#1 · Oct 24, 2012 21:36 UTC
http://astrondelta.com/charger/guitar/fx/
Here's a stack of my homebuilt pedal samples. The advantage of these is that they are all through the same rig, guitar, and recording chain, on the same night, so I played similarly through all the pedals. The disadvantage is these are all old pedals, and mostly off-the-shelf kits (I also included my modded Marshall Guv'nor 2). My new pedals are all built with parts I choose, I often lay them out on stripboard instead of on prebuilt PCBs, and I take more risks with them. Also, the cost of a stripboard project with components I buy is less than a third of the cost of a BYOC project, for example. I'll add newer gear samples as I get them recorded.
Nonetheless, I think these pedals sound excellent and give a good idea of what some of my early pedal builds sound like.
Guitar chain is homebuilt strat > pedal > HFS amp > 2x12 repurposed from a Peavey of some sort.
Recording chain is Heil PR40 + chinese ribbon about a foot away from the cab. I also mixed in some of our room mics for ambience (you can hear a little snare drum sizzle on the left), chinese large diaphragm condensers hung from the ceiling, approx 10 feet and 30 feet from the cab.
Here's a stack of my homebuilt pedal samples. The advantage of these is that they are all through the same rig, guitar, and recording chain, on the same night, so I played similarly through all the pedals. The disadvantage is these are all old pedals, and mostly off-the-shelf kits (I also included my modded Marshall Guv'nor 2). My new pedals are all built with parts I choose, I often lay them out on stripboard instead of on prebuilt PCBs, and I take more risks with them. Also, the cost of a stripboard project with components I buy is less than a third of the cost of a BYOC project, for example. I'll add newer gear samples as I get them recorded.
Nonetheless, I think these pedals sound excellent and give a good idea of what some of my early pedal builds sound like.
Guitar chain is homebuilt strat > pedal > HFS amp > 2x12 repurposed from a Peavey of some sort.
Recording chain is Heil PR40 + chinese ribbon about a foot away from the cab. I also mixed in some of our room mics for ambience (you can hear a little snare drum sizzle on the left), chinese large diaphragm condensers hung from the ceiling, approx 10 feet and 30 feet from the cab.