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Post by rcrecelius on Dec 7, 2006 8:37:41 GMT -7
Below is an email I received from a friend up in Oklahoma...I had a lengthy phone conversation with him the other night talking about the pedals he is building...he is currently offering a single knob boost and will have an overdrive pedal ready in the near future. I havent tried his pedals yet but Im getting one of his boost pedals to try out. He's a great guy and a great player and I bet his pedals are going to be nice. BTW, my only affiliation with him is as a friend...Im just trying to help him spread the word. I'll post my thoughts on his boost pedal after I get it and spend some time with it. www.gtrwrks.comEmail from Todd... All, The website is up and - while still a work in progress - is getting a little closer to the (blurry) vision. Any suggestions/improvements would be greatly appreciated. The boost pedals are shipping now and the overdrive will begin to ship by the first of the year - maybe a few before then, but not many. I need to add more verbage to the site; I need to spend much more time on it. To expound - the clean boost is a very musical, natural sounding event with subtle yet very nice colorations to the tone - very transparent for the most part. Full bandwidth and completely suitable for either bass or guitar. This is a Class A circuit and you can overdrive the front end of this pedal just like you can the front end of a tube amp - it softens gracefully into overdrive, but is intended (by me) to be used as a clean signal pushing the front of something else - either a dirt box or an amp. I really like the subtle coloration of this pedal (like playing into a clean tube amp) - nice and sweet. The overdrive will almost do a straight up clean boost at the low end - std overdrive in the middle of the gain knob's range and full on smooth, singing drive at it's upper end; warm and fat. The first generation will be/is a 3 knob affair (Vol, Gain, Tone), but I've got a couple of prototypes that I'm experimenting with and there'll likely be a second generation adding another point of control - not certain what parameters that it'll be controlling - those issues are being decided on now. Lots of gig-R&D has and is going into this circuit - at this point, its really just a matter of me deciding what to offer. Thanks as always, Todd.
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Post by dock66 on Dec 7, 2006 9:19:50 GMT -7
RC-
It looks like your friend,Todd,has some good products to offer,RC. Do you happen to have some sound clips,price and availability of the products.Thanks.
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Post by rcrecelius on Dec 7, 2006 9:42:43 GMT -7
The Boost is $125 shipped US ($135 International)...not on the website yet but I believe his od pedal is going to be in the $160 range. The OD will be after the first of the year as he is waiting on the enclosures. No clips yet but I'll try to do a clip once I get the boost pedal in my possession...not sure what kind of sound quality I can produce on my own but I'll give it a whirl...
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Post by Lefty on Dec 7, 2006 10:03:23 GMT -7
Tell him the Z Forum will be more than willing to toss a Demo pedal around and to some field testing for him.
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Post by dock66 on Dec 7, 2006 10:12:56 GMT -7
The Boost is $125 shipped US ($135 International)...not on the website yet but I believe his od pedal is going to be in the $160 range. The OD will be after the first of the year as he is waiting on the enclosures. No clips yet but I'll try to do a clip once I get the boost pedal in my possession...not sure what kind of sound quality I can produce on my own but I'll give it a whirl... That sounds great,RC. Thanks a bunch.
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Post by Lefty on Dec 7, 2006 10:32:53 GMT -7
I hate to be nit-picky but...
"The years from '63 to '67 are well revered for certain American tube amps with black faces-classic years of tone. ---True
You can now have that sound in this clean boost pedal emulating the front end of a Class A tube amp..."
I'm not gonna pick at anyone's marketing but Blackface amps were not Class A...
And on a side note, I wonder if this is the same circuit as the Bad Bob. JFET mu-amp running in "Class A".
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Post by billyguitar on Dec 7, 2006 10:43:03 GMT -7
At least the amps we would use weren't class A. The Champ and Vibro Champ would be Class A but that's it.
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Post by Lefty on Dec 7, 2006 10:47:25 GMT -7
FYI I just emailed him about the pedal and it came back to me.
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Post by rcrecelius on Dec 7, 2006 11:30:09 GMT -7
FYI I just emailed him about the pedal and it came back to me. I just checked and it came back on me too...I let him know about that. Also, he did tell me that his pedal is not a Bad Bob copy...ie...not a JFET Mu Amp...
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Post by heynewguy (Ol’ Bill) on Dec 7, 2006 13:41:20 GMT -7
Tell him the Z Forum will be more than willing to toss a Demo pedal around and to some field testing for him. Now there is a great idea. It could start at the top and work it's way down. Pre registar to qualify. Have it for a week and then post a report on the Z Forum. You would be instructed who to ship it to next by Priority Mail. Your only cost would be shipping to the next person, about $6 or $8. Just thinking out loud. new
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Post by Curt on Dec 12, 2006 19:10:08 GMT -7
Come on Ronnie talk him into this..if it's good it would be awesome exposure.
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Post by guitarboy02451 on Dec 13, 2006 4:05:43 GMT -7
Tell him the Z Forum will be more than willing to toss a Demo pedal around and to some field testing for him. Now there is a great idea. It could start at the top and work it's way down. Pre registar to qualify. Have it for a week and then post a report on the Z Forum. You would be instructed who to ship it to next by Priority Mail. Your only cost would be shipping to the next person, about $6 or $8. Just thinking out loud. new Thats actually not a bad idea. I thought of that yesterday after reading Lefty's post. Since the Z-Talk forum not has over 1500 users with a base core of original guys, the forum has legitimacy to it. What would be cool is if say Lefty (a representative of the board) or Dr. Z negotiate with pedal makers to temporarily loan a pedal and have a small group of forum members do product testing and reviews. The key would be to actually do a real review. Not, "it was great" or "it sucked". But a real review along with sound clips. THe pedal maker could have an option to sell the demo pedal (at a discount) at the end of the test or have us return it. I'm sure it would be easy to set up.... the only thing it would be is time consuming for creating the parnterships with the manufacturers and actually testing and reviewing.
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Post by JChance on Dec 13, 2006 20:52:59 GMT -7
I'll try it. Might sound cool with a Z...
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Post by mudskipper on Dec 14, 2006 7:35:03 GMT -7
considering the current state of clean booster offerings from various manufacturers big and small, he's got a tough nut to crack, i think. so i would also be in the "OK, show me" crowd. i always have issues with boosters with a single level control because there isn't any control over the top and bottom frequency ranges. i always find the top to become a little too bright and the bottom too tubby as i increase the boost level. i tinker with pedals a bit and i know how hard it is to create something unique. i admire those people who are going out there and doing it.
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Post by Lefty on Dec 14, 2006 8:27:20 GMT -7
considering the current state of clean booster offerings from various manufacturers big and small, he's got a tough nut to crack, i think. so i would also be in the "OK, show me" crowd. i always have issues with boosters with a single level control because there isn't any control over the top and bottom frequency ranges. i always find the top to become a little too bright and the bottom too tubby as i increase the boost level. i tinker with pedals a bit and i know how hard it is to create something unique. i admire those people who are going out there and doing it. +1. (in a Vincent Price voice) Be ware of the pedals with no tone control....wooooooo!
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Post by rcrecelius on Jan 11, 2007 14:16:20 GMT -7
I finally got to try this pedal out the other day in a recording session. I was playing my partscaster tele with the 19Sixty3 boost pedal set to about 1 oclock...Z28 settings were V 12, B 12, T 3...Shure 57 about 1 1/2 foot in front of the amp. I uploaded only the guitar ride and outro(didnt feel comfortable sharing someone elses material)...let me know what you think... 19Sixty3-Boost-into-Z28I'll be using the pedal again this weekend and then I'll be able to give a better "gig" review but so far I do like it...I have a Bad Bob to compare to and I can hear a difference between the two...they both sound good, just different.
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Post by kruzty on Jan 11, 2007 14:26:46 GMT -7
That sounds pretty dern good!
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Post by Lefty on Jan 11, 2007 14:27:05 GMT -7
Did the price go up? I thought they were less a while ago.
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Post by rcrecelius on Jan 11, 2007 14:28:50 GMT -7
Did the price go up? I thought they were less a while ago. Dang, I guess so...I havent talked to him in a while...
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