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Jacob

Slick shoes man. I have some envy I admit.

Jacob

anyone know for sure if I will get phase issues with the Rub-a-Dub reverb?

Seems it uses a Dual op amp and the signal goes into the "-" side rather than the "+"

The distortion pedals I am considering seem to use the "+" side....

Im a strong noob when it comes to phase cancellation queries...

Me too, I'm terrible with that sort of thing. I design with my ears, and I'm not very good even then. The way I would find out is actually trying it, which isn't super helpful, so perhaps someone else has the answer.

Jacob

Hi

Yes in order to have the claen blend "other fuzz" has to be off but thats apparently fine.

I dont want to have to get extra complex really, the whole point is to have two parallel distortions.

The Paralyzer PCB should sum everything back to one output.

I think you guys are saying the same thing, just showing it a little differently. "Blend circuits" usually consist of two parts, a buffered splitter, and a buffered mixer.

If it's clear to your customer that it's clean OR fuzz and there is no option for clean AND fuzz, then you are good.

The only other thing that I would consider pointing out is the potential effect that the buffer would have on the fuzz

Yep, this is the thing.

I've gotten good feedback in general, but the one thing I often hear from people on the circuit (which isn't my design by the way, it's RG Keens - I just made it a PCB with a couple small adjustments) is that it doesn't play well with two circuits that phase cancel. I chose to make it the way it is without adding a switch. At the time, I ran as many circuits as I could in parallel, dozens at least, and I couldn't come up with any that actually had problems. A few combos have come up over the years (6 or so) I've been selling the PCB.

All that said, yes, this is what it's designed for. It should work as you want it to.

Jacob

Oh man, I've never thought of that! That's so smrt.

Jacob

Update: got the pedal back and everything works fine! I am beyond angry now. This guy is officially fired! I am refunding his money, less the 2 unnecessary shipping costs and $50 for my pain and suffering.


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....was this fellow aware that pedals require a power supply? I used to do IT work occasionally, and sometimes you really do need to start at the bottom of the barrel with the questions to ask.

"Hello, Have you tried turning it off and on again?"

Jacob

Update: got the pedal back and everything works fine! I am beyond angry now. This guy is officially fired! I am refunding his money, less the 2 unnecessary shipping costs and $50 for my pain and suffering.

Brutal. Been there. Good for you for pulling the plug.

Jacob

I just read the article. Sad day.

My fav will always be the first album. Track list reads like a best of album.

Jacob

I have had a client that has done nearly the same thing. I kept taking it back after he told me it didn't work. After the 3rd time I 'repaired' it for him, he was asking for a refund. At this point I've lost money on the shipping. You guys know that the margin on most custom jobs is small anyway, but between my time and the actual funds out the door, I'm down $100 by that moment, and I asked him to consider that it's a problem on his end, and not on mine. I wasn't willing to take it back, and each time had sent it to me it had worked fine for me. I tried to no avail to get the symptoms to show themselves, but nothing.

Man that was frustrating. Among the last custom pedals I ever did.

Jacob

Maybe I'm boring, but if I had to choose one pedal brand, I'd probably pick Boss. They have some of my favs over the years. That or Strymon, although I've only used Strymon Delays and Reverbs, I'm still fairly certain I would be happy with their gear.

EHX has some good ones, but I haven't really looked at many of their products as 'I want that' type pedals.

Jacob

My recommendation is two fold:

- get an electric piano that you can plug headphones into
- Get something with weighted keys that is oriented to a piano type experience, not a keyboard meant for fun sounds/synth stuff

Jacob

I have used a a Presonus 44VSL for a good number of years. it's great, and pretty easy to use.

Jacob

BEST PAINT EVER.

No seriously, I love that paint job.

Jacob

At the risk of perhaps stepping over the political boundaries that separate my Canadian experience with (the majority here) the US experience, I wonder sometimes at the origin of the US as a country. A major portion of the attitude of what the US is founded upon is rebellion. The very nature of the US culture is based around the idea of independence as the highest ideal, about the rejection of even appropriate authority at times, and the very origin of the nation was in rebellion against authority. The fact that the Confederate group in the Civil War were called 'rebels' and that the Rebel title is one that many bear proudly certainly bears out in terms of the current reaction amongst some.

I guess I'm not calling it negative, because appropriate rebellion has led to good things. However, I think it's an interesting observation that what's so highly prized at times can also be an achilles heal at other times.

Here in Saskatchewan, we just saw our record number today. We have slowly been opening, and we just saw a nearly %5 jump in total cases in a single day. Not good, but overall we are still at less than 1000 cases for our 1.1 million population.

Jacob

I love the hand painted artwork look. Those are fantastic.

Jacob