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Yamaha YC-25D with tape echo and reverb
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Fulltone - CS-Ranger-OC75
“ausverkaufte limited edition Rangemaster clone mit NOS Mullard”
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Fulltone USA is Back: Boutique effect pedal maker is back again
Fulltone is Back, with Mike Fuller at the helm, just now he has Brad Jackson taking 90% of the workload off.
Fulltone is Back!
Fulltone USA closed down in 2022 and the prices of used Fulltone effects shot up on the secondhand market. Mike Fuller, had enough and sold his premises. Now they are back with Jackson Audio’s Brad Jackson.
For over 30 years Fulltone has defined boutique quality effects…
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True love never ends…
Or is it a compulsive obsession?
When I resumed playing guitar seriously in 2016 I didn’t know much about pedal effects. There were two guys living nearby playing bass and guitar in a band. When I moved there with my wife and kids and I first visited their place I saw guitars and basses all around and I was a bit envious: it was an idea I had abandoned time before.
But in a matter of a few months I had joined a band myself and my passion for playing guitar suddenly was revived in full glory! Having no effects at all, the guitar player showed me his pedalboard and it was the first time I saw and heard a Fulltone OCD.
It was love at first sight!
One night I surfed the bay for one and secretly clicked on Buy Now thinking “what the hell, you only live once!”
It became the basis, the backbone of my sound. I learned later it was a v 1.7. One of the most common and loved. The first versions, 1.0 to 1.3 were already much expensive. Mine was the latest model at the time.
Much later Fulltone introduced version 2.0 with some improvement but fans were bonded to the old series more.
For years I was all OCD. But recently I had developed an admiration for Italian companies producing effects at a really high level of quality. Think of the Cornerstone Gladio. A sort of jewel pedal. I discovered their first overdrive was the Sparkle Drive. It was similar to the OCD with more versatility due to both bass and treble controls. Like the OCD it was extremely dynamic and touch sensitive, maybe even more.
Being forced to limit expenses on futile stuff like guitar pedals, my only chance was selling the OCD if I wanted an Italian-made Cornerstone. The expensive Gladio was out of reach, but a Sparkle was feasible. I went for it. I bought one used but had to sell the OCD.
End of a great love? After a few days I learned Fulltone was closing. Production was halted. Their used effects would soon raise their prices. What have I done!?
I was really, really satisfied and impressed by the Cornerstone Sparkle. I went along for months and months not even thinking about the OCD and the price race that brought earlier models up to 400 dollars! But lately I had the chance to play on stage with the same friend who introduced me to the OCD and I saw his still there in his pedalboard.
It brought back memories of my first time with pedal effects, when we lived nearby and I learned a lot from the guy’s experience. The bass player had joined our band years before, the guitar guy moved in with his woman and he is a father, too. They are both great guys and great players and the guitarist’s advices always helped me. I wanted an OCD again…
The mere sight reminds me of the fever of being back in a band, of studying songs to cover, of trying to replicate the sounds of your heroes, of the night I secretly clicked on that button and waited for the OCD to travel across the Atlantic…
How could I have parted from it? The Sparkle may even be better, it is Italian like me and I’m proud of it. But at a certain age you care more for memories than technical aspects. For me the OCD means my rebirth as a guitar player. It means something more than performances. It means fond memories.
So I started looking and found a v1.7 being sold at a bit more than what I had sold mine for. But the seller was not responsive and I was really scared prices would have grown soon out of reach. I though about shelling even more for one v1.4. Only v2.0s were available at lower prices. So I bought one at the same price of the v1.7 whose seller was not showing up.
The 2.0 has a 1000k input impedance that is better than the old 330k. Enhanced buffered bypass is also available along with true bypass. Some say the new version is worse than the old one. Actually it is an improved version that can sound the same as the old by tweaking the tone pot.
But here it becomes crazy, at least for me. Eventually the seller of the 1.7 replied. I lost sleep thinking about buying even that one. I did like it more. So I decided, Wtf.
I compared the two in my pedalboard and I decided I was much more comfortable with the old version. It took some time to resell the v2 and I lost some money in the exchange. But it was worth the effort in order to come back to my old first love…
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Far from This World - Fulltone feat. Zein
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Chill Beats / Deep House / Nu Disco
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Fulltone may have closed their doors but I am ready to rock! Thanks @fulltone_musical_products_inc for many years of making some of the finest tools in the business. #fulltone #guitareffectspedals #guitarpedals #guitareffects #toneinspired #gearybusey (at Denver, Colorado) https://www.instagram.com/p/Ci52u6GOPt7/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
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Comment augmenter le headroom d’une pédale d’effet avec une charge pump
Dans votre quête du son vous vous êtes peut-être confronté à des circuits de pédale d’effet avec charge pump ou pompe de charge. Et peut-être vous êtes vous demandé à quoi ça sert ? Une charge pump (comme le MAX1044 ou le LT1054) c’est le nom donné à des convertisseurs de tensions. En leur fournissant une tension unique (bien souvent 9V dans notre cas), ce composant est capable d’inverser la…
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boutique pedal community drama is soooo crazy
jhs- a lil homophobic
fulltone- hates black people
earthquaker- friends with the black keys (lame)
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Exploring Poison Ivy's Guitar Mastery in The Cramps
Exploring Poison Ivy’s Guitar Mastery in The Cramps. Poison Ivy, the iconic guitarist of The Cramps, is renowned for her unique sound that combined punk’s raw energy with a retro rockabilly vibe. Her distinctive approach to guitar equipment and music production played a crucial role in shaping the band’s signature sound.
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Poison Ivy Rorschach, born Kristy Wallace, is an iconic figure…
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Gotta say, now that I'm watching the dub to Bucchigiri, I think it's pretty good, and even tries to clear things up in the dialogue, though not to the high standard of SK8's dub since there's no real standouts like David Wald's performance as ADAM.
The closest though has to be Ricco Fajardo's performance as Matakara. I've been following his roles for a decade now, and I'm impressed by his range across the shows he stars in and he manages to demonstrate that range so well here. Inversely, it's Arajin's VA who's new to voice acting, since this is his first major lead role in a dub.
Also a shout out to Shindo's dub VA for playing his first villain role in years and just delighting in chewing the scenery. It really sounds like he's enjoying this.
Yeah I caught a few of the dub clips on X/Twitter and while I do think that the dub cast isn’t as strong as the ones in SK8 (I WILL GET INTO THE SERIES SOON I PROMISE BUT NOT RIGHT NOW), I don’t mind it as I rather let some new talents shine and see how they perform in the long run. Well most of them are names I never heard of with maybe a few exception (Senya, Mahoro, Akutaro, Ichiya and Matakara).
So I’ll give out my opinions on some of the dub cast:
Arajin (Alex Mai): He isn’t bad by any means. I do like how in Episode 2, he made the scene where Arajin is forcibly pulled by Senya funnier than the original. Can’t wait to hear more of his performance.
Matakara (Ricco Fajardo): I only heard him a few times as Matakara but it is decent. It sounds close to his performance as Pandreo in FE Engage but with a much more mellow tone to it. (I don’t know how would Ricco tackle Corrupted!Matakara but I’ll just wait and see once all episodes are up) It’s a shame he doesn’t even mention or like any BUCCHIGIRI?! posts when I felt that it was a pretty decent role he has (tho then again not every VA’s are chronically online)
Mahoro (Lindsey Seidel): She’s ok so far. But I do think her raspy voice when showing her spiteful side felt a little off compared to the original VA where she just lower a few octaves or so but it’s still an okay-ish performance so far.
Marito (Kieran Fullton)- For a new-ish VA, his performance for Marito is just as close to the Japanese performance. I like how he balances out Marito’s playful side but also his sneakiness in some parts such as in the scene of Episode 2 where he asked Matakara about Arajin’s whereabouts before he gleefully says he is going to make him join Siguma.
Senya (Chris Guerrero)- I agent heard much but he does seem to act out the best he can. The part in Episode 2 where he managed to perfectly replicate the performance in the original where Senya is acting like a meow meow is just 👌🏻
Zabu (Daniel Van Thomas)- I think he’s ok but I do have certain issues in that I felt that his voice felt way too deep for a 16-17 year old boy. Still, it’s a decent performance but I preferred the original better (Sorry 😅)
Komao (James Marler)- I think he’s ok from the few clips I’ve seen, almost as close to the JP VA performance but still having some few differences here and there.
Outa (Wyatt Baker)- Can’t say much tbh. (Sorry)
Jabashiri (Alex Hom)- He’s alright so far. I only heard a bit of him back in Apothecary Diaries so it’s a bit surprising he was chosen to play Jabashiri.
Hagure (Van Barr Jr.)- Can’t say much tbh but I do like some of his performances from the few clips I caught of him.
Akutaro (Aaron Dismuke)- I do like his performance as Akutaro, sounds almost close to the original as well esp in that clip in Episode 6 where he ‘thanked’ the whole of Minato Kai and Siguma Squad for being close to his goal.
Overall, those are just my thoughts on the dub VA performance.
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Tracklist:
01. Amonita - Deja Vu
02. Fulltone - Love In Space
03. Modd - Buran
04. Amonita - See The Light
05. Roy Rosenfeld - Lift of Love
06. Tryangle Man - This Is A Dream (Funkermonk remix)
07. Kora (CA), Nic Falardeau - Om Namah
08. Roy Rosenfeld - Megakraft
09. Guy Gerber - Full Circle
10. Lee Burridge - A Hymn for Your Dreams
11. Age of Love - The Age of Love (Solomun Renaissance Rmx)
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DIY Dumble-like sounding MOSFET Overdrive
The Hermida Zendrive guitar pedal we will study, assemble and listen to today is a true masterpiece. Many say its sound is close to the Holy Grail of guitar amplification - Dumble Overdrive Special.
Other people are more pessimistic in their judgments. Still, the precise response to the picking dynamics, the Voicing tuning options, and the sheer beauty of this overdrive's sound are simply impossible not to love.
But before we study the Lovepedal Zendrive or its copy of the Landtone Phoenix song, or the Aion effects Azimuth dynamic overdrive, we'll study the evolution of the MOSFET overdrives that finally resulted in the development of this gem.
Fulltone OCD
Mike Fuller was one of the first to start using MOSFETs instead of diodes to limit the amplified guitar signal in 2004.
His Obsessive-Compulsive Drive overdrive-distortion pedal is built on a standard circuit with one dual op amp. The first operational amplifier, X1, amplifies the amplitude of the guitar signal by a factor from 8 to 463 times, depending on the position of the drive control X3. This is a 1-megohm potentiometer.
Further, through resistor R9, the signal is fed to the limiter, which comprises 2N7000 MOSFETs M1 and M2 connected in parallel. A germanium diode D1 - 1N34A is additionally included in series with M2, which makes the limiter asymmetrical and, therefore, makes more interesting sound.
A limiter in overdrives is usually included in the negative feedback circuit of an operational amplifier (i.e., in parallel with C6). Such a limiter is called a soft limiter.
And here, a hard limitation is applied: clipping sections are included between the preamplifier output of the gain section and the virtual ground - half of the supply voltage Vref, formed by resistors R4 and R7.
Virtual ground is used in the unipolar powering of operational amplifiers to amplify analog signals, such as audio signals. The guitar signal does not change from zero to plus but from minus to plus, passing through zero.
To prevent the signal from being limited to the circuit's ground, it is shifted in the plus direction by half the supply voltage.
Such hard limiting is typical for distortion pedals. But by using MOSFETs instead of diodes or LEDs, the top of the signal is not cut hard but softly rounded. Therefore, OCD can work as both distortion and overdrive.
Due to the smoothed peaks of the limited signal, the sound is highly dependent on the sound's attack dynamics. For rock and especially blues, this is very valuable. With modern metal pickups that compress the dynamic range of the signal, it can help make solos sounding more sweet.
The second operational amplifier X3 amplifies the limited signal by a factor of 3.8, correcting its timbre. Capacitors C6 and C9 prevent the self-excitation of operational amplifiers at high frequencies.
Next is a simple passive tone knob, which implies a treble leak circuit. Potentiometer X4 10 kilohms and capacitor C11 47 nanofarads are connected in the same way as on the pickguard of any electric guitar.
The Switch1 switch changes the circuit's output impedance as if the high-impedance and low-impedance pickups were switched. When it's open, you get a transparent overdrive like the Klon Centaur, and when it's closed, you can get a more aggressive sound like the Marshall Plexi.
Hermida Audio Zendrive
The Zendrive pedal's authors, Hermida audio technology (now produced by LOVEPEDAL LLC), have undoubtedly studied the Fulltone OCD thoroughly. Let's find the differences between the two circuits.
First, the limiter is included in the operational amplifier feedback, that is, between the output and the inverting input, not between the output and virtual ground. That is, here we have a soft limiter.
Secondly, one diode is added in series with each MOSFET. Clipping remains asymmetric: we have one diode in the left arm of the limiter and two diodes in the right arm.
Third, the second operational amplifier is used as a voltage repeater, aka buffer: the output is directly connected to the inverting input.
Fourth, the tone control is implemented a little differently: two OCD`s switchable resistors are replaced by a potentiometer.
And finally, the most critical, fifth difference. A potentiometer is included in the tone correction circuit between the inverting input of the first operational amplifier and the artificial midpoint.
This fourth knob, Voicing, or Character, allows you to smoothly adjust the lower frequencies in the overdrive structure over a wide range, similar to the Resonance control on many tube guitar amps.
The potentiometer is signed as a trimmer in the diagram because some pedal makers don't want to install a fourth knob on the pedal`s body. This is what Landtone did when developing the Phoenix Song Overdrive DIY kit.
The developer suggests installing the trimmer on the PCB, and to access it, you need to disassemble the pedal by unscrewing the footswitch nut and taking out the PCB.
But I will not be lazy to drill an extra hole in the pedal body and install a potentiometer with a knob, connected to PCB by wires instead of the trimmer. Because I consider this regulator simply invaluable and irreplaceable.
Before we get to assembly and testing, let's look at another pedal with a similar adjustment. However, it is based not on the Fulltone OCD but on the Ibanez Tube Screamer.
The Precision Drive
This is a signature pedal by Misha Mansour of Periphery, manufactured by Horizon Devices. Compared to the original Overdrive Pro TS808, the circuit adds a noise suppressor, which we will not consider, and an exciting ATTACK switch.
The Precision Drive scheme was studied and partially replicated by PedalPCB and PCB Guitar Mania. They are manufacturers of DIY kits for guitarists. Their products are called Dwarven Hammer and Collision Drive, respectively. A noise gate is not provided there, but the attack switch is implemented. This is the main difference between Precision Drive and many other overdrive pedals.
In the Fulltone OCD schematic, we saw a resistor switch at the tone shaping circuit in the output section. The Zendrive has a variable resistor in the preamp's RC circuit which is controlling the overdrive structure.
Precision Drive has a constant resistor in the same place, between the inverting input of the overdrive section operational amplifier and the virtual ground, but the capacitors are switched.
This is the same thing: we change the time constant of the RC circuit, which adjusts the audio signal's frequency spectrum. At the same time as the time constant, the complex impedance changes, thus the gain.
A resistor is a resistance to both DC and AC current. At the same time, a capacitor is only resistant to AC current because DC current does not flow through a capacitor. Since DC current does not flow through our RC circuit, there is no difference between adjusting the resistance and switching the capacitance.
But the active/reactive ratio affects the circuit's Quality factor, i.e., its resonance. It's no coincidence that the knob on guitar amplifiers, which adjusts the same frequencies as our potentiometer or switch, is often called RESONANCE. And it is used to adjust to the resonance of the electromechanical system - the loudspeakers in the cabinet, along with the masses of air in and around it.
The reactive impedance accumulates energy and gives it away, except for losses due to dielectric recharging and magnetizing the magnetic core in inductors. This is why coreless inductors are often used in high-end equipment, so-called air inductors. They weigh a lot, take up a lot of space, and are expensive because copper is more expensive than steel. But these are the laws of physics on which technology is based.
Unlike reactive impedance, active resistance converts electrical energy into heat, thus reducing the Q-factor. In some cases, it is necessary and useful. In others, it is harmful. Or it simply creates a unique sound character.
That's why switching capacitors and turning the potentiometer knob in the feedback circuit of an audio frequency amplifier is almost the same thing, but not quite. And it's great that there are such different variants of guitar overdrive pedals!
Landtone Phoenix Song Overdrive
Now you can hear how my Zendrive from the Landtone OD-1 kit sounds, with a Seymour-Duncan SH4 humbucker on a Gibson MM Explorer guitar, into an Orange MT20 with a Torpedo Captor X. And see how I assembled the pedal and also a kitten walking around the table and prancing around.
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I liked the pedal, especially its fourth magic Voicing knob, which does things to the sound that other tone controls can't. I also liked the bird on the body. Because I love birds. And in the music world, the decoration of instruments and hardware plays no small role because it inspires creativity. And the fact that the pedal is assembled by my hands also warms my soul and creates inspiration.
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POISON IVY'S EVIL 13
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September 2003
Riffs I Dig to Death
“The Witch,” The Sonics
Simple, angry, and scary use of two chords.
“The Bat,” The Ventures
Two chords again. Evil and tough. Similar, but strangely different from Link Wray’s “Rumble.”
“Buzz Saw,” The Gee Cees
A sparse riff that interacts intriguingly with the rockin’ drums.
“Guitarville,” Roland Janes
Dark, dangerous, and sexy.
“Ramrod,” Duane Eddy
The rhythm is the riff.
“Smokestack Lightnin’,” Howlin’ Wolf
A dizzy, hypnotic downward spiraling whirlpool.
“Shakin’ All Over,” Johnny Kidd &the Pirates
Hoodlum tension—haunted and lonely.
“Out of Limits,” The Marketts
Spooky turns to tough, and points out the connection between martians and hoodlums.
“Stampede,” The Scarlets
A rampaging descent into hell!
“I’m a Man,” Bo Diddley
Simple. Monumental.
“Peter Gunn Theme,” any version
Slinky, hypnotic, and criminally addictive.
“Come See Me,” Pretty Things
Aggressive and urgent.
“You Really Got Me,” The Kinks
A simple, brutal sex riff.
Riff goddess Poison Ivy just co-produced and performed on The Cramps’ latest album, Fiends of Dope Island [Vengence]. Her gear includes a ’58 Gretsch 6120, a Fender Pro Reverb (live), a Valco 1x10 combo (studio), a Univox Super Fuzz, a Fulltone Tremolo, a Maxon AD-80 delay, and D’Addario XL115 strings (gauged .011-.049).
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