Aristocratic uproar

[small fish]

Here´s my latest build,
I was missing some enclosures, so I combined two, which seems to work together (not exactly, just because of the 3 knobs, each pedal had  

It´s an Aristocrat on the left (closed) and an Uproar on the right side (with the switches on the side: clipping, sdmb-mod and the other mod, no, not the "melting-face-indiana-jones-stuff"). The wiring is a mess....actually, the enclosure is closed when played, so I don´t care  

The Aristocrat isn´t done right now. I´ve changed C1 and C12 to 0,027 caps and still find it very bright and sizzling - playing some Strat with it, is disgusting (imho). Even with splitted humbuckers, the last remaining low frequencies seem to be lost. Any clue, how to reduce the highs much more? I tried 0,047 and 0,022 caps so far but couldn´t hear a huge difference - maybe some other diodes?

The Uproar is fantastic! thx to madbean!

Hope you enjoy it!

[dwstanford]

That's awesome.  What kind of enclosure is that?

[small fish]

Here´s another pic. It´s made of alloy. You´ll get 6 "sides" and mount them. the front and back is quite heavy stuff, the sides, top and bottom are alloy-plates. Maybe a little light-weight for "full-contact-steppin" but it´s quite ok for me 

http://www.voelkner.de/products/39372/100-m.jpg

That´s actually a german reseller. Like "conrad". Manufacturer is called "pro ma", don´t know what it is...

[jkokura]

Nice big box!

Jacob

[small fish]

found my final diodes and internal switching:

Signal input --> uproar --> Aristocrat channel 1 (with 1n34a instead of the 1s1588) --> Channel two (with BAT41s instead) --> amp or multi fx

I´ve changed C1 and C12 to 68n caps, internal presence about 12 o clock. Plugged my guitar in and sounds great, even with all three circuits activated (Uproar in "high-noon" position, all pots at 12 o´clock). Awesome! a real fat tone.

[bigmufffuzzwizz]

Looks real good! 2 great pedals in one clean looking box.
Can you give us a sound sample?

[Diamond]

You should set the treble booster trimmer all the way off. I found it overly bright to the point of being unusable when set at noon or higher. Otherwise, it's a very versatile effect. Great job!

[small fish]

Looks real good! 2 great pedals in one clean looking box.
Can you give us a sound sample?

I´ll upload tonight....the recording gear strikes back.... 

[small fish]

Here´s some audio stuff:

track is divided into 4 parts (you´ll hear it):
1st part: Aristocrat1, bridge hb / neck hb

2nd part: Aristorcrat2, neck hb / bridge hb (all the strumming stuff)

3rd part: uproar, bridge hb

4th part: all 3 fx together (no settings changed)

All played with my 96 US Hamer with SD Seth Lover pus (no mods), just added some delay and reverb (digitech  rp-1000)

Hope you enjoy it (yeah, my playin is very similar to my "wiring-technique" *lol*


http://www.mattejat.de/aristocrats.mp3

It´s my hp, so don´t bother d´loading it....I´ll delete it, if my limit is reached 

[bigmufffuzzwizz]

Thats sounds really good! The uproar is way more beefy! I agree they all go great together!

[small fish]

I found out, that the sound changes extremly, while playin around with the clipping diodes switch and the other two mods - dial in some more gain will brighten up the Uproar. The pots were all in "high-noon" position when played. Turning up the gain will brighten up the sound a whole lot more, than the tone-knob will (imho).

At this position / switching - all on - there´s a nice mixture of the bright Aristocrat and the darker / beefier Uproar. The track was recorded without any speaker emulation. All the way through a tube amp, the sound will definetly be improved.