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#31

Global Annoucements / Re: Jan 2026 restocks

Last post by neiltheseal - January 16, 2026, 11:30:33 AM

Update: the headers came today after all.

Dope! How about the coming soon stuff?

Well I have no choice except get them out ASAP (plus the other 10 that are basically ready) so I can work on the Microsynth. I'm gonna set a much better pace this year.

Looking forward to the microsynth!

#32

Build Reports / DS-1 modded and rehoused…

Last post by greysun - January 15, 2026, 03:24:15 PM

Okay, so it's not a madbean build, but yall have been giving me advice in the general forum, so... yea.

It took me 15minutes to close this thing because boss in the 90s just liked to rats nest their wiring and I didn't wanna replace literally everything in it, so I don't have a gut shot, per se, but I threw the book at this thing and it paid off. Riffing off the internet's version of keeley mods, I replaced the following parts:

C1: 100n film
C2: 1u film
C3: toggled on/off/on - 440n, 100n, 1u; all film
C5: 100n film
C7: 220p ceramic
C8: 1u film
C9: 1u film
C11: 47n film
C12: 100n film
C13: 100n film
D5: 3mm red diffused led + 47p ceramic parallel
R13: 2.4k
R14: 1.5k
R35: 2.4k
R39: 20k
Switch: normally open momentary foot switch
LED: 5mm red diffused
Power: swapped in an "outie"

Removed the battery and rewired the power to be direct. Had to augment ground wires to the jacks as a result to test, but it worked!

The rest are pretty much the keeley seeing eye mods as found on the internet, which have some degree of variance, albeit slightly. All EXCEPT:

C3 is what lets this get pretty fuzzy. Even 100n (stock is 47n, I think, and Keeley didn't change this) darkens it up slightly and nicely for a distortion, but the further north you go the fuzzier it gets - the left switch is stock center, fuzz bottom, fuzziest top. This might make it great for lead work. I think wampler showcased this in a video, and I went all in for it. 

The so called synth mods are... fine. lol. I'm wondering if these keeley mods actually messed with how the synth mods work, but I'm not sharp enough to figure it out. Toggle in the middle of the pedal turns them on, toggle on the right is on/on/on and goes through the varied mods. They're a bit unpredictable in mine and therefore I think I'll be leaving them off, but I do like to add noise here and there for texture, so I'm glad they're at least there and toggle-able.

I notice in bypass it's a little fatter than direct - attributing this possibly to the change in c3, which I believe is part of the buffer circuit, and the fact that I did not make this true bypass. It honestly doesn't sound half bad, lol - but at some point I might need to address it. If I wind up liking the sound, I might throw together an actual board that's not so messy with a 3pdt true bypass.

Anywho, here are the pics I have:

#33

General Questions / Re: Upcoming DS1 mod-apolooza....

Last post by greysun - January 15, 2026, 03:13:38 PM

Welp; it's done - for better or worse (but actually, better). Boxing it up alleviated any noise in bypass, but there's still a little bit the higher the distortion, which isn't abnormal for pedals in my house (will see how things play in our practice spot).

I'll throw a very lame build report into that forum of what I changed - the guts are a MESS, no thanks to Boss in the 90s, and it took me 15minutes just to seal it up, so... yea, no gut shots, unfortunately. Thanks for all the tips and encouragement!

#34

Open Discussion / Re: Happy Christmas, Bean and ...

Last post by jimilee - January 14, 2026, 04:56:42 PM

I'm retiring in 2026 so I know it's the best year ever !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Woohoo!! 


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#35

Open Discussion / Re: Happy Christmas, Bean and ...

Last post by TNblueshawk - January 14, 2026, 03:27:43 PM

I'm retiring in 2026 so I know it's the best year ever !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

#36

Global Annoucements / Re: Jan 2026 restocks

Last post by jwin615 - January 14, 2026, 01:17:35 PM

Awesome news Brian!

#37

Global Annoucements / Re: Jan 2026 restocks

Last post by BricksnBeatles - January 14, 2026, 06:49:28 AM

Update: the headers came today after all.

Dope! How about the coming soon stuff?

Well I have no choice except get them out ASAP (plus the other 10 that are basically ready) so I can work on the Microsynth. I'm gonna set a much better pace this year.

Dope! Looking forward to ordering some Freekouts.

#38

Open Discussion / Re: The secret M117 flanger

Last post by lars - January 14, 2026, 12:02:19 AM

I scooped one because of this thread and it sounds great.

Glad you were able to find one! It really is a great-sounding "all around" modulation effect. I would say it leans more towards the chorus side of things. But, if we could find a schematic I could see this version being an incredible modification platform. With two BBD's in there, you could easily set up through-zero flanging by dedicating one to the dry signal line. By dropping down to 512 stages, it would still get some great chorus sounds, but be able to pull off some amazing flanged tones as well.

Print is not dead. The internet dies with another bubble.

The Internet actually died quite a while ago. It's nothing like a digital library anymore. Social Media runs the show.

#39

Global Annoucements / Re: Jan 2026 restocks

Last post by madbean - January 13, 2026, 11:39:14 PM

Update: the headers came today after all.

Dope! How about the coming soon stuff?

Well I have no choice except get them out ASAP (plus the other 10 that are basically ready) so I can work on the Microsynth. I'm gonna set a much better pace this year.

#40

Global Annoucements / Re: Jan 2026 restocks

Last post by BricksnBeatles - January 13, 2026, 08:29:13 PM

Dope! How about the coming soon stuff?