That Brown Sound

[pryde]

Been watching demos of the Wampler Pinnacle and man does that pedal nail early VH. Unfortunatly, I cannot not justify dropping $200 on one of these 

Has anyone built a madbean project that is similar or REALLY close to the Wampler Pinnacle? What did you build and/or modify to get that holy-grail brown sound. Thanks in advance for sharing.

[slimtriggers]

I'd say Boneyard.  Haven't built the Uproar, but that would probably be similar as well.  Maybe even the Grapevine.  Those are all Marshall-y type pedals.

[DutchMF]

If you want to buy something, you might want to consider MI Audio's Crunch Box. Does Marshall sounds real well and can be had for about $120 new, used probably for way less. Plus, there are schematics and layouts for it all over the internet, I have one (unverified!) with an added TMBP tonestack added, PM me if you're interested. Project-wise, you could also check out the Boomstick/Krankosaurus. Haven't tried them, but reading the docs gives me the idea it might be what you're looking for.

Paul

[pryde]

Thanks for some suggestions. I built a Grapevine before and never really jived with the pedal so I sold it to a member here.

I have a vero layout for the plexi-drive but I am guessing that is more of a punchy-crunchy AC/DC type sound. Will look into a Boomstick or Uproar

[pietro_moog]

search for BSIAB 2, i think the pinnacle to be similar. i like the BSIAB (namely brown sound in a box), but
myself i preferred the crunch box, less van halen, more crunchy-hi gain.
the box of rock is nice, but it's more a vintage, more open sound.

[shawnee]

The Boneyard kills the BSIAB and boomstick in my opinion. I like it better than the uproar too.

[pryde]

The Boneyard kills the BSIAB and boomstick in my opinion. I like it better than the uproar too.

Cool. What do you like about it better than the others mentioned?

[shawnee]

The boneyard sounds more like a real amp and is less compressed. I run mine at +/-15v so 30v compared to a pedal running at 9v is huge. You can run it at +/-12v without any changes other than feeding it with a 12v supply instead of a 9v supply. It will make a BIG difference compared to +/-9v. In a typical pedal, the more gain you have, the more compression (and usually bass) you get. I reduced the gain on mine a lot and it still has enough to get the 80's hair band sound out of it. I have tried the Emma Reezafratzitz, CMATMODS Brownie, Wampler Pinacle, Suhr Riot, and who know what else but there was just something about them that sounded fake. I was going for MARSHALL tones though so if you want something different you may not agree with me. I would not trade my modded boneyard for any pedal on the planet for Marshall tones.