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That's right... new Harmonic Percolator day!!!!



It's a Skullservant-built clone, using NOS geranium bits (YES, I HAVE FLOWERS IN MY PEDULZ. DEAL WITH IT.) and SOZOs! Now, I've heard that these things typically suck low end on bass, but it sounded STUPENDOUS on my "neutral amp sim" through my compy speakers. I hope to try it through the full rig later this weekend, but typically the sim is pretty accurate, and sometimes it's even a little conservative in the bass response department.

On the whole, it's pretty awesome. The three way switch in the middle seems to control diode selection - I'm guessing that left is one diode, middle is no diodes, and right is two diodes. Volume-wise, middle is loudest, left is a little quieter, and right is a little quieter still. But even so, I'm thinking this will be PLENTY LOUD. I think my favorite selection might be one diode, but I was really impressed by how much clarity I got in all settings. And I'm not normally one to harp on "transparency" and all that baloney when it comes to fuzz, but it really is amazing how much of my basses character was retained, even on the highest gain settings.

Apparently, this was just going to be a project build for him, so the enclosure is pretty utilitarian. I might get it tricked out by one of our resident etching masters, or even just have a go at it with a Sharpie. Either way, it's simplicity belies some MAAAAAAAAAASIVE TOANZ inside!

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Glad you got it and dig it dude! I totally forgot to take a picture of those guts. SUPER fun build with all the mojo going on in there

skullservant wrote:Glad you got it and dig it dude! I totally forgot to take a picture of those guts. SUPER fun build with all the mojo going on in there

I'll have to open it up... one sec!

Full sized Alpha Pots with bright red dust seals, Switchcraft jacks, NOS 2N3565 and NOS 2n404a transistors, crazy Russian 1n695's, carbon film resistors, silver mica cap for the 100pf!

OH MY GOD IT'S FULL OF STARS!

It never occured to me how much those dust caps looked like nipples. That's awesome hahahah

Awesome! Never really heard of people using these on bass before, that's rad. Those red thingies over the pots look weeiird. Are dust caps just what they sound like? because I've never really thought of that being an issue before.

Almost entirely for show, I just think they look rad and it was a tight fit. I use them in tight fit situations, especially if the board is over the pots

They totally do look rad! Can totally see the use in really small enclosures, I've had problems with stuff shorting before because I'm terrible at making pedals.

Yeah. Especially in small pedals like 1590A's. As much as I love making 1590A pedals, there are so many variables about wiring them that stress me out.

No doubt! I'm consistently amazed by people who build in those tiny little things. This is really neat btw, and I love those mojo caps. Need to get myself building again, it's so much fun!

Thanks dude! I found a supplier that is 1000x more reliable than Sozo for sending out Sozo caps. They're a lot of fun to work with!