Sqournshellous Zeta

[dropanchor812]

I don't post all that often, but I'm pretty proud of this one.  It's a cave dweller feeding into a GuitarPCB Paramix, with a TH Custom's Reverb hardwired in the second loop.  I used the insert jacks on it just in case I want to use it solely as a blender because I'm primarily a bass player and would use it often.  It's a pretty convoluted contraption for just using a blender, but it looks impressive on stage and thats what's important, right?

I was just going to name it "The Swamp", because it definitely sounds very swampy, but then I added the LFO modulation daughterboard to the dweller (the little etched guy in the bottom left) and thought it sounded kinda spacey.... thus Shquornshellous Zeta.  I could've gone for the more obvious "Dagobah", but... nah. 

Anywho, it sounds awesome, and I'm really pleased with how it turned out.







My 4 year old really wanted to show me how good he was with a screwdriver...
   

[Hogharry]

There's a lot going on in there! Douglas was a real gadget lover and I'm sure he would have approved. Just don't let Marvin have a chat with it...

Extra points for a cute photo.

[dropanchor812]

Haha, yeah it took me a while to figure out exactly what I wanted to do with this.  It was originally going to be just the dweller into te reverb, but then I wanted to be able to alter te mix of the effects.  I just happened to have the Paramix lying around so that's how this happened.  The wiring is pretty messy because I planned it pretty poorly, changing my mind on what I wanted it to do several times.  But it's great now.  And the momentary switch will be a slam switch for the dweller one day.

[diablochris6]

Looks great. Good choice of circuits and audio pathway that would make it quite a versatile pedal for guitar and bass.