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General => Open Discussion => Topic started by: juansolo on December 14, 2012, 09:46:31 AM

Title: The 2012 family picture...
Post by: juansolo on December 14, 2012, 09:46:31 AM
I update the picture on the front of the site every year or so with the picture of the current DIY stash. It's getting quite large these days!

(http://juansolo.demon.co.uk/stompage/images/allstomps2013.jpg)

Compared to last year

(http://juansolo.demon.co.uk/stompage/images/allstomps2012.jpg)

I think I may have a problem...
Title: Re: The 2012 family picture...
Post by: raulduke on December 14, 2012, 09:52:36 AM
Jesus christ!

Thats a lot of pedals   ;D

How do you store them all?
Title: Re: The 2012 family picture...
Post by: nzCdog on December 14, 2012, 10:16:15 AM
Hehe... very cool  8)  Imagine gigging all those at once...

You'd need...
A huuuge multi tiered pedalboard,
A hefty power supply,
a million patch cables,
a map... so you could find the right ones when needed,
and prolly a roadie!

Have I forgotten anything?
;D
Title: Re: The 2012 family picture...
Post by: DutchMF on December 14, 2012, 11:55:04 AM
If you think you have a problem, let me help you! I'll tape this picture to my dartboard, throw my three arrows at it and the three I hit, you send my way, deal?  ;) So much cool stuff in one picture!

Paul
Title: Re: The 2012 family picture...
Post by: juansolo on December 14, 2012, 12:09:03 PM
Quote from: raulduke on December 14, 2012, 09:52:36 AM
Jesus christ!

Thats a lot of pedals   ;D

How do you store them all?

Currently they're in a huge box...
Title: Re: The 2012 family picture...
Post by: toetap on December 14, 2012, 01:03:14 PM
You obviously need help  ;D  However your not hanging out with folks who can.
Title: Re: The 2012 family picture...
Post by: hammerheadmusicman on December 14, 2012, 01:30:46 PM
I think I might have a little cry..
Title: Re: The 2012 family picture...
Post by: midwayfair on December 14, 2012, 02:20:42 PM
It's 80 if anyone's curious. And all those tubes! :o The way you have them arranged, and knowing that you just made the 1590As recently, it looks like you keep building smaller. So next year, the picture will be only slightly larger but have twice as many pedals.
Title: Re: The 2012 family picture...
Post by: Micpoc on December 14, 2012, 02:32:29 PM
Heartwarming... you are TRULY blessed.

. . .though that blue inverted petagram pedal (Baphomet?) is probably quite disruptive and obnoxious at the family meal.
Title: Re: The 2012 family picture...
Post by: raulduke on December 14, 2012, 03:53:00 PM
Quote from: nzCdog on December 14, 2012, 10:16:15 AM
Hehe... very cool  8)  Imagine gigging all those at once...

You'd need...
A huuuge multi tiered pedalboard,
A hefty power supply,
a million patch cables,
a map... so you could find the right ones when needed,
and prolly a roadie!

Have I forgotten anything?
;D

A noise gate...  ;)
Title: Re: The 2012 family picture...
Post by: pickdropper on December 14, 2012, 04:46:33 PM
What an amazingly wonderful display of lunacy.
Title: Re: The 2012 family picture...
Post by: icecycle66 on December 14, 2012, 04:50:04 PM
1 every 4.5 days.
Title: Re: The 2012 family picture...
Post by: juansolo on December 14, 2012, 05:05:34 PM
Quote from: raulduke on December 14, 2012, 03:53:00 PM
Quote from: nzCdog on December 14, 2012, 10:16:15 AM
Hehe... very cool  8)  Imagine gigging all those at once...

You'd need...
A huuuge multi tiered pedalboard,
A hefty power supply,
a million patch cables,
a map... so you could find the right ones when needed,
and prolly a roadie!

Have I forgotten anything?
;D

A noise gate...  ;)

I have two ;)
Title: Re: The 2012 family picture...
Post by: juansolo on December 14, 2012, 05:13:07 PM
Quote from: icecycle66 on December 14, 2012, 04:50:04 PM
1 every 4.5 days.

That's about 3.5 years worth, and only the ones I've kept... Doesn't count the ones that were for other people (reckon Cleggy has quite a lot that I built before he started building his own) or got recycled ;) Probably more like 160+ :D
Title: Re: The 2012 family picture...
Post by: hoodoo on December 15, 2012, 12:35:12 AM
F@#k me, just think what these would cost to buy if they were the original product, gotta love this DIY stuff ;D
What are your top 5  mate,
All the best, Matt.
Title: Re: The 2012 family picture...
Post by: jeffaroo on December 15, 2012, 02:58:43 AM
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. . .though that blue inverted petagram pedal (Baphomet?) is probably quite disruptive and obnoxious at the family meal.
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what is that blue beast ? it looks very interesting with the two switches
Title: Re: The 2012 family picture...
Post by: juansolo on December 15, 2012, 07:36:07 PM
Quote from: jeffaroo on December 15, 2012, 02:58:43 AM
what is that blue beast ? it looks very interesting with the two switches
That is the first pedal I ever built ;)

BYOC OD2 (Tube Screamer + mods + boost). Gave it to my brother, but he doesn't use it any more so it's found it's way back to the stash.
Title: Re: The 2012 family picture...
Post by: juansolo on December 15, 2012, 07:45:42 PM
Quote from: hoodoo on December 15, 2012, 12:35:12 AM
F@#k me, just think what these would cost to buy if they were the original product, gotta love this DIY stuff ;D
What are your top 5  mate,
All the best, Matt.

Top 5, one is a bought one and not in the photo. I do have a couple of them too ;)

Kingslayer (was a Sunking based Klone until that came along)
Boobtube (use the Klone/KS to push it when I want a little more)
Buzzsaw (Roland BeeBaa)
Ultrastoner Fuzz (Massive muff)
Neunaber WET Reverb

God this is hard. There's so much other stuff I want to put in there (Aquaboy/CE-2/etc)... Honourable mention needs to go to the Alice though, which I adore. Pure sonic chaos in a pedal.
Title: Re: The 2012 family picture...
Post by: jeffaroo on December 16, 2012, 01:33:43 AM
Alice ? ? ?
whats a Alice pedal ?    :D
Title: Re: The 2012 family picture...
Post by: hammerheadmusicman on December 16, 2012, 09:13:46 AM
^that was what i was thinking.. if it's at the top of the list, i think I need to know!


George
Title: Re: The 2012 family picture...
Post by: juansolo on December 16, 2012, 09:41:20 AM
Alice. Pure sonic chaos in a stomp. It's a pedal that after the first, I swore I wouldn't make any more (ended up making 4 of them...) as it's a proper swine to build. Ingredients have changed from time to time, but the effects are the same.

The main part of it is a Uglyface+LFO. The uglyface is an envelope glitchy fuzz, the LFO can be kicked in to replace the envelope. On it's own it can do everything from an actual usable fuzz to laser gun noises and all sorts of nonsense in between.

Then it's stuck into a choppy trem. I originally used to use a EA trem for this and have recently gone to the Double Flush as it can go choppier.

Then there's the Delay. Used to use a Rebote, the last one had Merlins refined rebote in it. We tweak them slighty so they can go on forever. But otherwise you can get everything from infinite noise to sounding like you're in a metal bucket from it.

In combination this makes it a lo-fi noise machine with loads of different things it can do. There's a vid on my site where Wez starts really getting the hang of his towards the end (wife and cat not amused).

It will annoy other halves, pets, neighbours, etc. But it's just massively addictive. The only thing I regret is not being able to fit a flanger in there as it can go really synthy with one on the back of it. Though come to think of it a Smoothie might do the trick reasonably well... *rubs chin*

(http://juansolo.demon.co.uk/stompage/images/Alice3-o.jpg)
Title: Re: The 2012 family picture...
Post by: pryde on December 16, 2012, 01:14:47 PM
Wonderful collection.

Anytime my wife starts up about my pedal addiction I will simply offer her a cup of warm, "shut the f#@K up" by showing her a picture of your collection  ;D

 
Title: Re: The 2012 family picture...
Post by: jeffaroo on December 17, 2012, 01:15:20 AM
WOW...Now thats a beautiful thing !   :o