MXR Dist + X 2

[BlindtoFaith]

I want two of these bad boys(vintage spec), one cascading into the other. Hook it up

[culturejam]

What's it worth to you?

You want both sides footswitchable?

Would you care if the circuit were reworked to run off of one dual op amp instead of two singles?

I could just bang out a new PCB with both circuits on one board.

[BlindtoFaith]

both sides foot switchable. i do not care if the circuit is different as long as they sound the same as the original. i am not sure how much it's worth. hahaha. what yah think? I may have some trade stuffz

[culturejam]

Have you actually tried two Dist+ pedals in series?

I'm just asking because maybe what you want is a Dist+ with switchable boost?

[BlindtoFaith]

Have you actually tried two Dist+ pedals in series?

I'm just asking because maybe what you want is a Dist+ with switchable boost?

Well I love Superdrag's thick heavy nasty guitar sound and it is a result of like three of those pedals together. hahahaha

[modernage]

Have you actually tried two Dist+ pedals in series?

I'm just asking because maybe what you want is a Dist+ with switchable boost?

Well I love Superdrag's thick heavy nasty guitar sound and it is a result of like three of those pedals together. hahahaha

Superdrag! Yes!!! I support this operation.

Instead of 2 Dist+, you should do one side Dist+ and the other side DOD250. Almost identical circuits, but it would be cool to have a little variety with the asymmetrical clipping of the 250. You could still rock the dual opamp. Maybe put a tone filter at the end of it. I found the D+ can get a smidge bright for my tastes with the gain cranked. But then again I play tele's and I refuse to turn down my tone knobs on my guitars.

This does sound like a neat project. I will be following the progress.

[dubkitty]

on the early Husker Du records Bob Mould used to line up four or five D+ and run through them straight into the board. now, i'll grant you, this didn't do his tone on New Day Rising a lot of favors, but i'm just saying.

[culturejam]

I could rig up a quad op amp and have 4 of them in series. I suspect it would sound like shit, but I also think most Devi Ever pedals sound like shit, so what do I know?

I think four stomp switches would be stupid. But one stomp switch as a master bypass plus four toggle switches to turn on/off the individual circuits would be doable in a smallish in enclosure.

I also think for the last one in the chain, you might want to consider going with silicon diodes instead of germanium, just for the extra volume it would provide.

[BlindtoFaith]

how much would something like that run?!

[culturejam]

Good question. I don't normally do stuff for spec. Let me spitball some numbers "out loud".

The PCB is going to run about $30-ish (I have to order three for a prototype). I don't want to build this on perf. If I'm going to do it, I'm going to make it bad-ass.

The hardware (enclosure, jacks, switches, pots, etc) would be around $50 - $60.

On-board components, wire, solder, etc, would be like $3.

Not sure about labor. That's a lot of damn drilling and wiring, especially if you want LED indicators for each Dist+ circuit. Finishing is another big cost area. Could be cheap, could be mad 'spensive depending on how picky you are. The best thing to do, most likely, would be to order a powder-coated box in a color you like and go from there.

I could probably do the whole thing for around $175 - $200. It'll take a while, though. Gotta do a lot of planning and design, and then some waiting for stuff to arrive, and then a lot of testing.