Shockwave build report

[RickL]

I finally got around to building one of these and it's cool! I've had the parts gathered and a perfboard layout designed for a least a couple of months and I finally got around to building it last night in a hotel room. It took maybe 3 hours.

As the documentation states it tracks quite well over the whole fretboard. As with most octave-down pedals it tracks better if the tone control on my guitar is turned down (tested with cheap LP copy). And this puppy is loud. It's worth the build even for the non-octave sounds. Middle of the mix control gives some nice chimey blends on high strings and cool growl on the fifth fret E. Full octave blend has nice synthy sounds.

This is a great alternative the Blue Box.

[jimbob]

It is a neat little build. I finished mine about a month ago--kinda remins me of a green ringer (GGG) on crack. :lol:  It also sounds as if its really not sure what it wants to do at times--an octave up/ down..it gets confused but still a lot of fun.

[Paul Marossy]

Uh, I think you meant "shocktave", right?  :wink:

[Ansil]

ha  yeah shockwave thats an old transformer..



ROBOTS IN DISGUISE  LOL   :twisted:

[jimbob]

TRANSSFORMER'S ROCK!  So does Voltron.

[RickL]

:oops:  Yes, Shocktave. I've done that at least twice on effects that I boxed and painted before I realized that I'd spelled the name wrong. I once cleverly called a Fuzz Face that I built with NPN Germaniums a "PNP Face".

No matter what it's called it's good   .