I'm an addict

[shawnee]

Hello, my name is Shane and I'm an addict.
Is there a 12 step program out there for overdrive/distortion addiction? Really, how many do I need? I've owned so many and sold almost all of them to start building them. I've had: original TS-9, BD-2, DS-1, SD-1, big muff, mudhoney, OCD, Reezafratzitz (4 and 5 knob), real tube, blue note, bit-o-honey, klon clone, riot, brownie, fulltone 69, blues driver, Tim, pinnacle, minstrel, rockmans, preamps, and a bunch more. Plus boosts: katana, lemon aid, legendary tones, RC boost.
Now I have built the thunderpuss, spackler and fatpants. Serendpity, Boneyard, Chunk Chunk, Grapevine, LaVache, Formula No 5, uproar. I have boards for nuetrino, zygote, boomstick, cosmopolitan, faultline, silverfox, mudbunny, quasar. Now I am looking to pick up a couple of more that I may have missed before moving into Fuzz pcb's. This is only dirt boxes. So what the heck is wrong with me? I don't even play guitar much anymore. I just slam A chords and turn knobs and swap chips and diodes. The good news is that I probably won't keep them all. I'm building at least 2 a week now! I need help!

[madbean]

I think of myself as this guy.

[petesz]

you're a drug lord?

[Haberdasher]

you're a drug lord?

No, no.  He just owns a car wash. 

[petesz]

Or a pedal building business... UH OH CONSPIRACY!

Or he's just a badass..  yeah 

[masterlk]

I bought a TS9 in the early nineties and at that time i didn't see what the big deal was....so...i stuck it in the closet...for over ten years! Then became interested in modding pedals so i sent it to Analogman to do his classic mod. Got it back and still didn't see what the big deal was....tucked it away again. I ordered a mod book from Brian Wampler and modified a few of my Boss pedals but left the TS9 alone. I have tried to love that pedal but couldn't find anything great about it. Then i found the Keeley tru bypass mod online and did that....now when it's off it doesn't make everything else sound like crap. Then finally did a Wampler mod to give it a bit more bottom end....now I "like" it and could put it on my board. Truth is, i'm really an overdrive and distortion junky. I don't know why...i have a great amp and don't need pedals to emmulate other amps. There is something about a box with a light on it that bekons my inner cave man. Actually i could find something to like about most any overdrive...i know...I've just exposed the little green TS9 on my soul....please don't judge to harshly...

[plesur]

You think of yourself as the Dad from Malcolm in the Middle? 

[petesz]

[gtr2]

you're a drug lord?

No, no.  He just owns a car wash. 

Isn't that the same thing.  I sat on a jury for 4 weeks for a drug case.  Car wash stalls are used frequently for "trading"...

[madbean]

You think of yourself as the Dad from Malcolm in the Middle? 

Exactly. I am addict for that show (not really).

Not to derail...I'm not much of a TV watcher, but BB is one I cannot resist. I love the character of Walt.

[jkokura]

Funny. One of my favourite shows is Fringe, also because of a character called Walter.

Jacob

[bigmufffuzzwizz]

Join the club Shane. My to-do list is nauseating, or you could look at it like I'm set for the next ten years!! 
Until Mr bean releases another 20 boards I must have!!!!

[oldhousescott]

To the OP, sounds perfectly normal to me.

[shawnee]

Addiction report: Finished the nuetrino and boomstick today (unboxed). I hate boxing them and it costs almost as much to box one as it does to just build the pcb to try it out. I just use clip leads and don't even put switches on them. I think I am only going to box the ones that I want to keep. I built and boxed a spackler and a fatpants in 1590A enclosures so anything larger will be a welcome change!
So far, favorite high gainers are the chunk chunk and boneyard. I didn't like the uproar, grapevine, or boomstick too much. King of Klone is pretty cool and is worth tweaking a bit more. I really liked the serendipity and nuetrino for medium/low gain. I didn't like the Formula 5 as well as the LaVache for cranked tweed tones. I still have quite a few dirt boxes left to build so I'm hoping to keep less than half. We'll see.................

[shawnee]

I think I am going to have to learn some jedi mind tricks to counteract Madbeans powers.
ME- "These are not the pedals I am looking for. I can go play my guitar now."
MADBEAN- "These are not the pedals you are looking for. You can go play your guitar now."
The problem is that Madbean is not a stormtrooper. He's more like Yoda.....

So my dad comes by last night to see what the heck I have been doing for the last month. He'll be 70 this year and has been playing guitar since he was  a teenager (mostly 50's, simple blues, and old old country). So I demo all of the builds so far and his favorite was the chunk chunk! He doesn't use dirt on anything he plays but was really excited about the sound when I played some good old 80's rock stuff through it. He has built several amps and was fascinated by the fact that this pedal is really a scaled down amp. When I showed him that you have to bias the FETs like a real amp you couldn't get the smile off his face. He also liked the serendipity set for slight grit so I may have to build him one for Christmas. Funny that we play nothing alike and we both liked those two and the boneyard the best out of all of them so far. My dad is really one of the coolset people ever and has been my hero forever. He said "I'm proud of you son. This is really cool."