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MXR Blue Box clones??
Posted: Fri May 09, 2014 1:28 am
by synthezatory
What are the options out there? Love this pedal, but I couldn't go pass that infamous volume problem.
Re: MXR Blue Box clones??
Posted: Fri May 09, 2014 3:19 am
by Ro_S
Re: MXR Blue Box clones??
Posted: Fri May 09, 2014 9:23 am
by D.o.S.
You know there's a super easy mod to fix the volume drop, right?
Re: MXR Blue Box clones??
Posted: Fri May 09, 2014 10:33 am
by astrangerinthealps
C11 mod is pretty easy. So easy I could do it. The MASF Kidnapper is a clone of the DOD Buzz Box with some changes.
Re: MXR Blue Box clones??
Posted: Fri May 09, 2014 10:47 am
by whiskey_face
protone blue rhino is all I can think of. that pedal fucking rocks too.
Re: MXR Blue Box clones??
Posted: Fri May 09, 2014 11:15 am
by Jero
I don't know of any clones available so to speak, but mammoth has kits for an expanded one (aka the popular mods people have done over the years).
Re: MXR Blue Box clones??
Posted: Fri May 09, 2014 3:17 pm
by ThurberMingus
My homeboy Chris at Midwest Modulations put a SHO circuit at the output stage of mine (as well as some other mods) and now it is hands down my loudest fuzz.
Re: MXR Blue Box clones??
Posted: Fri May 09, 2014 3:25 pm
by bigchiefbc
Mid-Fi Glitch Computer with the tracking all the way up is basically a Blue Box.
Re: MXR Blue Box clones??
Posted: Fri May 09, 2014 3:28 pm
by goroth
bigchiefbc wrote:Mid-Fi Glitch Computer is scarce as hen's teeth
Re: MXR Blue Box clones??
Posted: Fri May 09, 2014 3:30 pm
by friendship
Catalinbread Perseus?
I think I'm going to clip C11 on mine, not just for the volume increase but also to get back some treble.
Re: MXR Blue Box clones??
Posted: Fri May 09, 2014 9:42 pm
by rfurtkamp
if the volume issue is a problem, yea, just do the mod.
There's no real need for clones.
Re: MXR Blue Box clones??
Posted: Sat May 10, 2014 1:47 pm
by Jero
rfurtkamp wrote:if the volume issue is a problem, yea, just do the mod.
There's no real need for clones.
That's how I feel. They are damn cheap, just buy one and mod it if needed.
Re: MXR Blue Box clones??
Posted: Sat May 10, 2014 5:37 pm
by synthezatory
Bought it a yeaaarrrs back and sold it due to that prob. I've never followed anything blue box ever since, so yeah the c11 clipping mod is new info to me. Thanks, I might grab another one and try out
Re: MXR Blue Box clones??
Posted: Sat May 10, 2014 7:09 pm
by rfurtkamp
I've heard about the volume drop but I'm not hearing it on the one I use on the settings I use it at.
Yea, I'm near maxing the output knob (which I don't have to do on any of my other fuzz/wacky pedals) but it's still a little above unity.
It's a modern red board/red LED one.
Re: MXR Blue Box clones??
Posted: Sat May 10, 2014 8:25 pm
by van_muddlestein
Just get one and do the c11 mod, like everyone else said.