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[matmosphere]

Bought this one because I like a good Rat and the Timmy but mostly because of Brian's hilarious ad copy in the build doc

"The Moar is a friggin' killer sounding overdrive. Its gonna take yer wiggly-wahs and yer tappity-taps and make 'em sound like Eddie Van Failin' and Jimmy LePage spent a night feeding in some Weird Science sh%t into a super computer and out came the most bad-a$$ overdrive evar known...Moar. The Moar uses ideas from the Timmy and the Rat and turns them into a sort of...Rimmy. Or Trat."

Wasn't expecting to like it as much as I do. Sounds FANTASTIC and it was a super easy build.

So here's the deal, I made an impromptu short video of how good it sounds. It is of a song I just figured out the other night (tappey-taps start around the 30 second mark, beware the sock-toe). The Moar nails the sound on the record. I am not a player who ever taps, so please forgive the sloppiness. My kids were also making noise in the background.

First person to post the name of the song get a Moar board (I'll pay Brian for it and have him ship it to you) so the toanz can rain down from their rig.

It is probably a pretty obscure song, I doubt I'd know it if my old band hadn't played a couple of shows with these guys back in the day, so I will give out a couple of hints over the next couple of days until someone gets it.

Another 3d printed faceplate on this one. It looks better than the picture makes it look. I called it the Tim Rat, cause I couldn't quite bring myself to write Trat or Rimmy on there even though I really wanted to.

[madbean]

Haha, you say this literally one day after I discontinued the board! Glad you like it. I do plan on doing a 1590B version which is why I decided to nix the 1590G version. Maybe that could be a giveaway at some point.

[matmosphere]

Haha, you say this literally one day after I discontinued the board! Glad you like it. I do plan on doing a 1590B version which is why I decided to nix the 1590G version. Maybe that could be a giveaway at some point.

Ah, oops. Well if there is any left put one aside please. If not.. I'll figure something out.

And I must say, a 1590B version would be great too.

[madbean]

Haha, you say this literally one day after I discontinued the board! Glad you like it. I do plan on doing a 1590B version which is why I decided to nix the 1590G version. Maybe that could be a giveaway at some point.

Ah, oops. Well if there is any left put one aside please. If not.. I'll figure something out.

And I must say, a 1590B version would be great too.

I have a couple left.

[Bio77]

I'm a big fan of the Moar.  I never thought about the Timmy and Rat connection before, I have to read the docs again. 

I built mine in a 1590B, too.  I think a redesign to that layout would be a great idea. 

[EBK]

I'm always a fan of something that sounds good and has no unobtainium parts.

[madbean]

Okey doke, 1590B version with an added bass control. So, pretty close to a Timmy now but not a clone either.

[jimilee]

Even Moar, nice. The next one after that could be, "Yet even moar, but not so much as to overwhelm'"

[matmosphere]

Hint time, since it's probably a pretty obscure band unless you were playing or going to a lot of shows in the early aughts.

The record was released in 2002 on a label called The Self Starter Foundation.

[vizcities]

Haha, I'm stumped, and I was definitely into that scene ca. 2002. Sounds like it could be We Ragazzi? I usually think of them as dancier, but the Les Savy Fav-ish chords at the beginning of your demo were up their alley, & they played about a million shows around that time. My original guess was the Detachment Kit, but I guess they didn't release anything that year...

P.S. Visiting the SSF site was a blast from the past. Lifter Puller! Palomar! The whole Frenchkiss contingent!

[matmosphere]

Haha, I'm stumped, and I was definitely into that scene ca. 2002. Sounds like it could be We Ragazzi? I usually think of them as dancier, but the Les Savy Fav-ish chords at the beginning of your demo were up their alley, & they played about a million shows around that time. My original guess was the Detachment Kit, but I guess they didn't release anything that year...

P.S. Visiting the SSF site was a blast from the past. Lifter Puller! Palomar! The whole Frenchkiss contingent!

Yeah, some really good stuff on there, I still listen to Les Savy Fav all the time. Still think it's bizarre that they make up half of Seth Meyer's house band.

I haven't listened to any We Ragazzi in years, sounds like I have some homework tonight!

BTW, Detachment Kit totally did release a record in '02. I wouldn't be so quick to dismiss them from the running...

[vizcities]

OK, glad to hear my initial impulse was correct. Is it "Sitting Still Talking About Jets"?

[matmosphere]

Indeed!! We have a winner PM me and I'll sort things with Brian.

Everyone else, if you have a moment treat your ears, it's a cool song

[EBK]

Wow!  I see what you mean when you say the Moar nails the sound on the record, especially for those tappy bits. 

[vizcities]

Sweet! PMed.