography....)
Quote from: Peter SnowbergI can't wait to get my official Blitzwire (TM) coffee mug and T-shirt!
Wait a second..... T-shirts may not be suitable for this..... perhaps a monogrammed polo shirt would be more appropriate. :D.....
(artificial-) fur-embroidered leather jackets, maybe ?
we`d be soooo cool!
8)
Quote from: puretube(artificial-) fur-embroidered leather jackets, maybe ?
we`d be soooo cool!
8)
That's sounding much more like George Clinton. :o
The time I perfomed with the Allstars was with me doing psychedelic lightshow when they played San Francisco during 1997. ;) Not stage lighting or robot lighting.... but a true analog 1960s style psychedelic performance lightshow, with a funky twist to the feeling. :D
You wouldn't want to listen to me play guitar very long. :lol:
The coffee mugs, shirts, and jackets should be made in a "mojo location" by "mojo people". I tried nogotiating with Tibetan Monks, but I had to meet them in their Opium Den, so the talks were a little cloudy. They kept mumbling about trading for "Smokeable BBD Chips", so I don't think they're viable. Maybe I'll try circus gypsys.
for that Gypsy Magic?
oh my - GM MOJO
what happened to this thread splontaniously combusting at 10 pages?
this is like...unlucky page 13 mojo or something like that :twisted:
Hey guys!
Coming in late on this subject...I have some reservations about Todd as the endorser. I mean he's "kewl" and all, but it's my observation that his buddy James H. may have more of "the look" you may be going for. If someone in your marketing/PR department could find James H., you may be able to pick him up inexpensively (a twelve-pack or some new strings). Todd might get mad, but this is business :wink:
(OT...this is the most creative idea I've ever had the pleasure of reading, and The Guitar God website is priceless)8) !
Ok Tony, we'll use James, Todd will have to get over it. But his mom scares me! We'll hire his girfriend Myrtle to run the complaint dept. One look at her, and the customer won't feel his problems are so bad after all. :shock: And the girl on Myrtle's website will be my personal secretary. I know...I know.....a sacrifice I'm willing to make for the team. :twisted:
http://j-walk.com/other/myrtle/index.htm
3,850 views
Quote from: Peter Snowberg
...That's sounding much more like George Clinton. :o...
well he (left) is a big fan of our famous cheesecake, too:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v437/latronax/TON_Clinton.jpg)
(this pic however was taken while explaining him the sounds of a pedal...)
it`s about time for the poll:
Do you think the jacks should be orientated like:
1a) input=right; output=left
1b) input=left; output=right
1c) both: an input and an output on the left,
plus an input and an output on the right
1d) in/out jacks at the rear end
Do you prefer (for the wallwart-version):
2a) inside mounted DC-jacks w/ outside nuts
2b) outside mounted DC-jacks w/ inside nuts
2c) crocodile clips
on top!!!
the following is from the "ampage" forum, yesterday:
Quote
Tronton ( )
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Sun Oct 24 21:19:09 2004
Sir anonymous: tell us, are You the mysterion behind that new:
" http://www.blitzwire.de " ?
(#195)
--------------------- JHS
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Sun Oct 24 22:59:57 2004
Let's see what RIPE give us back:
blitzwire.de is redirected to
www004.lifemedien.de
My last info says that blitzwire.de owner is BSM FX-company in Germany (those overprices nonsens-booster), but I don't have the time to check this....
don`t know who "ripe" is, but in this case ripe is wrong, imho...
or is "BSM" involved in this thread, and I missed it?
:?:
are we going to issue the
"O-N-B" , too?
:?
BTW.: since no-one seems to be able to decide which DC jacks will
be used, the active pedals need to be battery-powered.
According to the Kyoto-protocol, there will be solar-powered "green"
versions, which however will
not be for sale in Australia, China,
and the U.S..
From the R&D department, we hear that probably for these non-Kyoto-
countries, a special rocker-pedal version with mechanically attached generator (so-called "Hamster-wheel") is planned - there are difficulties though, to get rid of the "Dynamo-Hum", aka: "Z*ppa-Noise"...
'Nuclear Steam Powered' ... Cars and Pedals ... everybody gets a chunk of uranium, power your house using your cars reaktor....low risk as long as you water your plant Every day !!
how about a blue phosphorescent blinking numeral 192x248 dot display,
saying: "ON" or "OFF";
now I come to think of it: actually saying: "play" or "bypass" via a voicecorder-chip, or even better, a small length of analog tape... :shock:
:P
laser light show bypass indicator
pyrotechnics
I can't believe that this is still going! What have I done? I'm sorry!!
-Joe Hart
this thread has developed something like the "Fuzz-Lounge" thread @ Harmony-Central`s FX-forum... 8)
(over there, threads usually vanish after about 5 weeks, due to much overall traffic :cry: )
is it ethical, to design workalikes of a MoJo-pedal(reg. Fakemark)?
:?
Quote from: Joe HartI can't believe that this is still going! What have I done? I'm sorry!!
-Joe Hart
You've allowed us to have fun, that's what you've done! Nothing to be sorry about! :D :D :D :D
Let's not stop yet... 8)
Has anyone brought up replacing the knobs on your electric guitar yet? Certain kinds of knobs get you the mojo you've been looking for, ya know. :wink:
Only if they're dice knobs.
That's the secret to Billy Gibbons-esque pinch harmonics.
Well, it's either that or the synthetic fur.
Hmm...
No way, man. It's that car that's got the SERIOUS mojo
K
they can't be commercial dice knobs, either. They need to be 100% authentic Las Vegas dice, with holes drilled in them. The others don't sound as good.
tumbling tone (roll off beyond 6...)
Quote from: puretubetumbling tone (roll off beyond 6...)
Nice! I like.
Staying with the BG mojo--it's also that hat; the one that looks like it's made out of beads or something.
EDIT: wow, I just realized that EVERYTHING affects your tone. Crap, now I've got to get a pair of Chuck Taylor's. Now wonder I had such massive tone in High School!
Quote from: jayp5150Only if they're dice knobs.
That's the secret to Billy Gibbons-esque pinch harmonics.
Well, it's either that or the synthetic fur.
Hmm...
Could that long beard contribute to the
hair in his tone? :twisted: :twisted:
Quote from: David
Could that long beard contribute to the hair in his tone? :twisted: :twisted:
Totally--AND in his vocals!
I once designed a nice tube-distortion box
(actually a derivate of the what`s now known as the E-H "Hot Tubes"
- with the number of pots reduced to 2 ),
which goes by the name of: "ZZ-Tube"...
8) cheap sunglasses 8)
Quote from: puretubeI once designed a nice tube-distortion box
(actually a derivate of the what`s now known as the E-H "Hot Tubes"
- with the number of pots reduced to 2 ),
which goes by the name of: "ZZ-Tube"...
8) cheap sunglasses 8)
Should be
22-Tube to avoid the trademark problems :)
BTW what sort of drill should I use to drill the casino dice to obtain maximum DIY mojo or does some sacred luther have to do the job for me ?
Rob...
I designed knobs for my new 'clone yer own' LP Flattop guitar.
Mahogany, countersunk holes, so they 'skirt' right to the top of the guitar, and have 'curved' flat spots all the way around them, but with two larger ones near settings 10 and 6, I used the bench grinder to shape them [the flat spots are actually concave radius of the grinding wheel] so that I have flat spots on them that 'fit' the curve of my thumb...this makes referencing 'where' the volume is, and where I want it set a 'feel' thing, like braille, I can 'read' the knob setting by feel...I like it.
those "braille-knobs" sound good to me!!!
(or like James Brown used to say:
"for goodness sakes, Ray Charles: Take a Look at Those Cakes!")
[ come on in, RDV 8) ]
an idea for the marketing/sales dept.:
http://diystompboxes.com/sboxforum/viewtopic.php?t=26622
s.th. similar to that M**G project could also be done with the MoJoes...
:lol:
Quote from: Kilby
BTW what sort of drill should I use to drill the casino dice to obtain maximum DIY mojo or does some sacred luther have to do the job for me ?
Rob...
It's not so much the drill (although a carbide bit is rumored to give a bit more midrange--but that is disputable), but you want to make sure that the dice add up to seven. Here's a guide (for a 2-knob guitar):
5&2 = more lows
6&1 = smoother highs, but not as much low-end as the 5&2 combo
4&3 = mid boost (think "Clapton Strat")
Hope that helps. Also, you always want the lower number on the tone knob. It is in no way advised to use the same combo for a 4 knob guitar (i.e.-use a 4&3 on one set and a 2&5 on the other). This could lead to catastrophic problems. I used to have a Gold top LP--I
used to. Heed the warning.
...cant beleive I missed this thread all the way up until now...
..didnt read through all the 14 pages, but cream collored chicken head knobs on a hamerite painted box..if its also hocked up completly with cloth covered, purple only, wire...can't you SEE how good it sounds?.. :roll:
Johan
Woah, I just realized--has anyone mentioned (prepare for cliche) knobs that go to eleven?
It's one louder, isn't it?
Although, some Peaveys go to 12...
Crap.
I think fender hotrods go to 12 also.
Quote from: HalI think fender hotrods go to 12 also.
They do... mine does 8)
And when I read the post about it, I though it would be cool to have a guitar with the Volume going to 12 :twisted:
Add a preamp inside a guitar, adjust it to get a normal volume for that guitar at 10... then pump up the volume to 12 when needed :P
Gilles
I believe I could sell the same circuit to different customers- using different cosmetÃcs and suggestive name to the pedal, tailored for the potential group of customers.
Over-aged hippies, old Blues Farts, Heavy Metal youngsters, even those who you do not regognize without ornitology books and the sensible average guy does have their weak spot, and a serious musician can be fooled too. They have money burning in their pocket and they want to buy something.
Often you can see from your shop window what kind of music the customers coming towards play, and you can perhaps choose a sticker with suitable craphics and quickly put that on while the potential buyer comes in. Putting on different knobs takes some time, so it is best to prepare few ones that are put visible for customers. If special model is needed, you can tell you have one "in the back room storage" or something, and do the job so the customer does not see
we urgently need to install pulldown-resistors at the input of all
MoJo pedals of the series!
(otherwise this thread never reaches 10000 views, like the "WayHuge" one
soon will: http://diystompboxes.com/sboxforum/viewtopic.php?t=18837&start=180).
That resistor of course will raise the street price of a given pedal from e.g.
$59.95 to $59.97, or from $1289.90 to $1290, but what the heck:
no pops, no ifs, no maybes!
The latest in pop prevention technology ... patant pending.
we also could offer real: "UN True Bypass" on selected models...
(http://diystompboxes.com/sboxforum/viewtopic.php?p=178984#178984)
:shock:
Quotewe also could offer real: "UN True Bypass" on selected models...
"Real 100% UN-TRUE bypass, which means absolutley no pop-ups, or your money refound"
Glue the following decal on your box.
(http://www.finitesite.com/gtechblues/My_images/Un-True.jpg)
:wink:
Gilles
Quote from: puretubewe urgently need to install pulldown-resistors at the input of all
MoJo pedals of the series!
(otherwise this thread never reaches 10000 views, like the "WayHuge" one
soon will: http://diystompboxes.com/sboxforum/viewtopic.php?t=18837&start=180).
That resistor of course will raise the street price of a given pedal from e.g.
$59.95 to $59.97, or from $1289.90 to $1290, but what the heck:
no pops, no ifs, no maybes!
Naahhh... make it $1299.95 so the marketing flacks can say "the MoJo pedal -- under $1300!". And, it gooses the profit margin just a touch more! :twisted: :twisted: :twisted: :twisted:
Quote from: Fret Wire
We won't need carbon comp pulldown resistors, because it's a floor mount pedal. If a customer uses a rack, then we'll put them in, so you can pull it down from the rack. Value doesn't matter, but they must be 10watt resistors to support the weight of the pedal when you pull-down from the rack.
I already solved the pulldown resistor issue on pg. 7 when I was in R & D. You only need pulldown components if the pedal is above floor level. I prefer Fender amp handles for pulling down over resistors. Besides, the ad dept. can claim we use a "leather pulldown component"....much, much, much more mojo than silly resistors. :idea:
what else do we need to get the mojo running?
(http://diystompboxes.com/sboxforum/viewtopic.php?p=180675#180675?)
who dares to post the last entry?
[summary coming up, soon]
Forgive me if I'm wrong, but I believe we've missed the blatantly obvious "used by so-and-so" mojo.
We need a guitar hero that has mystique, skill, and just smells like mojo--even in photos.
Needs to be someone relatively new, but instantly classic.
Or, we just resurrect someone's ghost to endorse this thing. "Endorsed by SRV's apparition" or something.
Not meant to be distatseful--all in fun.
maybe: the "new, resurrected CREAM" ?, e.g. ??
YES!
That's perfect. Are we allowed to use the word "crossroads" on it? That would be a good name for a blend control--or just a dummy knob with no pot under it. People would swear they hear the change from twisting it, though.
Quote from: Fret Wire
I even found a famous "Guitar God" to endorse it! :twisted: :twisted:
http://j-walk.com/other/todd/aboutme.htm
We already found a guitar god to endorse the pedal: Todd (check out his vintage Ebay auctions)
BTW, Ton: we have to send Todd another prototype, though. His mother's boyfriend traded it for a six-pack.
the all-new "MOTHER"-pedal will start the "FAMILY"-series!
(including the "SIX-PACKER", a throw-away stompbox).
:lol:
btw: is Todd really a worthy endorser - his mom living in shame - ?
:shock:
Wow. How did I miss that?
THAT is rock 'n' roll.
Proceed.
Quote from: puretubebtw: is Todd really a worthy endorser - his mom living in shame - ?
:shock:
Why not? Jerry Lee Lewis married his 13 yr cousin. That's rock n' roll!
Besides, with eye spacing like Todd's, he can watch the pedal and his fretboard at the same time.
thank you Pete, for your RS "The Sockets" contribution!:
http://diystompboxes.com/sboxforum/viewtopic.php?p=181267#181267 8)
RS sockets?? what be they?
Cheers,
george
another great idea for the MoJo-series: the "Style-Swapper".
(comes with absolute NO-MODability!):
http://diystompboxes.com/sboxforum/viewtopic.php?t=27208
:)
What a great idea! Keyboard players and computer auto-accompaniment program users have had this feature before, so it was only a question of time when this technology was made available for guitarists.
Maybe bands stay longer together, no need to change players because of "musical disagreements", just byu the hot new styles from MoJo Effects.
maybe we should read the linx in this thread:
http://diystompboxes.com/sboxforum/viewtopic.php?p=182656#182656
:roll:
Quote from: Fret Wire
...That's rock n' roll!
Quote from: puretubeQuote from: petemooreQuote from: HalQuote from: puretubeQuote from: Dan NQuote from: puretubeQuote from: zachary vexQuote from: BenjaminQuote from: zachary vexQuote from: JHS
...To me it's just a joke...
JHS
bah. ... i laugh my ass off....
No,...I really enjoy...
1] he has....
2] i made....
... :P
...this?
...thinking about infinity...
8)
...had to do it.
...no return?...
which color,
what end ?
now we crossed the borders... :shock:
LOL! :lol:
If you stare at the quote maze real hard, you'll hear "Helter Skelter" backwards.
"I got blisters on my quote fingers!"
ps- quote that!
Live PEdal Press for Spinal Tap Type Band.
These devious devices not only stomp your pedal, with 3 foot of leverage arm, a sturdy stompknob depression pad, wide stance frame footing, they easily go the extra 3'' or so through your pedal, and slowly crush your pedal, causeing it to fail in unpredictable and usually non-fascinating ways !!!
Amaze your friends for seconds as you find the interesting mojo you though your lousier pedals never posessed !!!
Collect all the Cheap-O plastic pedals, try them at your gig in the Live Pedal Press, then, :D don't trade them with your friends !!!
ALL future MoJo pedals will be specially labeled:
http://diystompboxes.com/sboxforum/viewtopic.php?t=27285
thanx for that link, bwanasonic!!!
:P
Quote from: puretube...(otherwise this thread never reaches 10000 views, like the "WayHuge" one soon will:
http://diystompboxes.com/sboxforum/viewtopic.php?t=18837&start=180).
...of course,
this topic, with
this very posting marks the:
POST #100.000 in this forum 8) 8) 8)
Quote
Building your own stompbox
Post your questions about building your own stompboxes.
Moderators aron, Peter Snowberg 12344 100000 Mon Nov 29, 2004 2:51 pm
puretube
Mojo is what I have, and you want.
I can't tell you what I paid for my Mojo, I'm a Master Mojo Dealer.
You can buy some of my aged Mojo...say 3,900 should get you started.
Those .39c items, even if you have 1000 of them, could never Match the Mojo I have, and can sell you. We are talking about magic here.
Signed, 'The Mojo Socket"...Devils Advocate.
ya sho nuff got da mo`jo, pete: falettinmebe da 6k-th viewa ... 8)
just found more "MOJO" here:
http://www.robertkeeley.com/product.php?id=31
reading thru the lines, it seems that caps with higher tolerances
(maybe +200/-100 % ? :lol: ) add to the magic...
[or did Iget that wrong :?: ]
:shock: :? :oops:
I suppose that by using wide-tolerance capacitors, you spread the range of sounds achieved from individual pedals, thus giving rise to SOME pedals with 'mojo' (i.e. the ones that sound right).
QuoteI suppose that by using wide-tolerance capacitors, you spread the range of sounds achieved from individual pedals, thus giving rise to SOME pedals with 'mojo' (i.e. the ones that sound right).
Something like that (make only few pedals sound mojo) was already suggested by me on page 7. But I DID NOT HAVE AN IDEA HOW to do that... but it is o.k. to tell the percentage, not the exact component values.
it`s really time for a summary...
Quote from: puretubejust found more "MOJO" here:
http://www.robertkeeley.com/product.php?id=31
reading thru the lines, it seems that caps with higher tolerances
(maybe +200/-100 % ? :lol: ) add to the magic...
[or did Iget that wrong :?: ]
:shock: :? :oops:
I think they really mean "low tolerance" - it's a pretty common mistake, thinking "high tolerance" means less slop.
is "slop" mojo-ish?
if yes, it`d be something the MoJo`s need;
but if less slop means less MoJo...
one of the most underestimated mojo-factors is the production date:
after the successful run of limited Santaclaus issues,
next special editions will be the X-mas Special,
and the New Year Evenger.
Later on next year: 4th of july...
:lol:
"new" MOJU, based on "BOXES" thread---
Chemically Etched/Engraved Boxes
WooHoo!!!
Oooooo, DooooNutssss!!!!!
send us all your defective de-soldered SAD1024;
we need them to put them as placebos (non-functional) into the
MoJo Chorus and Flanger-pedals series.
To hide what`s really doing the effect (MN3207), we sand those
(they look unspectacular like any single/dual opamp, anyway).
Happy reverse-engineering :P :twisted: !!!
This action will even rise the cult-status of the SAD,
and NOS sellers can gain much higher margins...
Well, it seems that I started quite a long thread! So, I'm taking it back!! From now on please refer to the "magic" stuff we're all talking about as Mo-Joe. It will be called the Magic Mo-Joe Pedal. And if someone does not comply, I will be forced to send bad vibes your way!
Anyway, I originally started this to get some ideas. I wanted to build a pedal using lots of "secret Mo-Joe stuff." Mainly because I have some wires that were used when my son was a newborn and in VERY bad shape (check my site for details). These wires monitored his heart and his breathing -- essentially they kept him alive. And I want to design a pedal that I love so much that I will always use it, and incorporate these wires into it. That way, my guitar signal will be traveling through the very wires that kept my son alive! How's that for Mo-Joe??
Also, I am hijacking this thread (again) to send people over to a new thread that I will start right after I'm done here. I don't know how to import a link (and I don't have the thread started yet), but if you search for "Violet Ann" you will find it.
SO CHECK OUT THE "VIOLET ANN" THREAD!!!!!
Thanks.
-Joe Hart
Joe Hart - here's the link to the Violet Ann thread (http://www.diystompboxes.com/sboxforum/viewtopic.php?t=28097).
Hi
did any allready mention the mojo "shielding color"?
just in case the hammond box wouldn't!
"true metallic laquer" like original stuff.
(hence my name "radio")
:D
Joe: you got the edit-button for the topic-title in your first post...
(so you could change it to Mo-Joe).
A very heartwarming story, and I dig the "Violet Ann" idea,
though I`m afraid not to be able to participate.
(I`ll think of another way to be helpful...).
we need aged bulbs:
http://diystompboxes.com/sboxforum/viewtopic.php?t=28298
+ everybody read Jeorge Tripps speaking about MoJo from page 270 on, here:
(http://www.formusiciansonly.com/AMBookCover.jpg)
thanx to jimbob for spreading the news! :
http://diystompboxes.com/sboxforum/viewtopic.php?p=191584#191584
we`ll print new stickers on the pedals:
NOT cloned by BOREINGER, yet
(http://diystompboxes.com/sboxforum/viewtopic.php?p=196376#196376)
Just got killer visual idea for Mojo BOREINGER product line logo: A yellow equal sided triangle standing on its base, bold text BOREINGER bottom and picture of a copy machine over that inside the triangle.
We need to hire this ad-man: Great anti-mojo ads again!
http://www.metasonix.com/TX1.htm
Well the Ad matches the sound clip...very trashy...
this is all the vintage mojo you could ever wish, i just made a poedal out of it!!!!
before i cover it with goop i'll let you in on the secrets!!!
IT'LL MAKE ME A BILLIONAIRE!!!!!!!
(http://images2.fotopic.net/?iid=ysxbto&outx=600&oq=0)
the specs:
-Vintage GE trannies including an AC128 and a Mullard OC44! MATCHED!!
-Vintage caps! Orange drop!, Mustard!, Paper#Foil!, Tropical Fish!, one of those little yellow butter-like caps! oil!
-Carbon comp resistors! for a nice distortion!
-A vintage JRC 4558 chip!!!!
-Perfboard!
-A Dying Battery!
-Vintage Fabric covered wire!!!!
-An NOS Telefunken Tube!!!
-Chickenhead knob!! A large one for more tone enhancing!
-A blue indicator LED!
-The unit has NO STOMPSWITCH it's meant to be on top of your amp like the original Dallas Rangemasters!
-It's completely TRUE BYPASS because it's NOT in your signal chain!!!
-All this is covered by a VINTAGE enclosure with the original CRACKLED Hammerite-like (but more viuntage) green finish!
i'm gonna be rich!
(http://www.zwammers.com/forum/images/smilies/114.gif)
Quote from: birtbefore i cover it with goop i'll let you in on the secrets!!!
Ahhh... you forgot to leave the screw off the back side of it - you know -the one that gives you that secret tone.....
L...O...L...!!!
Quote from: birt...before i cover it with goop i'll let you in on the secrets!!!
:lol: Hehehehe...... :D
did we cover the "through-hole mojo" yet? :
http://diystompboxes.com/sboxforum/viewtopic.php?t=29094&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=15
:)
tnx for this contribution:
(http://hometown.aol.com/sequetious/images/box.jpg)
from this thread:
http://diystompboxes.com/sboxforum/viewtopic.php?t=29515
Since this has some digital chips, it might benefit from some separate Mojo analoguer filter plugged after, to remove nasty digital fizziness, and re-align phase response of waveforms back to natural. Indeed almost every new modelling and digital fx processor could get back their fidelity caused by too low sampling or dsp frequency and poorly designed d-a converters with jitter and frequency depending phase shift, causing ear fatique and loss of detail.
There's an error on that diagram - the upper right switch should be labelled "Analogue" and "MORE Analogue". :lol:
engraved-purple-lit-plexi "MOJO"-logo similar to this one:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v295/zacharyvex/iMPstraightsmall.jpg)
I seem to remember something about magical tonal properties of the rubber bands holding the bottom on one of Eric Johnson's Fuzz Faces... :lol:
got to be wound bifilar, though... :lol:
Ok, since someone reposted my (very inspired) diagram, I feel obliged to add a little here. If you think guitar people are weird about "mojo" you ain't seen nuthin' yet. Audiophiles are the craziest people alive! (I know this is like Harley riders dissing BMW riders for only talking about their brand of bikes... but bear with me)
I interviewed for a job with a guy who was selling CD player "smoothing filters" to audiophiles. All he was making was a block with two 1:1 isolation transformers for the audio outputs. We're talking maybe $100 worth of parts if he was using Jensen transformers, and he was selling these for a mint!
Too bad we can't have a mojo contest with people from vastly different forums; what kind of mojo do the ricer/streetracer guys have? What about guys on the woodchipper forum? They probably don't have our sense of humor about it.
of course, all transformers used in the "MOJO" pedals come on TOROID cores, for sure!
(way huge cores for the bifilar blitzwire- wound ones... :
http://www.blitzwire.de)
to actually hear the pure mojo, click here:
http://diystompboxes.com/sboxforum/viewtopic.php?t=29866,
follow the instructions,
move your mind,
and your b*tt will follow...
but: hurry - time is running out!
Here's one:
http://www.referenceaudiomods.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=NOB_C37_C&Category_Code=VOLUME&Product_Count=2
I think it already was on this thread once...
Cool thing indeed. I've gotta buy a bunch of these on my amp and guitar and all the stompboxes...
Well, I might as well put them on all my cupboards and drawers while I'm on it... you can never have too much mojo, you know...
---------------
Jimbo
me thinx we already had`em twice on the first pages - seem to be sought for items - we`ll get them (identical "Chlones" :wink: ) from the far east - we`ll let`em go for half the price - (knob-dumping...)
http://diystompboxes.com/sboxforum/viewtopic.php?p=206457#206457
additionally to what`s mentioned in above topic,
the box has to be solarpowered (thinfilm panel),
to have an ultraflat unit (activated by a thin FSR...),
or "Volumepowered", by a dB-to-voltage converter
("ViP" supply: Volume into Power supply.)
this thread:
http://diystompboxes.com/sboxforum/viewtopic.php?t=30390&sid=cdb5e1c37df4c0e847d3360f4e0cefa5
has to be mentioned here!!!
so what provides more mojo, Hammond enclosures, or racos? I seem to think I'm the only one that likes those indistructible little things...
somebody asked for it...
(http://diystompboxes.com/sboxforum/viewtopic.php?p=210502#210502)
has to be added here:
http://diystompboxes.com/sboxforum/viewtopic.php?t=31006
:P
dowsing rod
earth rays, e-rays
FENG SHUI
Just in case these are not yet mentioned
How come no one puts neon lights on their pedals like the cars in the early '90s with the lights underneath the chassis? Or like the tricked out kit computers today with the lightning bolt rods inside them. I'm going to build a tube amp with those lightning bolt things in it, and some neon lights. Do you think it will humm?
seems it`s about MOJO time, again: roll yer own...
http://home.earthlink.net/~lenyr/varelec.htm
beware: use a self-designed bucket! (or try a dutch milk-can)
Curly cords need to be in the MoJo thread:
http://diystompboxes.com/sboxforum/viewtopic.php?t=32048
actually, currently we`re working on a limited edition of retro-pedals
wired with perlon insulated point-to-semicolon breadboards according to aged military specs...
("The Making of the Reloaded" - beta untested...)
:P
inspired by a recent thread:
( http://diystompboxes.com/sboxforum/viewtopic.php?t=32618 )
I came to the conclusion, that for the vereoboarded pedals-series,
the hard, sharp rim of the copperstrips should be etched off to a more
softly gulfed form (sinusoidal pattern), to avoid standing waves and reflections between the parallell adjacent strips.
The pro-version FX` stripboards of course will be pre-silver-plated before assembly;
the signature-series will come with goldplated strips,
while we`re still looking for a supplier that offers 1mm thick copper-strips
on ceramic substrate (5.08mm footprint) for the "VeroTube" boxes...
:lol:
under construction: the "THRU ZERO BYPASS"
(yes, seriously: switching @ zero-crossing of the signal...)
[there are some ICs available, that offer this option,
for popless switching]
transparent GOOP !
(a little bit inspirated by these pics:
http://diystompboxes.com/sboxforum/viewtopic.php?t=33037)
strictly only use for tubes!!! :
http://www.thetubestore.com/tuberings.html
8) :lol:
(thanx, barret77)
parts from soviet submarines :-D
(EH)
http://www.partsconnexion.com/audiogon_pix/WEBPAGES/PEARL.htm
http://www.1388.com/articles/chntube/index.html
http://herbiesaudiolab.home.att.net/
im surprised the FLUX CAPACITOR wasn't mentioned yet (or did i miss it in 20 pgs of posts!
this is cool mojo that I like:
http://acapella.harmony-central.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=954718&perpage=25&pagenumber=1
(or rather say: hot mojo...)
8)
http://www.cryo-parts.com/products1.html
(http://cryo-parts.com/Images/SWObanner.jpg)
" Our objective was to develop receptacles whose sole purpose was to deliver the highest sound quality possible."
but I need green cryogenicals...
:P
Quote" Our objective was to develop receptacles whose sole purpose was to deliver the highest sound quality possible."
Pfffttt. Your power is only going to be as good as what is being supplied to your receptacle. Hmm... magic receptacles, where do I get one?! :roll:
BTW, has anyone mentioned that Hendrix got his great wah sounds because one of the rubber feet were removed making it more to his liking?
No no no, it was the capacitors rolled with 50lb rag paper, with diamond plate dielectrics and sealed with beeswax and solid gold leads.
http://www.freepgs.com/eyeberriedpall/sonicfinger/VSV.html
"THIS" has the most "MOJO" ........ EVER !!
( Post requested by Pure Tube :D )
Marty. :lol:
Well... Could someone explain me what "Mojo" means exactly ??? :?:
Quote from: BasstyraWell... Could someone explain me what "Mojo" means exactly ??? :?:
Think of an old "blues" song .... " I git my mojo workin "........ ?
Could be originaly a kind of "VooDoo Magic" as in "Magic Mojo" !!
We use it now as a term for "Total Bullshit" !!!
Marty.
Quote from: MartyMart
...We use it now as a term for "Total Bullshit"...
I wouldn`t say
that - to me there also exists absolute positive MoJo -
(anyways: the answer to the Q is posted somewhere in the first 19 pages of this thread, IIRC... :P )
Quote from: puretubeQuote from: MartyMart
...We use it now as a term for "Total Bullshit"...
I wouldn`t say that - to me there also exists absolute positive MoJo -
(anyways: the answer to the Q is posted somewhere in the first 19 pages of this thread, IIRC... :P )
OK, perhaps i was a "little" harsh :wink:
The only "positive mojo" that I've experienced was a small Nobels Fuzz
from Ebay, "Buy it now for £5" !! .... mint, sounds great :D
Marty.
http://mojotone.com/plugin/
I found this interesting various mojo stuff link http://www.luckymojo.com/ from http://www.hbtb.net/img/site/hbtb_menu05.gif
btw imho some plugins are damn good
Bubble wrap PCB mounting, like in The Famous Pedals:
http://acapella.harmony-central.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=958370
(scroll dwn for attached pics...)
http://www.amprepair.com/kanuter_vtpb1.htm
check this out:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=64418&item=7333435572&rd=1
:shock: :roll:
Quote from: puretubecheck this out:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=64418&item=7333435572&rd=1
:shock: :roll:
Yeah, but "having the manual" will "SERIOUSLY" improve the tone !!!!!!
:roll: :shock: :roll: :shock: :roll:
M.
http://www.fret2fret.com/scales.html
I did a quick check and I think TUBE SOUND was not mentioned (of course tubes were mentioned), and chicken head knobs and much everything else
err, chickenhead knobs were the 13th amendment, on page1...
Quote from: puretubehttp://www.fret2fret.com/scales.html
Ok, I don't want to give away the fret2fret "secret" to do not ruin the guy's business, but I assure it is the most ridiculous thing I have ever seen in the music world... (no, I have not paid for it, thank God)
Quote from: barret77Quote from: puretubehttp://www.fret2fret.com/scales.html
Ok, I don't want to give away the fret2fret "secret" to do not ruin the guy's business, but I assure it is the most ridiculous thing I have ever seen in the music world... (no, I have not paid for it, thank God)
Go on, tell us, charlatans should be outed.
I wonder if that was the same Mike Slaiter that was selling a horse racing betting system ripoff in the UK? :roll:
the 2006 collection of new stompers will all be equipped with the:
Super OpAmp (http://diystompboxes.com/sboxforum/viewtopic.php?t=35215)
In case you haven't already:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mojo
Kerry M
the new "Audio Phileator" will come with a P`n`P etched 59 step balls-bearing Volume-Attenuator (http://www.violalabs.com/images/Cad%20vol%20cont0004aa.jpg)-knob...
MoJoil (http://www.fenderusa.com/store/promo/mojooiltin/)
will sure look good as an FX-enclosure!
(LEDs in the centre of the "O"-s)
okay, Fret.... , you almost asked for it :)
Tnx, b77!
orig. thread:
(http://diystompboxes.com/sboxforum/viewtopic.php?t=35328)
Another round for you guys. :)
http://www.thegearpage.net/board/showthread.php?s=&threadid=97272
------------
Jimbo
Not much fresh ideas in my head lately, but been thinkin cool combinations of old ideas in new concept.
Those mini dip switches on SansAmp pedals do look cool and makes your head tick about all possibilities and variations in one small box costing not so much...
There was that interesting discussion about carbon resistors and I thought why not put both new low noise and old vintage tone resistors on board and just choose which one you want with a dip switch. Or maybe three or four selectable resistors (carbon composite, carbon film, metal film, is there other dunno), and you can name those myriad pre settings with cool names closely resembling old vintage treasures like EHX and MXR or famous players and so on. Or you can select the vintage decade (60´s, 70´s, 80´s etc etc) with a flick of a switch.
But too much is too much, duplicating or triple amount or quadrupling every resistor and calculating how many switches you need (don´t have the circuit ready yet)... I think we need some thinkin and knowledge to decide which resistors are the most important ones, but I´m sure it is easy to make a SansAmp look shy with so few switches on it. Just add tweed covering and aged chicken head knobs and you get the picture.
Quote from: Nasse
There was that interesting discussion about carbon resistors and I thought why not put both new low noise and old vintage tone resistors on board and just choose which one you want with a dip switch.
This would be particularly interesting if you didn't label the switch. Of course you'd get a lot of returns from people saying the switch doesn't work ;)
Kerry M
http://diystompboxes.com/sboxforum/viewtopic.php?t=36890
(just so that thread won`t get lost...)
:)
new & improved (http://acapella.harmony-central.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1031098) (4th post...)
:?:
Quote from: bwanasonicQuote from: Nasse
There was that interesting discussion about carbon resistors and I thought why not put both new low noise and old vintage tone resistors on board and just choose which one you want with a dip switch.
This would be particularly interesting if you didn't label the switch. Of course you'd get a lot of returns from people saying the switch doesn't work ;)
Kerry M
Do you believe I could fix this by laying out slightly different resistor values?, so there is slight volume or tone difference and customers are happier, at the cost of easy use of course. And I could write the owners manual so that the customers can not request their money back. How about a cool slogan like
"We always think the absolute truth and authentic sonic fidelity, even then when you can not hear it". BTW I got good tips when doing some repair job at my civil work. Someone said that when repairing gear without wiring schem you should connect wires of same colour together, and the left overs are tied together under same screw.
http://mobbit.info/index.php?itemid=464 :shock: :shock: :shock:
Quote from: Nikolayhttp://mobbit.info/index.php?itemid=464 :shock: :shock: :shock:
That is awesome.
MOOOO :lol:
first the key-"click" was cool,
now they emulate the crappy LEAKAGE: (http://aes.harmony-central.com/119AES/Content/Native_Instruments/PR/B4-II.html)
(= bleedthrough/crosstalk)
time to create the: Crapulator
Quote from: Nikolay on September 11, 2005, 03:23:38 PM
http://mobbit.info/index.php?itemid=464 :shock: Â :shock: Â :shock:
Brilliant ! LMAO !!
Marty.
Quote from: A.S.P. on October 08, 2005, 01:31:46 PM
first the key-"click" was cool,
now they emulate the crappy LEAKAGE: (http://aes.harmony-central.com/119AES/Content/Native_Instruments/PR/B4-II.html)
(= bleedthrough/crosstalk)
time to create the: Crapulator
I have an amp simulator 'built' into my virtual studio. A few of the settings are really good. I've done A/B testing with samples recorded with a condenser mike and it's hard to tell the difference. However, they've incorporated 'amp hum' as part of the emulation. It's really intrusive and the worse is you can't turn the fcuker off!Â
I think they just do this stuff to show it can be done!! :icon_rolleyes:
next coming up: artificial
"Carrier Bleedthru" (for ringmod-plugins),
and:
"Hetero-Whine" (for tZf-plugins)
:icon_razz:
"Dummy Style Electrolytic, 1 Farad" (1.95â,¬)
http://www.pollin.de/shop/images/article/big/G650265.JPG (http://www.pollin.de/shop/images/article/big/G650265.JPG)
"optical upgrade for every Car-HiFi..."
Sorry, I've already designed and built the Crapulator. Over and over and over again.
:icon_frown: :icon_frown: :icon_frown: :icon_frown: :icon_frown: :icon_frown: :icon_frown: :icon_frown: :icon_frown: :icon_frown: :icon_frown: :icon_frown: :icon_frown: :icon_frown: :icon_frown: :icon_frown: :icon_frown: :icon_frown: :icon_frown: :icon_frown: :icon_frown: :icon_frown: :icon_frown: :icon_frown:
RDV
Right then! Ooh bloody killed the bleedin' ICONS!!
RDV
thanx to Steve Newton`s horsep** - link in the Lounge... (http://www.mother-of-tone.com/creation.htm)
http://www.altmann.haan.de/tonearm/default.htm (http://www.altmann.haan.de/tonearm/default.htm)
Quote from: puretube on November 13, 2005, 07:01:37 AM
thanx to Steve Newton`s horsep** - link in the Lounge... (http://www.mother-of-tone.com/creation.htm)
The Effect of Lacquer (http://www.mother-of-tone.com/lacquer.htm)
-Jack
Quote from: Nasse on August 20, 2005, 07:46:59 AM
There was that interesting discussion about carbon resistors and I thought why not put both new low noise and old vintage tone resistors on board and just choose which one you want with a dip switch. Or maybe three or four selectable resistors (carbon composite, carbon film, metal film, is there other dunno), <snip>. Just add tweed covering and aged chicken head knobs and you get the picture.
or just put a switch on there, don't wire it to anything, and label it "talent" and see if folks can hear the difference.
Quote from: puretube on November 13, 2005, 07:20:31 AM
http://www.altmann.haan.de/tonearm/default.htm (http://www.altmann.haan.de/tonearm/default.htm)
White cable ties! You can't get a good, natural sound using WHITE cable ties! Charlatan!
Quote from: amz-fx on November 13, 2005, 08:28:54 AM
The Effect of Lacquer (http://www.mother-of-tone.com/lacquer.htm)
-Jack
So
plastic is a distortion mechanism. Is vinatge plastic a warmer, more organic distortion than modern shiny stuff?
Edit: Apparently it does...
Btw. those old fender pickguards were made of celluloid, and thus sound much better than modern plastic pickguards.
redemption bump, pt.1
nice read:
http://www.ethanwiner.com/audiophoolery.html (http://www.ethanwiner.com/audiophoolery.html)
machined RCA plugs,
and feedback-loops shorter than 1cm...
http://www.sakurasystems.com/products/47amp.html (http://www.sakurasystems.com/products/47amp.html)
(thanks, Johan, for the gaincard link!)
others do this by the help of SMD...
Great...
First we had "fresh" beer. Then came "fresh" episodes. Now we have "fresh" sound... ;D
Doug
Someone please tell me this is audio-foolery:
"If energy supply depends on the capacity of filter/condensers, you can easily lose the freshness of sound."
Uhmm, how can the amount of capacitance in your power supply have anything to do with the audio itself?
Actually, in at least tube amps, the power supply plays an important role in the compression of the signal. And that's not merely a belief. I've witnessed it.
Search for an amp term called "sag".
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Jimbo
Yea, I suppose its the same way that tube recefiers get their sound. And that you can proove...A/B a tube rect. with a solid state, and the differance is obvious.
Quote from: puretube on November 19, 2005, 08:04:19 AM
nice read:
http://www.ethanwiner.com/audiophoolery.html (http://www.ethanwiner.com/audiophoolery.html)
Hmmm, I wonder how a guy like George Alessandro would respond to this....
from an ebay BC109 auction:
(http://www.diystompboxes.com/smfforum/index.php?topic=39734.0 (http://www.diystompboxes.com/smfforum/index.php?topic=39734.0))
Ex Ministry of Defence
is that Ministery of Offense , now?
The owner of the company I work for is an audiophile. He showed me an article about his home stereo in a major Japanese audiophile magazine that had pictures of his living room with his collection of tube amps and Tannoy speakers. Well I can get into the Tannoys, I love them myself, but not quite as vintage as his. Anyway, I have been on a few installations with him and I have seen him sell someone some $2,000 speaker cables and other stuff. The listening tests of the speaker cables were quite funny. I know I have good hearing and "ears" because I notice things that others miss but it was "The Emperer's New Clothes" audio version as far as I was concerned. Once the customer asked me which one I liked better and I replied that it was really a matter of taste but I thought the most expensive one was the best sounding. Well I have to consider my job security, I have a family to feed!
I was just asking him about an item that he is particularly fond of called Speaker Harmonizers made by Infra Noise Laboratory Co. Japan. They are opaque glass tubes with wires coming out of them that you attach to your speaker cables somehow. he said he doesn't know what's inside the tubes but they sound good. I don't know how much these things cost, I'm sure they're not cheap though. He also seems fond of attaching these little triangles made from leather chamois in strategic locations on all kinds of equipment. I haven't asked about this practice yet.
He knows I'm not a believer and the other engineer, his partner, shares my scepticism but I'm working for the company as a repair technician for the pro audio clients so it doesn't matter I guess.
But I'm considering going into the business of manufacturing those power cords anyway, I could use the money.
gtrmac
Hey, I know you! :P
Superb pedal the Lapido Pride 'n Joy, infact the best sounding tube screamer clone out there (check harmony central). But it has a coin glued either side which apparently is for that 'u know who' mojo sound. Dont think there Ge's! lol
pre-scratched labelling! (http://www.diystompboxes.com/smfforum/index.php?topic=38664.msg285361#msg285361)
Quote from: alteredsounds on December 08, 2005, 04:06:16 AM
Superb pedal the Lapido Pride 'n Joy, infact the best sounding tube screamer clone out there (check harmony central). But it has a coin glued either side which apparently is for that 'u know who' mojo sound. Dont think there Ge's! lol
Actually that is Ladipo... it took me a while to find them: http://www.deltajetblues.com/
I didn't see anything about a coin.
-Jack
yep excuse the spelling. awesome pedal but still dont get the 2 coins thing
Quote from: amz-fx on December 12, 2005, 06:04:15 PM
Quote from: alteredsounds on December 08, 2005, 04:06:16 AM
Superb pedal the Lapido Pride 'n Joy, infact the best sounding tube screamer clone out there (check harmony central). But it has a coin glued either side which apparently is for that 'u know who' mojo sound. Dont think there Ge's! lol
Actually that is Ladipo... it took me a while to find them: http://www.deltajetblues.com/
I didn't see anything about a coin.
-Jack
Nice enclosure. I don't see any coins either. However, note that this is the sound of
SRV on tape as indicated by the picture. SRV
Live and SRV
On CD and SRV
On Vinyl are other potential sales.
Disclaimer: Every day I drive by the hill where SRV died :(
As I mentioned in my other post, this is a truely awesome pedal. I've actually not come across any other that sounded this good for what it is. If you get a chance, give 1 a try.
18 awg gauge (http://www.diystompboxes.com/smfforum/index.php?topic=40343.0)
Quote from: puretube on December 30, 2005, 11:56:29 AM
18 awg gauge (http://www.diystompboxes.com/smfforum/index.php?topic=40343.0)
To be fair, there is really a difference in resistance of 18 and 20 gauge wire. Enough to cause much audible difference, I don't know, but there is a possible reason for that one.
Good tip for great vintage looks but up-to-date performance: Wrap those new electrolytic caps with brown paper- simsalabim great looks and super tone. :icon_confused: Don´t remember if you should use glue or some glossy finish but use your intuition.
Was this mentioned yet? PS keep the other hand in the pocket and avoid touching the plumbing and remember the cap discharge gadget and chopsticks
the guys at http://www.thegearpage.net just can't stop talking about those carbon zinc batteries, man :icon_rolleyes:
I was trying to check out and register at gearnet.
I got a message the administrator banned me ... lol ... must know me from before...noy.
Interesting routine...hello...welcome...you're banned !
did you ever try a carbon zinc just before it stops working ~= 7V. It can act like a compressor but it goes away fast.
At full voltage not much difference except for a lower operating voltage some circuits are more sensitive to voltage changes, often circuits using opamps are not.
Quote from: Gus on January 03, 2006, 07:00:41 PM
did you ever try a carbon zinc just before it stops working ~= 7V. It can act like a compressor but it goes away fast.
At full voltage not much difference except for a lower operating voltage some circuits are more sensitive to voltage changes, often circuits using opamps are not.
I remember reading a variable power supply article that said carbon zinc batteries develop high internal resistance as they die, and that is the whole 'mojo' behind them. You can simulate this with a resistor to ground at the power source. I think it was an article by R.G. on geofex.
Tube*ss (http://www.analogindustries.com/images/blog/euroass.jpg)
;D Well I am fairly new at this but I read alot before I even made my first effect. I can tell you that my jrc4558 silver soldered carbon comp tropical fish switchcraft jacked blue led'd distortomatic 300 marshall/dumlble/(insert your favorite boutique amp here) simulator sounds great and I only spent a fraction of what it would cost to actually get guitar lessons and learn to play.
Hope you see the humor in this.
Maybe it's me, but does anyone else think a fair amount of mojo,jive,jiggy doo wops is total b_o_l_l_o_c_k_s ??
if you wish something to sound better by using Narnia Capacitors, wouldn't your brain convince you into thinking this to be true??
Quote from: no one ever on January 03, 2006, 02:24:37 AM
the guys at http://www.thegearpage.net just can't stop talking about those carbon zinc batteries, man :icon_rolleyes:
It would be simple enough to wire two batteries up to switch and see if anyone can reliably pick out the carbon zinc when toggling.
Kerry M
I hope they won`t pop while switching :icon_lol:
OK, so after a year of this it looks like it ran out of steam (gas?), but I've read through the whole thread pretty much in one sitting and it was GREAT!!
I didn't sift through every link, but the one thing I thought was *woefully* underdeveloped was the cryogenically frozen wires, jacks, switches, etc. angle. Surely you can understand that a cryogenically frozen Hammond box will out-perform the standard box in terms of shielding and paint adhesion, just for starters. I'm sure there must be some added interaction with the cryogenically frozen components attached directly to the box that could be proven to be of amazing significance by head to head listening tests. All statements regarding our product must be started with the phrase, "As the president of the Audio Society, I ..." - (I actually have encountered this guy)
Now, inside the box. All cables must be isolated from the box or the PCB with "cable elevators":
http://www.audionut.com/pk4/store.pl?section=6
Commonly sold as snake oil for your speakers, we certainly could find some miniature versions for use inside effects pedals.
Don't let the stray capacitance inside your new effect destroy your sound, raise your tone to new heights with our new Effect Elevators!
Next, the application of my all-time favorite "ought-to-be-illegal-'cause-now-you're-just-stealing" audiophile appliance, the CD demagnetizer:
http://www.gcaudio.com/cgi-bin/store/showProduct.cgi?id=190
I remember when these used to go for $600.
All components must be de-magnetized before & after assembly to maintain the PURE tone you've spent a lifetime seaching for. And, of course, to MAINTAIN that tone you will need to send the pedal back to us every 6 months to be professionally re-de-magnetized. You'll take our pedals to places we don't even talk about in polite circles, but you can count on us to rejuvenate that pedal and return it to the original demanding mojo specs that it possessed when it left our factory.
Thanks for the break, guys. Objections aside, I'm glad to see that a lot of you see the pure hype & silliness in so much of today's audio worlds.
Grace and peace,
Steve
"The circuit senses and uses electronic information fed directly from the guitar's pickups to control it's own operational parameters"
Ooh, that's good! Did you find that somewhere or are you working on your marketing skills? :)
Quote from: PenPen on January 03, 2006, 09:01:00 PM
Quote from: Gus on January 03, 2006, 07:00:41 PM
did you ever try a carbon zinc just before it stops working ~= 7V. It can act like a compressor but it goes away fast.
At full voltage not much difference except for a lower operating voltage some circuits are more sensitive to voltage changes, often circuits using opamps are not.
I remember reading a variable power supply article that said carbon zinc batteries develop high internal resistance as they die, and that is the whole 'mojo' behind them. You can simulate this with a resistor to ground at the power source. I think it was an article by R.G. on geofex.
The carbon zinc thing may well have some substance to it, given some fairly robust differences in composition and construction between carbon zinc and alkaline 9v batteries. One of the things you'll see when you rip apart a "decent" alkaline, and a "cheap" carbon-zinc is that the former is essentially 6 sub-AAA batteries in metal cannisters spot welded in series, and the latter tends to be 6 ugly looking black "slugs" with large surface areas between them. The larger surface area permits them to deliver a larger proportion of their charge at once. The crappier conductive properties of that surface over time (relative to a metal spot weld) create difference in the ability to deliver that current. Alkalines are built to "last", although from what I understand (meaning, you can still get current from them months later), they can often not deliver as much instantaneous current as the higher surface-area carbon zinc early in their lifespan. Different types of batteries DO have different lifespan and current delivery properties.
Once they start to decline seriously, you CAN recover some charge in a carbon-zinc by letting it sit unused for a little while. I learned this the hard way when I was sidelined with mononucleosis as a teen, and had to make a set of batteries last a long time. I would wait until I thought they were going to repeat that portion of the playlist on the radio with my favourite songs. Turn the radio off, wait a couple of hours, then turn it on. The carbon zincs would have SOME recouping of charge, and last for my favourite song ("Look through any window" by the Hollies, great opening riff) but any heavy current demand and they would sputter and give up. I personally believe it is the limited "rallying" capacity of carbon-zincs, together with their larger surface area between cells, and changing surface properties, that produces some interesting properties at certain points in their lifespan, when used in certain contexts such as high gain circuits. Let me emphasize that I strongly doubt the existence of audible differences between a fresh carbon zinc and fresh alkaline. What we are talking about here are changes that occur internal to the battery after a certain point in their lifespan. Carbon-zincs are made in a manner that such properties tend to be unique to them once they age enough.
Certainly, starving a circuit of current by means of current-limiting resistors is one step in the direction of mimicking that change, but the properties of such batteries are really more dynamic than what you'd get with a healthy stable supply and a resistance in the way (though it is not unreasonable to suggest that some discrete circuits change their properties in interesting and pleasing ways when the steady supply voltage is altered from the default of 9v). We're really talking about with dying batteries is the impact of a power source that essentially "collapses" under current demand in a particular way; like "sag" in tubes amps, though obviously not the same thing.
True...
I take the 'dead' batteries from the remote, about once a month for the last 4 months...and rub alot more juice out of them [between my hands] until slightly warm. Good for another month...BION.
That's 4 'extra' months service [so far, I haven't need to 'change them yet] from batteries that were 'dead'.
QuoteThat's right, Chris Layton, Jimmie Vaughan, Buddy Guy, Albert Collins and Eric Gales all agree: you can't beat an axe dripping with mojo... who are we to disagree?
http://www.mojocaster.com/
who are we to disagree? :)
QuoteOoh, that's good! Did you find that somewhere or are you working on your marketing skills?
It's from Roger Mayers website, under the description of the spitfire fuzz.
-Adam
joyful stuff @ NAMM (http://www.otheroom.com/namm/goodies.html) :icon_smile:
Some good stuff there.
I do like the wooden MOJO cables at the end!
Grace and peace,
Steve
more @ namm (http://www.otheroom.com/namm/techno.html) :icon_cool:
Quote from: Mark Hammer on January 25, 2006, 10:11:18 AM
Let me emphasize that I strongly doubt the existence of audible differences between a fresh carbon zinc and fresh alkaline.
No doubt. When the battery is mostly depleted, it's capacity to provide power is greatly diminished so the useful range of a dying battery is fairly small and quickly lost especially if the circuit draws much current.
regards, Jack
krappy guitars (http://www.krappyguitars.com/punkrod.html)
The Krapmeister scares me. :o
Grace and peace,
Steve
hahaha....
That site is funny as f*ck!!!
;D :icon_rolleyes:
He's got (what seems like) his wife to model the t-shirts too .. long live krappy!!!
get`cher gadgets HERE (http://www.ursupplier.com/shop/index.php?language=en&osCsid=4a3e270955b33ba9cb01c5f60abc17a4)
(don`t ask me) :icon_surprised:
The JRC4558, again...
http://forums.pearljam.com/showthread.php?t=124240
"OFF"-factor (http://www.studio96.de/story%20040806%20original%20formants.html)
much MoJo in here: http://www.diystompboxes.com/smfforum/index.php?topic=43234.0 (http://www.diystompboxes.com/smfforum/index.php?topic=43234.0)
http://acapella.harmony-central.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1198855
http://acapella.harmony-central.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1206838
http://musictoyz.infopop.cc/groupee/forums/a/tpc/f/4066066091/m/9931063783
(http://www.pure-tube-technology.com/T-Wah-Logo%201.jpg)
While working on better pedal ideas I was thinkin of "hotrodding" my practice/pedal testing amp, which is bit boring. I know this forum is not about building amps, but anyway modding and customising amps and making small practice amps seems to be quite popular with members of this forum. Anyway I wanted to share my idea, which makes your amp look really expensive and "vintage", gives it a touch of finishing that is familiar with most sought-after and respected vintage amps. You can do it on your kitchen table, and no special tools are required to make your 29$ speaker look just like a 290$ speaker. A diy "bell cover" as used on most expensive alnico speakers, from free junk parts and with just a can-opener and perhaps some spray paint, that´s what I did, cost 0$...
I think those "bell covers" are sold as spare part or add-on but they cost more than 20 reagans + shipping, but I don´t know if they are available for 8" speakers. I discovered that used small "camping-gas" butane container fits like a glove on my 8" speaker magnet. Some painting (I think I´ll make it blue) and reliable fixing is yet undone, but I posted few pics about how it looks now.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v411/Nasse/before.jpg (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v411/Nasse/before.jpg)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v411/Nasse/processed.jpg (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v411/Nasse/processed.jpg)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v411/Nasse/after.jpg (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v411/Nasse/after.jpg)
bump :icon_rolleyes:
"Golden Ear Chip"
:icon_eek:
Heh, heh...
As the one who introduced that concept to this forum (in the Lounge (http://www.diystompboxes.com/smfforum/index.php?topic=49778.0)), I feel the need to defend myself.
I was not thinking that I could drop this chip into a Hammond box and have it sound just like an Eden bass amp or a Neve console or anything else. In fact, I was think more of abusing it than anything. I was thinking of trying to emulate - using that term loosely - the interaction between a pedal and an amp's front-end, all within the pedal itself.
So far the official response from Eden is that they "don't like to tell..." what the chip is, and in a lot of ways, I can't say that I blame them.
-- T. G. --
has the PowerChord (http://www.audience-av.com/powercho.htm) been mentioned, yet?
(tnx, Bieke!)
Quote from: puretube on October 16, 2006, 11:13:16 AM
has the PowerChord (http://www.audience-av.com/powercho.htm) been mentioned, yet?
(tnx, Bieke!)
Oh boy, those reviews are BRILLIANT!!!
QuoteThe Audience powerChord gives the presentation a sense of dynamic drive and rhythmic pace that is perfect, not overdone or overpowered.
QuoteI was shocked... Backgrounds are blacker. Highs are sweeter. Bass lines are better defined. Vocals have great tone without heavy colorations. Most importantly, my system was more musical.
And I thought 4558-o-philia was wierd. :D
------------
Jimbo
I've seen those, or at least similar "audiophile" power cords before. $366 for a 1 foot cord? Mojo or not, what could they possibly put in those things that would cost that much? Do they hand-pull each strand of copper?
But the main thought I had: does this mean you also have to install audiophile-grade wiring from the outlet back to the main panel? Does the panel itself have to be a special unit? And do you then have to arrange for a special higher-grade service from your electric company? Or do you just have to install an industrial-grade power conditioner with supplemental generator for the whole house because the utility company just can not be trusted to deliver the audiophile experience that you deserve?
-- T. G. --
yes, IIRC, there already has been talk about the need of your own (insert silver/gold/oxygen-plated/enhanced, etc., here...) powerplant,
in case you don`t wanna work on battery
:icon_razz:
anyways,
you need an EMI-Eliminator... (http://v3.espacenet.com/origdoc?DB=EPODOC&IDX=US5814761&F=0&QPN=US5814761)
have you Coated your Music, lately?... (http://www.trt-wonder.com/page10.html)
well, then - is it any w*nderTM (http://www.trt-wonder.com/index.html) ?
:icon_eek:
:icon_razz:
Quote from: puretube on October 19, 2006, 04:16:07 PM
have you Coated your Music, lately?... (http://www.trt-wonder.com/page10.html)
well, then - is it any w*nderTM (http://www.trt-wonder.com/index.html) ?
:icon_eek:
:icon_razz:
Amazing, I could never see through the 'midrange glare' - thanks!
the Micro DMM (http://thegearpage.net/board/showthread.php?t=196517)
Quote from: puretube on October 19, 2006, 04:16:07 PM
have you Coated your Music, lately?... (http://www.trt-wonder.com/page10.html)
well, then - is it any w*nderTM (http://www.trt-wonder.com/index.html) ?
:icon_eek:
:icon_razz:
i can't beleive that s&%t !!!!!! :icon_eek: geee
QuoteBeyond the leading edge
Holy macaroni! :o Now please correct me if I'm wrong, but if you're beyond the leading edge, then are you yourself not the leading edge? ToTD: And is it possible to be so far ahead and beyond that you are actually now at the back of the pack? ??? :P
http://www.behringer.com/VM1/index.cfm?lang=ENG
see here:
Z-VEX new Comicstrip pedals (http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j167/gabend000/Picture2251.jpg)
great!
newly made Multi-Tube (http://www.jogis-roehrenbude.de/Roehren-Geschichtliches/Roe-Neuvorstellungen/3NF/3NF.htm)
Quote from: puretube on January 24, 2007, 01:46:50 PM
newly made Multi-Tube (http://www.jogis-roehrenbude.de/Roehren-Geschichtliches/Roe-Neuvorstellungen/3NF/3NF.htm)
what is that?? ???
memory-refreshing (http://www.diystompboxes.com/smfforum/index.php?topic=53880) bump...
Beware of the Beast... (http://www.bugera-amps.com/_01/product.cfm?productName=333&groupName=Guitar%20Valve%20Amplification#) :icon_mrgreen:
Quote from: puretube on January 24, 2007, 01:46:50 PM
newly made Multi-Tube (http://www.jogis-roehrenbude.de/Roehren-Geschichtliches/Roe-Neuvorstellungen/3NF/3NF.htm)
Are those Russian mini-tubes I see inside that thing? It would be better if they scraped the oxidized getter out of the big tube though :o
the latest craze bjewteek your pwn clone (http://acapella.harmony-central.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1501637) cloneteek?
He's a member on this forum (tonefreak) and a nice guy.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=280090379933&ssPageName=MERCOSI_VI_ROSI_PR4_PCN_BIX&refitem=230059303103&itemcount=4&refwidgetloc=closed_view_item&refwidgettype=osi_widget#ebayphotohosting (http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=280090379933&ssPageName=MERCOSI_VI_ROSI_PR4_PCN_BIX&refitem=230059303103&itemcount=4&refwidgetloc=closed_view_item&refwidgettype=osi_widget#ebayphotohosting)
2 x SPRAGUE BUMBLE BEE .022uF/400V LES PAUL CAPACITORS
140$
instant mojo
Yeesh!! I have a bunch of old caps like that sitting in my "too-big-to-fit-anywhere-useful-but-may-as-well-hang-onto-them" drawer. I should measure them and see what shape they're in.
hee hee hee... the Emperor's New Capacitors/Wire/Transistors/Resistors/yada/yada/yada
this just in, new from M**g:
http://news.harmony-central.com/Newp/2007/Moog-Music-MF-FM-Moogerfooger.html
:icon_eek:
LOL
Emphasis on the date I guess ;)
And imagine, I USE such a device
Quote from: puretube on April 01, 2007, 05:34:31 AM
this just in, new from M**g:
http://news.harmony-central.com/Newp/2007/Moog-Music-MF-FM-Moogerfooger.html
:icon_eek:
I think that would be cooler if it picked AM rather than FM, theres more interesting stuff among the shortwave frequency band
The "MF/FM" effect actually captures radio signals, routes them through electronic wizardry, and produces some of the craziest sounds imaginable!
wow. i'm into noisy weird pedals but this is just stuuuupid...get a radio!
I just saw the movie 'Tenacious D, The Pick Of Destiny'. Hilarious, and all about mojo.
(http://members.optushome.com.au/bluespherecreations/forum/mojo-inside.gif)
just a quick slap together... every enclosure needs that one though (:
Guys, how about two (2) Tubescreamers in a row? haven't you tried this? :-X
Roger
Hmz, how about paying € 1.749,00 for a single 6,8uF cap, bet that would make ur playing better than jimi, vai and vaugn together :icon_cool:
BTW: here's the link, sorry its in dutch, but the important stuff is universal lingo:
http://www.deaudiofabriek.nl/catalog&productId=813320
Peace,
Robbie
Quote from: Rmanen on May 09, 2007, 06:58:33 PM
Hmz, how about paying € 1.749,00 for a single 6,8uF cap, bet that would make ur playing better than jimi, vai and vaugn together :icon_cool:
BTW: here's the link, sorry its in dutch, but the important stuff is universal lingo:
http://www.deaudiofabriek.nl/catalog&productId=813320
Peace,
Robbie
Nice! They carry Zilver Mica Condensators!
Quote from: Rmanen on May 09, 2007, 06:58:33 PM
Hmz, how about paying € 1.749,00 for a single 6,8uF cap, bet that would make ur playing better than jimi, vai and vaugn together :icon_cool:
BTW: here's the link, sorry its in dutch, but the important stuff is universal lingo:
http://www.deaudiofabriek.nl/catalog&productId=813320
Peace,
Robbie
Here's a translation:
Quote
Silver folie condensers of Doelund have been made in flat layers, because of this much improve are approached the ideal condenser then with the usual method of to close down. By application of zilver in the Duelund range the highest nivo are reached what is possible, a condenser which absolutely no competition has more by the laminated advancement. The electroden to exist from pure zilver of which processes in the largest model (6,8uF) thus no less than 500gr sits, a condenser for fine the taster woor who only the bests good are enough
Interesting...
babelfish? ;D
A whole page of MOJO (from the same site): :o
http://www.deaudiofabriek.nl/catalog&catalogId=811263 (http://www.deaudiofabriek.nl/catalog&catalogId=811263)
Just goes to show you, there's one born every minute.....
Bathroom-Eek-Pod (http://www.atechflash.com/products-icarta.html)
TruTone (http://www.machinadynamica.com/machina44.htm)
QuoteThe very best sound was obtained when I slightly loosened the screws on the Duplex Covers. And they sound great!!...
:icon_eek: :icon_eek: :icon_eek:
I thought the Sound Enhancing Knobs were the best... but this one beats them all! and they also sell some kind of Clock...
QuoteRemove the Clock from its clear bubble pack and place it anywhere in the listening room. The sound will be considerably more musical and live-sounding -- there will be less distortion, more information and a deeper, more coherent soundstage. Low frequencies will be articulate, extended and dynamic, high frequencies exceptionally smooth with phenomenal inner detail. In other words, More of Everything!!
I start to believe this can't be real... (can it be just for fun?!?)
:icon_eek: ? :icon_eek: (http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a400/Used666_/Klone-1.jpg)
This (http://cgi.ebay.com/MEGA-RARE-HSW-SPICE-BOX-HONDASOUND-l1022_W0QQitemZ140085346890QQihZ004QQcategoryZ22669QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem) is probably my favourite. I remember something being mentioned about the "harmonically positioned insulation holes".
And you thought oxygen-free copper cable was overkill :P
Quote from: the_random_hero on May 13, 2007, 05:02:52 AM
This (http://cgi.ebay.com/MEGA-RARE-HSW-SPICE-BOX-HONDASOUND-l1022_W0QQitemZ140085346890QQihZ004QQcategoryZ22669QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem) is probably my favourite. I remember something being mentioned about the "harmonically positioned insulation holes".
And you thought oxygen-free copper cable was overkill :P
yeah.. that's fu**'d...
Quote from: the_random_hero on May 13, 2007, 05:02:52 AM
This (http://cgi.ebay.com/MEGA-RARE-HSW-SPICE-BOX-HONDASOUND-l1022_W0QQitemZ140085346890QQihZ004QQcategoryZ22669QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem) is probably my favourite. I remember something being mentioned about the "harmonically positioned insulation holes".
And you thought oxygen-free copper cable was overkill :P
Whoa! That's gotta be the simplest RLC circuit I've ever seen :icon_lol:.
http://www.bg-pups.com/about.html (http://www.bg-pups.com/about.html)
You guys say that because you haven't tried copper wire from the mines where lived a family of bats who died and then fossilize. That fossils enriched the copper making it unique super sounding.
And If to that copper wire you use the special insulation from the small village at queens, NOS 150 years old.
That's MOJO.
Bye bye
DAC
PS Have you tried writing MOJO in your guitar.. and in all your effects?? I know play like SRV. And my TS has got MOJO. And imagine if you get to write it with a gold sharpie.
2k5 book (http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/0966382412/ref=dp_olp_0/104-3593667-4247132?ie=UTF8&condition=all) :icon_eek:
filter`d @ 384dB/oct... (http://www.pcmusic.org/news/view.php/lang/en/id/5533/)
:icon_eek:
Quote from: puretube on July 12, 2007, 05:57:11 PM
filter`d @ 384dB/oct... (http://www.pcmusic.org/news/view.php/lang/en/id/5533/)
:icon_eek:
too bad it's not for mac...i could always use a 384db filter. :icon_rolleyes:
Quote from: puretube on October 19, 2006, 04:16:07 PM
have you Coated your Music, lately?... (http://www.trt-wonder.com/page10.html)
well, then - is it any w*nderTM (http://www.trt-wonder.com/index.html) ?
:icon_eek:
:icon_razz:
Just sent these guys an email! Pretending to be some music store interested in their product. Hoping they'll reply!
Heh
Here's the email. (None of it is true by the way :D)
Whom it may concern,
Hello!
My name is Thad Combs. I run a succesful music store called Prime Music in Vancouver, Canada. I am very interested in ordering 30 kits of your Magic coat.
I'm curious if you offer a discount on an order of this quantity.
I'm very excited to get your product in stores! I'm hoping to use it in our repair shop! I'm sure it would sell well here also!
Anyways, any more information you have would be great! Thanks for your time.
Thad
Prime Music
Quote from: tjcombs on July 12, 2007, 07:50:23 PM
Quote from: puretube on October 19, 2006, 04:16:07 PM
have you Coated your Music, lately?... (http://www.trt-wonder.com/page10.html)
well, then - is it any w*nderTM (http://www.trt-wonder.com/index.html) ?
:icon_eek:
:icon_razz:
Just sent these guys an email! Pretending to be some music store interested in their product. Hoping they'll reply!
Heh
Here's the email. (None of it is true by the way :D)
Whom it may concern,
Hello!
My name is Thad Combs. I run a succesful music store called Prime Music in Vancouver, Canada. I am very interested in ordering 30 kits of your Magic coat.
I'm curious if you offer a discount on an order of this quantity.
I'm very excited to get your product in stores! I'm hoping to use it in our repair shop! I'm sure it would sell well here also!
Anyways, any more information you have would be great! Thanks for your time.
Thad
Prime Music
Haha! Now that's rich.
What about a genuine, 1971 quarter for the bridge? that kind of mojo alone must be worth $10G
http://www.musiciansfriend.com/product/EVH-Eddie-Van-Halen-Frankenstein-Replica-Electric-Guitar?sku=513703 (http://www.musiciansfriend.com/product/EVH-Eddie-Van-Halen-Frankenstein-Replica-Electric-Guitar?sku=513703)
Quote from: Iron Code Monkey on July 13, 2007, 01:11:05 PM
What about a genuine, 1971 quarter for the bridge? that kind of mojo alone must be worth $10G
http://www.musiciansfriend.com/product/EVH-Eddie-Van-Halen-Frankenstein-Replica-Electric-Guitar?sku=513703 (http://www.musiciansfriend.com/product/EVH-Eddie-Van-Halen-Frankenstein-Replica-Electric-Guitar?sku=513703)
wow. i think anyone who buys this is seriously brain-dead. especially the guy who wrote a review about how he saved for years to buy this and he realized after he brought it home that it not only looks like a piece of crap, but that it plays and sounds like one too... ::)
Quote from: Harry on July 12, 2007, 08:06:43 PM
Quote from: tjcombs on July 12, 2007, 07:50:23 PM
Quote from: puretube on October 19, 2006, 04:16:07 PM
have you Coated your Music, lately?... (http://www.trt-wonder.com/page10.html)
well, then - is it any w*nderTM (http://www.trt-wonder.com/index.html) ?
:icon_eek:
:icon_razz:
Just sent these guys an email! Pretending to be some music store interested in their product. Hoping they'll reply!
Heh
Here's the email. (None of it is true by the way :D)
Whom it may concern,
Hello!
My name is Thad Combs. I run a succesful music store called Prime Music in Vancouver, Canada. I am very interested in ordering 30 kits of your Magic coat.
I'm curious if you offer a discount on an order of this quantity.
I'm very excited to get your product in stores! I'm hoping to use it in our repair shop! I'm sure it would sell well here also!
Anyways, any more information you have would be great! Thanks for your time.
Thad
Prime Music
Haha! Now that's rich.
Here's his reply today!
Hi!
yes, thanks -- 33% discount (x.67) --
i assume you mean musicoat (see website description)
we can work out details of shipping and payment method
best
peter
:o :o
how could you mistake the great musicoat for a simple kind of magic coat?!? ;D
or was it the "magic cloak"?
(if you were interested in this item instead, they offer free shipping for combined orders...) :P
I`m usually very cynical about these things but hey if there`s a 33% discount, count me in. :D Group buy? :icon_lol:
Serious debate time. (and change of subject)
Is it okay to insist on the correct types of parts for something to qualify as being a clone of a specific, rare, early-edition of a vintage effect? (E.g., ceramic disc capacitors and 2N5133 transistors and carbon comp resistors)
Or is it okay to claim something is a specific, rare, early-edition vintage clone when you're not bothering to use the correct parts? (E.g., modern high-gain 2N5088 transistors and modern film capacitors and carbon film resistors)
Assuming the difference would be obvious to all upon hearing sound clips, too--not just being arbitrarily nit picky...
???
On the one hand, it would appear to be false advertising to claim something is a vintage clone when it's not. On the other hand, to accuse that person of false advertising would appear to be a dick move.
Quandary.
The problem is not just that the "truth" will eventually come out. The problem is that the general public is largely ignorant of these things. So being in the minority, a person in the know, makes me seem like a dick if I speak out.
Quote from: GREEN FUZ on July 13, 2007, 07:00:13 PM
I`m usually very cynical about these things but hey if there`s a 33% discount, count me in. :D Group buy? :icon_lol:
I'm in!
Quote from: tjcombs on July 14, 2007, 04:29:09 PM
Quote from: GREEN FUZ on July 13, 2007, 07:00:13 PM
I`m usually very cynical about these things but hey if there`s a 33% discount, count me in. :D Group buy? :icon_lol:
I'm in!
I'd actually be interested in a blind test of this stuff, with some less 'biased' listeners (you can't tell me that somebody wasn't offered a some sort of incentive to give their opinion).
Quote from: Skreddy on July 14, 2007, 03:57:46 PM
Serious debate time. (and change of subject)
Is it okay to insist on the correct types of parts for something to qualify as being a clone of a specific, rare, early-edition of a vintage effect? (E.g., ceramic disc capacitors and 2N5133 transistors and carbon comp resistors)
Or is it okay to claim something is a specific, rare, early-edition vintage clone when you're not bothering to use the correct parts? (E.g., modern high-gain 2N5088 transistors and modern film capacitors and carbon film resistors)
Assuming the difference would be obvious to all upon hearing sound clips, too--not just being arbitrarily nit picky...
???
On the one hand, it would appear to be false advertising to claim something is a vintage clone when it's not. On the other hand, to accuse that person of false advertising would appear to be a dick move.
Quandary.
The problem is not just that the "truth" will eventually come out. The problem is that the general public is largely ignorant of these things. So being in the minority, a person in the know, makes me seem like a dick if I speak out.
Is there a specific pedal you're referring to?
Dave
Ain`t none BIGGER (http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/51hwYBulfeL._AA240_.jpg)
more here. (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Rolling-Stones-Biggest-Bang/dp/B000S6LT42)
Where it all is from:
http://www.mojo-alcantara.it/history.html (http://www.mojo-alcantara.it/history.html)
Quote from: MarcoMike on August 30, 2007, 09:20:18 AM
Where it all is from:
http://www.mojo-alcantara.it/history.html (http://www.mojo-alcantara.it/history.html)
Mojo Tower once housed people suffering from delusion. You can still see evidence of the bed sheets that have been carefully dirtied to enhance the quality of living of a specific (bed) bug.
Whoa.... it's Mojo Jesus!!!
(http://www.mojo-alcantara.it/volto.jpg)
Quote from: soulsonic on August 31, 2007, 04:26:43 AM
Whoa.... it's Mojo Jesus!!!
(http://www.mojo-alcantara.it/volto.jpg)
I don't "get" it? :icon_confused:
It's Jesus from the church in the town of Mojo. He's in the Mojo Church, so I guess that makes him Mojo Jesus. It's all on that website MarcoMike put a link to.
Okay!
I get it now.
Mr. Mojo Risin'.
"hand picked speakers"
"boutique tubes"
"hand tested"
"master volume mod (to a master volume amp)"
"holdsworth, carlton, lukather"
I'm late on this & getting slightly OT, but I'm very glad to have found the -384/oct filter! I've downloaded it because I'm thinking it will come in very handy for recording with some of my beloved but noisy instruments & other gear. And shortwave! I'd much rather cut things out surgically when I can than use noise reduction, if it's not something I'm okay with printing as-is.
Quote from: Skreddy on July 14, 2007, 03:57:46 PM
Serious debate time. (and change of subject)
Is it okay to insist on the correct types of parts for something to qualify as being a clone of a specific, rare, early-edition of a vintage effect? (E.g., ceramic disc capacitors and 2N5133 transistors and carbon comp resistors)
Or is it okay to claim something is a specific, rare, early-edition vintage clone when you're not bothering to use the correct parts? (E.g., modern high-gain 2N5088 transistors and modern film capacitors and carbon film resistors)
Assuming the difference would be obvious to all upon hearing sound clips, too--not just being arbitrarily nit picky...
???
On the one hand, it would appear to be false advertising to claim something is a vintage clone when it's not. On the other hand, to accuse that person of false advertising would appear to be a dick move.
Quandary.
The problem is not just that the "truth" will eventually come out. The problem is that the general public is largely ignorant of these things. So being in the minority, a person in the know, makes me seem like a dick if I speak out.
I think I know what you're talking about... I think most people assume that if a circuit is functionally identical, that is, it's got a 470pf capacitor where it's supposed to be, a 220k resistor, where it's supposed to be, etc... then it's functionally a clone.
Fer instance, I've got a 1965 Fender Super Reverb. The tubes have been changed. Some of the caps have been changed. The speakers have been changed. Is it still a 1965 Fender Super Reverb? Well, I realize that to some collectors, it's not worth as much as a dead-mint, kept in a climate-and-humidity-controlled environment museum piece, but for all intents and purposes, it is a 1965 Super Reverb.
Now, I've seen the thread with the BYOC BMP triangle-version that you are talking about. I would say that generally speaking, and we're assuming that the component values are correct, then I would say again generally speaking, it is a functional clone.
I think we know that EHX used different value and types of components throughout its revisions and even within some of their years of production. So it's possible, no, probable, that even within the revered 'triangle' BMPs, there was some variation. I'm just guessing, I don't consider myself a historian.
And I think that leaves it up to you to educate people about what the differences are.
Mojo, FUZZ! ? (http://www.brink.com/gallery/3231) :icon_smile:
Or do you know the cool soundind 'no pass filter' ?
"To modify your signal like no other module, get a No-Pass Filter today!"
(http://www.synthesizers.com/q199s.jpg)
http://www.synthesizers.com/q199.html
This is not new to this topic, but always funny....
From some FF enthusiasts on ZV's forum:
QuoteDuracell batteries make the Fuzz Factory sound stuffed up and somewhat change the pedals special effects. Carbon zinc voltage drains slowly and sags a little when you hit it hard. Then with the Stab dragging on the battery, Carbon Zinc sounds best to me
(http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m124/Autumnattic_2006/FFBatteries002.jpg)
Quote from: Ed G. on October 21, 2007, 05:28:25 PM
Fer instance, I've got a 1965 Fender Super Reverb. The tubes have been changed. Some of the caps have been changed. The speakers have been changed. Is it still a 1965 Fender Super Reverb?
This reminds me of the old joke about "Grandpa's straight razor": "Yes, it's still the original razor he used. The blade's been changed three times and the handle twice..."
and: Another One Bites The FUZZ ? (http://acapella.harmony-central.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1798527)
Puretube,
Thanks, I enjoyed reading that thread. I have found that two identical circuits with identical components can sometimes sound different. Go figure.... There are too many variations to deal with, especially dealing with a circuit as complex as the Super Fuzz. I drove my self crazy building a similar circuit in the Kay Fuzztone on a bread board. I'm still swapping caps, transistors and resistors on this one.
It's fun discussing mojo :icon_lol: :icon_lol:
Quote from: puretube on October 29, 2007, 09:00:15 PM
Mojo, FUZZ! ? (http://www.brink.com/gallery/3231) :icon_smile:
DVD out now! (http://www.amazon.com/Fuzz-Sound-That-Changed-World/dp/B000VUFJ14/ref=pd_bbs_sr_2?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1196548777&sr=1-2)
:icon_cool:
SURPRISE :icon_eek: (http://www.musictoyz.com/articles/wayhuge.php)
Speaking of MOJO stuff, can you get JFETs (particularly the J201) in metal can packages?
Quote from: A.S.P. on January 04, 2008, 05:39:41 PM
SURPRISE :icon_eek: (http://www.musictoyz.com/articles/wayhuge.php)
but weren't Way Huge pedals modded clones, well for the most part at least? cause that means that we could then in theory get a Dunlop Big Muff, all right! yeah!
S*X sells! (http://www.sonicstate.com/news/shownews.cfm?newsid=5964) :icon_rolleyes:
" Our amps use only the finest Leyden Jar capacitors !" :D :D :D
"nano" - DMM (http://www.aage.dk/hjtest/prodimg.asp?prodno=8130) :icon_cool: :icon_razz:
Quote from: puretube on February 07, 2008, 06:13:50 PM
"nano" - DMM (http://www.aage.dk/hjtest/prodimg.asp?prodno=8130) :icon_cool: :icon_razz:
oh! I actually find this cool as hell! is it already available? I can't find any more info on this baby.
Andy
Quote from: puretube on February 07, 2008, 06:13:50 PM
"nano" - DMM (http://www.aage.dk/hjtest/prodimg.asp?prodno=8130) :icon_cool: :icon_razz:
Is this thing actually real? I've been hearing a lot of stuff about it today.
If it is real, why didn't they bring it out at winter namm?
according to some other forums and some stores around the world, the "new" deluxe memory man is real, in France a store will start to sell them next monday:
http://www.audiotubetech.com/
I was reading about tube dampers today and found this in the FAQ of a manufacturer:
Q. Will UltraSonic damping instruments extend tube life?
A. We believe that optimal tube life is extended considerably by damping bulb vibration. This has been thoroughly proven with ordinary light bulbs, which are vacuum tubes. Although there seems to be little empirical data, plenty of anecdotal evidence supports this to be true also with audio tubes. Regardless of whether usable tube life is extended though, music will sound better with reduced microphonics.
I love the scientific appoach of these guys!!
EDIT: their website is full of very interesting devices...http://herbiesaudiolab.home.att.net/cdmat.htm (http://herbiesaudiolab.home.att.net/cdmat.htm)
MusikMesse 2008:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v437/latronax/2008/E-H_2008_0826.jpg)
REAL:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v437/latronax/2008/DLMM0824.jpg)
^ omfg
do want
today`s special:
pure W A N G! (http://www.diystompboxes.com/smfforum/index.php?topic=25039.0)
:icon_lol:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=nQ6dmgHmg-U (http://youtube.com/watch?v=nQ6dmgHmg-U) Cool wang in the tremolo I think
Quote from: puretube on April 01, 2008, 09:39:12 AM
today`s special:
pure W A N G! (http://www.diystompboxes.com/smfforum/index.php?topic=25039.0)
:icon_lol:
ooops: too late to edit,
but above post was supposed to labelled:
"No SWIRLS" - the new pure WA N G!
( :icon_wink:)
From now on I'll only use Vishay-Dale RN60D 1% metal film resistors.
V-D-1% is the new Carbon Comp. (see, it even looks cool...)
(http://www.speaker.ne.kr/admin/product_middle/3RN60Dm.jpg)
The utter-outter-upper latest thing in TUBE-MOJO:
http://www.pat2pdf.org/patents/pat20070160220.pdf
mayday...SOS...get me out of here...help! :icon_rolleyes:
ok, I was looking for a cheap replacement for my crappy speaker cable (a white 3 wire power cord.... :icon_rolleyes:) and found this:
http://www.mundorf.com/english/bauteile/frbauteile.htm
if also you need a 5 meters silver-gold cable buy it here for cheap:
http://www.banzaieffects.com/Mundorf-SCSG-415-5-0m-Speaker-Cable-pr-26103.html
Quote from: MarcoMike on May 26, 2008, 02:45:41 PM
ok, I was looking for a cheap replacement for my crappy speaker cable (a white 3 wire power cord.... :icon_rolleyes:) and found this:
http://www.mundorf.com/english/bauteile/frbauteile.htm
i reackon those caps are pretty cool
Valnott Bouuuutique
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1WcsV7hQ1V4 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1WcsV7hQ1V4)
;D
wow... incredible pedal....
Kick Out The Jams!!! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0EJtMONYRt4)
(been posted before in an other thread by King Tubby, but deserves a "bump" here...)
http://www.audiodesksysteme.de/index.php?kat=10_17_6
Quote from: Steve Newton on November 01, 2008, 11:37:15 AM
http://www.audiodesksysteme.de/index.php?kat=10_17_6
Damn. I need to get into the hi-fi audiophile gear racket. :D
Quote from: puretube on September 23, 2008, 12:45:03 PM
Kick Out The Jams!!! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0EJtMONYRt4)
(been posted before in an other thread by King Tubby, but deserves a "bump" here...)
Keep an eye on Wayne Kramer around the 3:50 mark!
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=EYeHLyYif5I
http://www.antivibrationmagic.ca/index.php?page=about (http://www.antivibrationmagic.ca/index.php?page=about)
orange drop cap :)
Hahhahahah o BYOC
http://www.buildyourownclone.com/board/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=14191
Read what the topic starter says about silver wire later down in the thread.
:icon_lol: :icon_lol: :icon_lol:
ASk the guy why he'd goosneck his mojo silver wire with landfill quality mono jack metal. For most of these people 20 minutes of actual guitar practice would make more of a difference on tone than their mentally-ill indulgences.
Does anyone have the link to the $1k wooden knobs for a home stereo??? I saw it a couple of years ago.
OMG have fun and peace and mojo ::) make screenshots not gutshots
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v601/Lurco/free/freestompraiser-1.jpg)
Hi
This is two quotes from Fulltone.com site about the Mini-DejáVibe:
1. The bulb: getting the correct Voltage rating on this is no big deal, but does size really matter? Yes, but don't look at the size of the Glass, look at the size of the Filament (wire inside the glass)! We got it right.. And this is crucial to achieve the correct amount of brightness... it also has to flash consistently at all speeds. Our does.
2. The Photocells: we're the only small company who can quite frankly afford to have the correct Glass covered, hermetically sealed photocells Custom-made
Man are they for real ?? do they actual believe or should we be considered stupid Customers with mojo in mind??
The right amount of light with in frequency and the right Resistance and speed from the LDR will fix it regardless of brand.
Why not just say as it is: "We make relyable and durable clones of known good sounding vintage effects"
//Solderman
I dig the Volnott pedal, why didn't I think of that proprietary circuit earlier? Man, now I have to "shell" out 385 bucks. Dang.
Make sure you use slot head screws to close it up!
XXX-tra mojo if they are gold!!!
http://www.nathanmarciniak.com/elemental/ (http://www.nathanmarciniak.com/elemental/)
Now that is funnnyyy stuff....My favorite is the HoleyStone... Which is basically a rock with a hole drilled in it and a tube stuck in.
Did I tell you about my new plans? First my company will sell dedicated wind turbine power sources and mojo enhancing storage cells and a specialized filtering system for consistent clean ZINGY energized power. Then we will couple it with oxygen free gold titanium ionide cable and plugs, into special gold treated jacks. Second we'll have [insert famous guitar player/tone junkie] play through a limited batch of our boutique mojo-tone pedals, using only mojo-ed parts. We'll send the said "tone spiritiualized" pedals at a $500 plus markup because said guitar player transferred his energy into them. After the initial run, no more will ever be made thus ensuring those who have one will have ultimate bragging rights for eternity. Or until lung cancer kills them, because even organic tobacco is bad for you. Third add an amp engineered and tested at the Bell sound labs for ultimate ear pleasing sound enhancements. Tonal nirvana. Mojo orgasms of fiery electricity, that course straight to your inner being and into to your SOUUULL. Empty your wallets now. Quick before someone less deserving beats you to it!!
(http://uk.farnell.com/productimages/farnell/standard/1636693-40.jpg)
(picture courtesy of Farnell, see link):
10µ/630V (http://uk.farnell.com/ampohm-wound-products/pf-xal-al-1-0-10-300/audio-capacitor-1uf-300v/dp/1636693?_requestid=1826) and less... :icon_eek:
the 950$ supa fuzz
http://cgi.ebay.com/Vintage-Marshall-Supa-Fuzz-guitar-effects-pedal_W0QQitemZ260416643902QQcmdZViewItemQQptZGuitar_Accessories?hash=item3ca20aa33e&_trksid=p3911.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A570%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A12%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318%7C301%3A1%7C293%3A1%7C294%3A50 (http://cgi.ebay.com/Vintage-Marshall-Supa-Fuzz-guitar-effects-pedal_W0QQitemZ260416643902QQcmdZViewItemQQptZGuitar_Accessories?hash=item3ca20aa33e&_trksid=p3911.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A570%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A12%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318%7C301%3A1%7C293%3A1%7C294%3A50)
Quote from: g. on May 25, 2009, 01:46:22 PM
the 950$ supa fuzz
http://cgi.ebay.com/Vintage-Marshall-Supa-Fuzz-guitar-effects-pedal_W0QQitemZ260416643902QQcmdZViewItemQQptZGuitar_Accessories?hash=item3ca20aa33e&_trksid=p3911.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A570%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A12%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318%7C301%3A1%7C293%3A1%7C294%3A50 (http://cgi.ebay.com/Vintage-Marshall-Supa-Fuzz-guitar-effects-pedal_W0QQitemZ260416643902QQcmdZViewItemQQptZGuitar_Accessories?hash=item3ca20aa33e&_trksid=p3911.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A570%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A12%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318%7C301%3A1%7C293%3A1%7C294%3A50)
I love how he gives a gut shot so you can realize that you are paying about $75 a component.
(http://www.askjanfirst.com/rb/5ADP1.jpg)
pictures from the gorgeous dealer for tube-related (exotic) stuff:
http://www.askjanfirst.com/
get your kits directly from Jan!
cool & correct service & handling - strongly recommended!
(http://www.askjanfirst.com/pics/thiemclock.jpg)
don`t miss his new-production (!) variable capacitors (http://www.askjanfirst.com/eindex.htm), once you`re there...
:icon_cool: :icon_biggrin: :icon_idea:
Quote from: solderman on January 09, 2009, 06:06:38 AM
Hi
This is two quotes from Fulltone.com site about the Mini-DejáVibe:
1. The bulb: getting the correct Voltage rating on this is no big deal, but does size really matter? Yes, but don't look at the size of the Glass, look at the size of the Filament (wire inside the glass)! We got it right.. And this is crucial to achieve the correct amount of brightness... it also has to flash consistently at all speeds. Our does.
2. The Photocells: we're the only small company who can quite frankly afford to have the correct Glass covered, hermetically sealed photocells Custom-made
Man are they for real ?? do they actual believe or should we be considered stupid Customers with mojo in mind??
The right amount of light with in frequency and the right Resistance and speed from the LDR will fix it regardless of brand.
Why not just say as it is: "We make relyable and durable clones of known good sounding vintage effects"
//Solderman
Mike's lips--------------------->TGP's ears. Just saying ::)
Quote from: puretube on June 07, 2009, 06:00:25 AM
(http://www.askjanfirst.com/rb/5ADP1.jpg)
pictures from the gorgeous dealer for tube-related (exotic) stuff:
http://www.askjanfirst.com/
get your kits directly from Jan!
cool & correct service & handling - strongly recommended!
(http://www.askjanfirst.com/pics/thiemclock.jpg)
don`t miss his new-production (!) variable capacitors (http://www.askjanfirst.com/eindex.htm), once you`re there...
:icon_cool: :icon_biggrin: :icon_idea:
This reminds me that, during my first round of electronics studies between 1967 and 1970, one of our lab projects was using valves (tubes) to build modules which, when combined, constituted a television monitor that displayed a right-to-left reversed TV picture on a CRO.
Quote from: ClinchFX on June 08, 2009, 07:52:20 AM
This reminds me that, during my first round of electronics studies between 1967 and 1970, one of our lab projects was using valves (tubes) to build modules which, when combined, constituted a television monitor that displayed a right-to-left reversed TV picture on a CRO.
On the other side of the pond,
my biggest (electronix-) fun in the mid 60`s was producing curves and spirals on 17 to 23 inch TV-CRTs
as psychedelic large-screen lightshows hooked to the radio/pickup/tape-amp,
and inserting a z-control for flashlight-effects.
(well isolated, of course, to also use them ole B&W TVs as a scope...)
`t was cool! :icon_biggrin:
Oh dear ???.
http://www.ethericwarriors.com/ip/viewtopic.php?t=1566 (http://www.ethericwarriors.com/ip/viewtopic.php?t=1566)
Read it all if you can bear to.
Quote from: puretube on June 10, 2009, 10:00:48 AM
On the other side of the pond,
my biggest (electronix-) fun in the mid 60`s was producing curves and spirals on 17 to 23 inch TV-CRTs
as psychedelic large-screen lightshows hooked to the radio/pickup/tape-amp,
and inserting a z-control for flashlight-effects.
(well isolated, of course, to also use them ole B&W TVs as a scope...)
`t was cool! :icon_biggrin:
Ah yes, I'd forgotten about that. TV was relatively new here in Oz in the 60s and there were very few available for experimenting, but the college where I was studying had a special large format classroom scope that was just a modified TV. We had a lot of fun with it. :icon_lol:
Quote from: GREEN FUZ on June 10, 2009, 03:59:22 PM
Oh dear ???.
http://www.ethericwarriors.com/ip/viewtopic.php?t=1566 (http://www.ethericwarriors.com/ip/viewtopic.php?t=1566)
Read it all if you can bear to.
Good god. It's actually just silence!
It`s actually magic silence. I`m listening to it right now. As I look from my window a pair of doves are contentedly shagging and I feel bathed in tranquility, secure in the knowledge that Dr.DeMento and the $#!+birds are being kept at bay.
That whole thread is a treasure-trove of quotes. It`s difficult to know where to start.
.MP3 file available for download.
Very generous of them I thought - even if this is only only contains 300 or so Milli-Mojons (for this must surely be the unit of measure) of an uncompressed .wav file.
I'm guessing 300 or so as Mojons increase exponentially the longer you are exposed to them.
Like *exotic* diseases, allegedly.
I've read the article / thread all the way through and I have to say I feel better already.
It must be the Mojons. Or Caffeine. Or the lovely girls here in the office... :icon_wink:
"Dolphin Balls"
Really...
http://www.whale.to/b/dolphin_balls.html
Aha!!! So that`s what Jack White has on top of his amp.
What a klutz.
TEH CLICKY (http://roadrageprogear.com/bfloopers.html)
How exactly does "burning in" a bunch of Taiwan-Blue 3PDTs and some "mil-spec pre-bonded wire" make it sound better?
...maybe it proves it ain't bust before they ship it.
I thought that "burning in" a Taiwan Blue 3DPDT meant over-heating it with your soldering iron.
...How are these things "tested in a live-style setting"? There's no Beer / dust / ladies undergarments on them.
I wonder if they've read the thread on click-free switching, and the arguments against this type of switch.
I don't know if it's MOJO or not, but instead of regular diodes for clipping, use a transistor with the base shorted to the collector.
It'll sound different enough (threshold voltage goes down as more voltage hits it) that you can claim some whiz-bang technology where only innocent-looking transistors reside. :icon_wink:
Or, how about build a Fuzz Face but instead of NOS Ge transistors, use hand-crafted point-contact germanium transistors just like the Bell Labs guys built back in the day!
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bf/Replica-of-first-transistor.jpg)
Hey, if that french guy can build his own triodes, we can make our own trannies, amirite?
Looks like it's possible to build your own diodes: http://www.qsl.net/k3pd/chap04.pdf (pages 16-20) transistors shouldn't be too hard.
Ooh the mojo... so thick you can taste it...
EDIT: In my searches on the web, I found out that someone named "Andrew Wylie" (Mister Transistor) had an article at his homepage http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/Andrew_Wylie/ on homemade transistors.
Unfortunately, Ourworld was shut down on July of this year. Hopefully Mister Transistor hasn't disappeared, anybody know his whereabouts?
Ready rolled caps: (http://acapella.harmony-central.com/showthread.php?t=2492432)
(http://i45.tinypic.com/bjh98i.jpg)
molded... So: (http://www.sozoamplification.com/purchaseBM.html)
:icon_rolleyes:
What is the Capacitor voltage rates of byoc reverb 2?
https://i.postimg.cc/bYxxLhS4/IMG-20210220-144647.jpg
Little thing to add athmosphere of more luxury amp