Been a while since we had a HARMONIC PERCOLATOR thread, no?

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Aaaaannnnd I think I have an EA coming
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Noice!
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I’m finishing a batch of EA’s this week, I’ll have 9 available
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psychic vampire. wrote:The important take away from this thread: Taoism and Ring Modulators go together?
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hmm, wonder why this didn't show up on my porkolator search :idk:

:idea: "Yo homes, ...."
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:idk: That's what happens when Truetone Music spells it "Porkulator".

I think that's maybe something someone in the 1950s said to their high school girlfriend. :lol:
psychic vampire. wrote:The important take away from this thread: Taoism and Ring Modulators go together?
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Sweet dealin's: here
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:lol:

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Built myself a 1590A Si percolator. Used a little larger input cap and auditioned transistors for a while, settled on a 2N2907 and a 2N2369. Sounds legit and has great harmonic content. :joy:
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:love:
psychic vampire. wrote:The important take away from this thread: Taoism and Ring Modulators go together?
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"Now, of course, Strega is not a Minimoog… and I am not Sun Ra" - dude from MAKENOISE
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Boxed up a harmonic jerkulator today, no mods and no diodes. For a handful of very common parts this is a great pedal!
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What trannies? 3904/6? I do love the Escobedo circuit, it's so juice
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Nice job boxin' it up too! :!!!: :)*
psychic vampire. wrote:The important take away from this thread: Taoism and Ring Modulators go together?
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BetterOffShred wrote:What trannies? 3904/6? I do love the Escobedo circuit, it's so juice
Chankgeez wrote:Nice job boxin' it up too! :!!!: :)*
Thanks! and yes, just a 2n3904 and 2n3906 combo, I tried most of the suggested mods/substitutions but the basic sound is good and the exact kinda thing I like! Loud and nasty. :cool: I can not recommend enough, its arguably easier than building a fuzz face.
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I've built quite a few variations of the Escobedo jerkulator and I'm curious what gains your trannies were. It's been my personal experience that gain ranges don't seem to matter much, but I've found a few sweet spots in my builds as stated above. It's better stated with the Ge percolator.. there's some magic there. I think clipping diodes are kind of a bonus in this circuit.. they sound pretty amazing if you get a good pair.
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Those homebrew percs look amazing. Do either of them generate random suboctave harmonics like the V1 Zander Cafetiere?
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