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nice! the fender blender is a pretty crazy fuzz pedal. i will get one of these eventually.

...you just can never have too many fuzz pedals.

I recently picked up one of Rob Keeler 'Push' pedals:
http://www.musictoyz.com/guitar/pedals/keeler.php
(I know Rob, this is how I found out about it).

It is a bit spend-y, but sounds awesome in front of a 'watt. Very dynamic and pick-sensitive, and you can adjust it from clean boost to heavy OD.

--mark

mhuss wrote:It is a bit spend-y, but sounds awesome in front of a 'watt. Very dynamic and pick-sensitive, and you can adjust it from clean boost to heavy OD.

But, does it come with chicken head knobs instead of those Marshall-type ones ?

Was there any pedal at this year's Hiwatt Convention that you'd compare it to, Mark? What's the lead time? Have you tried it with other brands/designs of amps?

Dave

I have tried a lot with my Hiwatts. I like the WELLS NYC 8 BALL to add a little of that Super Fuzz sound that PT used. I also have an original Super Fuzz (red and blue version) but that seems like too much. I think Townshend used the Super Fuzz in one of the three amps and blended the cleaner amps with the Super Fuzz.

I did not like my original TS808, or Landgraf. They masked the Hiwatt tone too much for me.

I liked the drive of the Moog delay with no delay used, that sounded great.

I will have to get back to the rehearsal studio and see the pedals to remember the rest. I do not like anything that alters the tone too much, but just add a little bite.

My son just finished putting his BYOC TS808 clone back together, and we auditioned some different chips. The "boutique" chip had the best tone and clarity. That, plus the bass boost mod totally nails the classic 2/4 position SRV/Mayer/etc. Strat tone... into the DR103, channels on 7, master on 4, everything else pretty much straight up (5).

Not as great with humbuckers, a little compressed and muddier, but awesome for that fat, spanky, chimey Strat stuff.

The OCD is more transparent and much better with humbuckers.

FWIW YMMV

mikhailwatt wrote:My son just finished putting his BYOC TS808 clone back together

Can you post a link to a site that sells these? FWIW, my TS-9 (with the original chip) doesn't do much for me in front of a Hiwatt. Much better with Marshalls to my ears. I'd be interested to try the "boutique" chip and bass boost mod...

Dave

OldSchoolDave wrote:Can you post a link to a site that sells these?

http://www.buildyourownclone.com/overdrive.html

I think it was the TLC2272 chip and .22uF cap we liked, I'd have to ask him to be sure. He had the 3 x 1N4001 diodes asymmetrical clipping mod in there originally, not sure if he left those in. The op-amp socket is nice - makes it easy to swap them out for comparison.

mikhailwatt wrote: http://www.buildyourownclone.com/overdrive.html

Thanks!

If you can verify the details in its completed state, that'd be great.

Dave

From the horse's mouth (or cell phone text ):

"Chip was the Texas Instruments RC4558P ic, .22 cap for bass boost, 620k resistor for higher impedance, 2k tone pot, standard clipping."

We haven't tried it yet with an 18vdc supply, just the 9v.

From my experience, the soft and mellow single notes like Eagles's "Hotel California" or Les Dudek's "Avator", OD-1+bass-boost mod was the best. But you can't control the amount of distortion using the guitar's volume knobs.

If you like the violent and loud tone that might kill your amp head, I recommend Dallas Arbiter's Fuzz Face or UNICORD UNIVOX SUPER FUZZ. Strangely enough, these fuzz pedals' distortion amount can be controlled through the guitar's volume knobs and very versatile.