FINALLY an OD box that REALLY does Dumble tones!!!!

[M Fowler]

I disagree I don't get anything from listening to the video's about this new OD pedal? But I keep chasing the honking tone around and can get that from several amps one based on 5f6a circuit with mixed hi/lo first triode, 6L6GC cathode bias. V1a 220k/3k3/1uf and v1b 180k/2k2/1uf.

[tag101]

That is an impressive sound from a pedal. The Tasty Guitar chops also help.

Thanks, I appreciate it.

UPDATE: I received my new pedal from a MP dealer who PROMISED me there were no changes to the circuit, just the stencil on the box that now says "hand wired' where the older one I have (borrowed from Mcdaddy) says "BJF design". (The change in housings worried me) Wrong. The new one still sounds great, and is far easier to dial in, but is much darker and not as open sounding as Mcdaddys. So I wanted to return it, then I found that my puppy in the entire 12 hours I had it, some how found his way to it and chewed on the knobs. So I spent $280 on a pedal they GUARANTEED me was the same, its not, and now I am stuck with it. You ever have that feeling where you want to throw something through a window and punch yourself in the face about 20 times? If not, be happy. Its not a good feeling. Off to see if I can find an earlier model, or maybe send this one back for a "downgrade to old specs" upgrade.

[JazzGuitarGimp]

Tag,

I would contact MP directly and explain your situation with the puppy eating the knobs on the new pedal. Ask if you can buy a new set of knobs from them. Probably won't cost you more than ten bucks. Then, once you've replaced the knobs, return the pedal to the dealer you bought it from. If you contact MP by email, it may be a goid idea to attach a picture of the eaten knobs.

Good luck.

[NickC]

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[CHIP]

Tag, just get these;

http://www.mammothelectronics.com/1611W ... ph-abs.htm

[tag101]

I disagree I don't get anything from listening to the video's about this new OD pedal? But I keep chasing the honking tone around and can get that from several amps one based on 5f6a circuit with mixed hi/lo first triode, 6L6GC cathode bias. V1a 220k/3k3/1uf and v1b 180k/2k2/1uf.

Hey Mark,
I will do a clip switching from 183s overdrive channel to the clean with the Sky blue. Its as close as it can be. Two samples of the same exact amp will not sound any closer. Even with the new pedal I can do it. Its totally amazing, and I did not think possible. If you have followed and of my posts over the years, you know what a pedal OD hater I am. For me to give in to a pedal, it has to be REALLY, REALLY good. It will not make any amp sound like a Dumble, but it can make most amps, even those with great cleans, get SOOO close, and an amp that is in a Dumble style to begin with, gets you all the way there. Also, that incredible 183 FEEL is there. When I switch between the OD of the amp and the pedal, I give away nothing. I wnet back and forth last night for 2.5 hours with the two pedals into my Quinns, and was left slack jawed, and my Quinns are sounding unbelievable. They are breaking in fully now, and I am liking them even more than the Dumble. A broken in looseness while still having all the definition. Amps that are totally in the prime of their life.

[tag101]

Tag, just get these;

http://www.mammothelectronics.com/1611W ... ph-abs.htm

That looks like the exact thing!!! Thank you! I looked inside the pedal, and I can see one difference right away. 3 leads coming of the input jack Vs 2 on the older pedal.

[ampgeek]

Stereo jack vs mono jack on the input?

A stereo jack is often used on pedals to disconnect the battery when no plug is inserted into the input.

Cheers,
Dave O.

[Mac Daddy]

Good thing I'm not rich I would have the Strymon Flint, Ola, Lex, and El Capistan great products from that company.

Tag I will have to check out McDaddy's website again was there not so long ago but don't remember the Bluesky pedal.

Mark

Ah he means me , Not the MD that make's pedal's

[tag101]

I disagree I don't get anything from listening to the video's about this new OD pedal? But I keep chasing the honking tone around and can get that from several amps one based on 5f6a circuit with mixed hi/lo first triode, 6L6GC cathode bias. V1a 220k/3k3/1uf and v1b 180k/2k2/1uf.

Check the video out below. So its clear, I have a totally clean tone dialed in on the Quinns clean channel, and an overdriven sound I use all the time on the drive channel. At the same time, I stamp on the Quinns channel switcher and the Mad Professors on off switch. So you are hearing the clean channel of the Quinn with the Mad Professor, and the dirty channel of the Quinn without it. I don't think you can get any closer than this, its pretty much dead on.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YxumqnF3 ... e=youtu.be

[M Fowler]

Tag, they were dead on I agree hard to tell the difference. Sounded good.

Mark

[M Fowler]

Good thing I'm not rich I would have the Strymon Flint, Ola, Lex, and El Capistan great products from that company.

Tag I will have to check out McDaddy's website again was there not so long ago but don't remember the Bluesky pedal.

Mark

Ah he means me , Not the MD that make's pedal's

Yeah I figured that out yesterday.

[tag101]

Tag, they were dead on I agree hard to tell the difference. Sounded good.

Mark

Whew! I thought you were going to say they were not even close. Lol! I hope you get to try one, and just do not rush to judgement! Mcdaddy plugged me in the first time and started messing with the controls and I told him to turn that piece of $hit off! All of a sudden, he hit this one little spot, and my eyes lit up. I heard the strain come out of the blue, and then he adjusted the controls in very small amounts from there. Now I have it down and I can zero in on what I want in seconds, but you have to learn what effects what. The lower right hand knob (texture) controls the upper end, but works in conjunction with the lower left hand "Z" knob. The Z more or less opens and closes the mid tones. That sounds odd, but that's what it sounds like. It does not really add or subtract them. No bottom knob, you have to use the amp for that, but it seems to be set pretty much perfectly. Also, it seems to work better by keeping the amp volume a little lower, and the knob on the pedal up around 11 to 12 o'clock. You can get the tones down to a whisper, but you cant just yank the pedals volume knob down. You have to kind of use the amps volume control WITH the boxes volume control to keep the best sounds. The gain knob is the only thing that seems "normal" about the pedal. Its really totally off the wall and a strange unit, but you simply can not argue with the results. For all different kinds of Dumble like tones, from smooth to raunchy, Ford to Landreth, it seems to all be in there. Completely amazing. Hats off to the mad professor who has totally flipped his wig on this one.

[aflynt]

Not sure if it's just the recording or what but the pedal OD sounded more flat and one dimensional to me. Kind of like it was missing the depth of the amp's tone. It's definitely less bright and clear than the amp in the video above.

Have you tried them both together at gig volume yet? I'm guessing it was fairly quiet in the clip since I can hear your guitar acoustically when you hit the strings hard.

-Aaron