Sultinizer

[juansolo]

Sultinizer

An idea we had a while ago and were beaten to by CJ here. Anyone who's ever listened to Clutch will know what this sounds like. Tim Sult has a very unique superfast wah style, this pedal essentially does that without the effort. With the LFO switched out it operates as a cocked wah.

The boards used are both from Grind Customs. A modboard and Kwawk wah.



An interesting fit in a 1590B...

[Cortexturizer]

Clutch are the men! What a nice project, respect!

[pryde]

Excellent JS. Huge Clutch fan here as well. Maybe a demo if we are lucky? 

[wolfingsworth]

Never heard the band, but there's always extra points for getting multiple PCB's into a 1590b!

[midwayfair]

Think thin!

[juansolo]

Never heard the band, but there's always extra points for getting multiple PCB's into a 1590b!

One day I want a beard as awesome as Neil Fallons:

...and while I'm on Clutch, this one is for the fans. They're just a bunch of guys and are obviously a bit uncomfortable with the whole interviewing thing, but this one is brilliant:

[jubal81]

Saw the art and my eyes shot open. "Damn that's genius."

Then I read what it does. "Sweet jeebus, that's Effin brilliant!"

Been kicking around the idea of pairing a SWAH with a Green Russian, but this just might be way cooler.
As an aside, I've seen Clutch live more than any other band - six times. My friends and I were huge fans in the 90s & early 2000s - though Elephant Riders is the only album that still makes in my rotation these days.

[marauder]

This thing does sound great, but could be improved if anyone has an easy mod to the LFO circuit to make it more sawtooth like.  I think that would replicate Tim's wah technique better.

I've got one these to put together, it's not going in a 1590B!.

[midwayfair]

if anyone has an easy mod to the LFO circuit to make it more sawtooth like.  I think that would replicate Tim's wah technique better.

Easy:

A diode across the rate pot.

Depending on which way it faces, it ramps up or down.

You can put two on an on/off/on switch and have all three wave forms.

You can put them on a 500K pot and have the Tremulus Lune's Symmetry control.

The switch is just better for an auto wah, and it makes the control panel cleaner. Here's a demo of a kinda-sorta-similar optical auto wah (inductorless) with the ramp mod added:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=T1DCIten9qY#t=200s

[marauder]

I'll try the diode when I put mine together.

[nzCdog]

Very cool build man... catchy song too!

[wolfingsworth]

That is in fact a burly beard. Inguess I'm not surprised to hear he grew up in Washington state

[juansolo]

I'll try the diode when I put mine together.

I'll bring mine over today and we'll graft it on to try

[pickdropper]

That's a really cool pedal.  Very clever.

[juansolo]

Well I added a diode as per Jons suggestion and I also opened up the RYO vactrol and pulled the LDR and LED apart so it was a lot more diffuse. It's really taken the harsh edge off it and made the wah action more natural.

Smashing!