Madbean Boom Boom

[peccary]

I started building this board probably sis months ago or so. It took me some time to get all of the transistors needed and I took a long time going back and forth on the artwork. Initially I wanted to do some kind of play with triangles considering the original design, but wasn't really liking what I came up with.

After finishing my Edgelord, which had a TNG theme, I tried to use TNG as a theme for a couple of other pedals I was making but, again, I didn't like what I was coming up with. It all seemed forced, and that's not what I am going for.

A month or so ago I was chatting with TheWinterSoldier and got inspired to try a TNG theme with the Boom Boom. At the same time I was looking at images of trumpets and trombones and trying to work them in to it, given the "brass" reference. When Chris mentioned TNG, I immediately remembered that Riker played the trombone, and it was kismet.

I tried to work in an image of Minuet but that was feeling forced, so instead I went with the trombone music from Bach's Minuet which I thought was a pretty rad idea.

I didn't include the "brass" label because it's now the "Minuet" switch

This thing is pretty gnarly sounding. It certainly has much more heft to it than many other bass fuzz pedals I have used, but it's a bit touchy and takes some care to dial in. I think that having some more room on the "sens" knob would be nice so that it's not so touchy and comes on a little slower. That said I have only played with it for about 30 minutes and I think it's just going to take some time to find my sound with it. It gets wacky really quick with any twist of the knob or flip of the switch. I mean that as a good thing, but it just takes some adjusting each time.

Here are some photos and a quick sound sample. Obligatory "please ignore my awful playing." I used my Warmoth parts Jazz bass with 60's pickup placement and S/D 1/4 lb jazz pickups and Fodera nickle rounds.

https://soundcloud.com/joe-b-575234186/boom-boom-demo?utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing

[harryklippton]

Came out good, Joe! I recently picked up this board too. Did you try it on guitar at all?

[peccary]

No, I haven't tried it on guitar yet. I had about half an hour to play with it before the kiddo woke up from her nap. I'll see if I can get you a sample on guitar this weekend.

[cooder]

Very cool build, nice to see!

[Bio77]

Boom! 

Looks great!  I've got one of these on my to do list.

[Thewintersoldier]

Turned out great Joe, another home run. I'm glad I could help with the direction of the graphics and live all you did with it.

[zombie_rock123]

Absolutely my favourite Star Trek artwork to date on a pedal.

Second half of that demo sounds like everything I want in a fuzz, and a bass.

[peccary]

Boom! 

Looks great!  I've got one of these on my to do list.

Thanks! I think this is a good addition for anyone who owns a bass.

Turned out great Joe, another home run. I'm glad I could help with the direction of the graphics and live all you did with it.

Thank you! Yeah, I don't think I'd have thought of this graphic unless we had that conversation. It was perfect.

Absolutely my favourite Star Trek artwork to date on a pedal.

Second half of that demo sounds like everything I want in a fuzz, and a bass.

Thanks, that means a lot! I want to use more TNG references and can only hope that they work as well as this one did.

And the little bass power chord outro was just a happy accident. I was recording that first riff and wanted to hear what strumming might sound like and it was glorious. It made me want to start a doom band 😂

[blackhatboojum]

Friggin crushing it!

[alanp]

Nice touch with the stomp switch wiring.

[peccary]

Nice touch with the stomp switch wiring.

Thank you. I've been trying to think of ways that I can try new things and be a little creative and step up my game a little bit. It takes a while but I enjoy building, so I figure why not? lol

[Paradox916]

Nice job man, that thing gets real burley!


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[jjjimi84]

I really like this a lot, it is the push I need to get mine finished. Nice job

[peccary]

Nice job man, that thing gets real burley!


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Thank you!

Yes, it does. I was using it with my Edgelord the other day and it got very gnarly and synthey. I'll have to make a sound clip of that one of these days.

I really like this a lot, it is the push I need to get mine finished. Nice job

You certainly won't regret it! Glad I could help push you over the edge - I'm stoked to see what you come up with for artwork!

[nzCdog]

Sweet build... Star trek geek here, Next Gen was my favorite series. 10/10