Would be really brilliant if you could make your DIY pedal books available for people interested in this stuff. Is there any way to buy a digital copy of them or download them please? Love your pedals, content, guitar playing and attitude. 😎👍👍
I'm in the electronic engineering program at my local college and this video is GREAT! You've combined my education and my favorite hobby into this video. Please continue to make these "nerdy" videos. Also, I would love an in-depth explanation of how to make different effects at the basic level, like what its doing to the voltage signal, current, etc.
"I spent 3 minutes breadboarding this" and still sounds great. I'm impressed how every breadboarded circuit Brian does in his videos are great. You're awesome, Brian. Cheers from Brazil.
Brian Wampler doesn't gig with a pedalboard; he brings five breadboards, some wire and a bag of alligator clips...and changes 'pedalboards' between tunes! Seriously, I would throw money at any of those impromptu "circuits" you whipped up. Very educational/enlightening. You're a true artist at what you do! Also: My V.1 Sovereign is probably my favorite distortion pedal of all time. Cheers!
@@rickc2102 that is basically what the switches and pots on the top of any pedal make available. Especially rotary switches as you can totally change your path multiple ways.
Gee I wonder why Josh Scott likes the video where it shows that cloning a circuit exactly is pretty hard. I have an idea, make a silicon fuzz circuit with and without a certain redundant capacitor. But you've already done that, haven't you ;)?
They both have great shows. Brians way of filming reflects his personality perfectly. As im sure Joshes does as well. I find the jhs channel to be a very different type of education more about the history of gear this one is more about the creation. A nice change of pace from one to the other. Both very nice to have access too.
I'm not into electronics, I don't understand much about what's going on inside these boxes but here's why I love this channel: Often, when people talk about this box or that effect, about this brand and about that model, they make it seem as if there was something mysterious, something magical going on inside the box but in your videos, you're showing how at the end, it's just a matter of what you use in a circuit and where you use it. That's it! Thanks for sharing your knowledge!!!
Wow, this video was amazing. I am a newb to circuits and this was such a good video to demonstrate the little components tweaks for modeling the wave forms. Can't wait to start breadboarding and experimenting.
This is really amazing to watch when you have been stuck in pedal design. Add more stuff and things happen! I never bread board, instead create small sections of circuits and lego them together in different ways until happy, then tweak away at values. This really makes sense to me with the blocks of “more stuff”. Thanks Brian!
I agree. Here's an idea: Can you put all those sounds in one box? Since the circuits are pretty much the same. "The stompbox that can be whatever you need it to be: fuzz, clean boost, overdrive, ..."
I enjoyed this video. My interest is in trying to build my own effects and have no desire to duplicate anyone else's work. You definitely gave me some ideas. Thank you!
One of the most important things that I've learned from your videos is that the only fundamental difference between a fuzz and a distortion is how much bass you let get distorted.
I want that first one you hooked up.... Thanks for the explanation. Anything that helps us define and label that ever elusive "tone" we have in our heads is a good thing.
Just to say the video was a much better "let's fool around with some basic circuits and show you what's going on" than "what no one tells you" -- the title of the vid grossly undersells why this was a great video to watch!
This is an excellent demonstration of how tweaking a few parts by just changing/adding a few components. You always were the master of the breadboard. I really dislike using them.
So to get that fuzzed out tone you just need all your wires exposed which is almost a moment of synchronicity that is exactly what i did last night testing a newly soldered fuzz circuit totally bare going into amp wires were picking up signal like crazy had to put guitar volume just a smidgen above 0 or the utter devasting tsunami of noise would've been literally earsplitting even at that volume the sputters & spits & fuzziness were like awesome...
Look for Devi Ever - no-fi fuzz. Not sure if that was the original fuzz name, but you can get this type via the chaos mode switch on a soda meiser fuzz.
I found the video fascinating! I've never built a pedal before, but it looks like it would be a lot of fun. Brian, perhaps you could do a video on how to build a breadboard pedal (fuzz, distortion, etc.) It would be useful to first see the basic signal path, and then see where resistors, capacitors, op amps and other components are added and changed to modify the sound as desired. Thanks
I love these kinda videos. I love the way you bread board the pedal in mins lol. I know there's a lot of knowledge that goes into it but you make it look simple.
I love this video and I found it very interesting. It almost makes me want to build a multi-effects pedal that is structured breadboard-style for customization. With a patch-bay, kind of like an old Moog synthesizer. So you could have all your components set up for all your effects, but then patch in whatever you want with quarter inch cables.
Brian, could you do a beginner's guide series for those of us who are interested in building and tinkering but are just plain ignorant from the get-go? THANKS!
Brian, I am just an old picker that knows what I like to hear.....how it is achieved is up to you. You sir, make the best sounding, tone shaping gear I have ever had the pleasure of using. Thanks for the videos and the little magic boxes😆
I am loving your videos. I'm interested in building my own pedals and i find your vids to be very useful to help point me in the right direction. I must admit that the fuzz tones you got in this video are what I've been initially seeking to build. Nasty, gnarly fuzz barely contained in a box!
In all honesty, I love the idea of videos that show off the electrical engineering side of effects, whether explaining clones, or something else. It's akin to what CSGuitars does when he explains the physics of how guitars and amplifiers work.
your point makes sense. the ic manufacturers often give sample circuits. Probably a lot of those are copied all the time to make things. at this point, I want to dig my breadboard out of the basement and try some of this. nice video.
Another amazing instructional video from Professor Wampler! I'll probably never build a pedal, even though there are all of those kits available, but your breadboard circuits are waaay too cool for words, so keep it up. I definitely look at what a pedal may be a "clone" of, but I don't let it's clone-iness or lack of clone-iness make the decision to purchase for me; gotta leave that to my ears, and the way it response to my playing. Thanks again Brian!!!
Good stuff. Thx man. Oh, BTW, I bought a Metaverse today. Figured I’d make it my first Wampler purchase. Love a good echo-delay (and the Metaverse has many jammed into one 💁♂️). 🤙
Honestly I don’t know anything about pedal building but i can watch this stuff all day long. It helps me learn the lingo and understand a few things here and there. Thanks man!✌🏻🎸🤘🏻
I own the wampler 57 tweed, and like it alot. I just like your videos, because I do not know much about the electronics of pedals, and your videos are great that you kind of explain what is going on with all of that. I did not answer your question, but gave you feedback on what you do, and it is great.
I'm a big fan of "imploding" sounds, like you get around the 6:30 mark. These are generally achieved by using cascaded high-gain circuits. One of my pedals is basically an MXR Distortion+ clone, feeding an Ampeg Scrambler clone. Implosion sounds abound. Another is essentially a heavily modded EHX Double Muff circuit, which is fundamentally a pair of silicon Fuzz Faces in series. It makes a terrific platform for experimentation.
I'm amazed at how much time & money "musicians" spend on Legos combinations of op amps, transistors & diodes in search of that perfect sound & Wes Montgomery just plugged a Gibson into a Fender amp & played with his thumb. Of course, if people are having fun, who cares. I like your playing BTW & dig that well worn maple fretboard.
I remember the 1st Time I breadboarded a working overdrive n got to hear n feel the difference between swapping op amps diodes & different parts so many things that you’re conditioned to believe will make a larger change such as changing the op amp is incredibly subtle n things you didn’t expect like changing the size of cap or resistor can make a drastic difference.. that started the endless rabbit hole of building amps n pedals n constantly modded n tweaking.. your the king of gain BTW Brian. Me n most of my pedal tinkering friends agree
I just happened upon this channel. This is very interesting stuff. Pedals have always been mysterious to me. I’ve subscribed, and look forward to learning more.
By the way, I loved this. I’m trying to get into pedal modding and eventually building, mostly as a hobby for myself in the hopes that I can literally create the tone I’m looking for. Thanks for sharing.
Absolutely fantastic ! I can't thank you enough for a video like this. Even though I don't fully understand electronic circuitry,I am starting to. I hear of people building or modifying their own pedals alot. Wow,the things I could do if I possessed that kind of knowledge. Regardless,,,thanks again for a great knowledge share. Hats off to the creative pedal makers everywhere. Hope to see more videos like this soon.
You have opened a world of options in my head. Now I am thinking about how cool it could be if I could have this in form of pedal and few sockets with switches to activate abs to activate different modules and also be able to change this modules to different ones. Essentially no different than what you show in the video just more organized as a finished product. Thanks for the video!
I got a hand made clone of the Maestro MFZ-1 fuzz pedal a few years back. Definitely captures that raw, untamed, wild fuzz sound of the first two or three Black Keys records.
I soo wish there would have been a teacher at my school that did this sort of thing. Love it , you are really good at breaking the myth of tech. As said elsewhere here, this throw together 3 minute jobby sounds better than 90% of stuff I have now or have owned in the past!!!!
The OD sounded fantastic. I focused more on the very cool “jig” you set up around your breadboard. Since I play with making pedal I had already hit on the idea of using a plate with in and out jacks, and on/off switch, but you took it much further and now I have to make something similar. Great video too!
@@wampler_pedals damn. Fell for it immediately, and the price is good, only problem, it’s sold out. I definitely would buy it, but any idea when you will have more for sale?
@@wampler_pedals cool! I will keep checking for it. If possible had one other question. I would like to have a looping guitar input to some pedals while I tweak them with things like trying different transistors, op amps, bias, etc. was thinking that it would be important to duplicate a guitars output impedance to get it right. Can you advise? Or maybe have something that does that? I can of course loop, but it is the guitars impedance I’m more interested in.
Yes Often.... I have been learning (trying) and as a player that has spent a lot on gear and likes a lot of different tones, sounds, and rigs, I find pedal design very interesting. I like the idea of a single switchable OD/distortion/fuzz wit 3 button switching. Like a V2 with a fuzz as well.....
I really liked the two fuzz sounds you had there. Personally I like having a reference point for what a pedal sounds like. Realistically a “clone” is never going to be exactly the same.
You can buy three Fuzz Faces or Muffs off the shelf, and they may not sound the same. Transistors are funny critters, especially germanium. Op-amps are more predictable if they have the same number on top. I swapped out the op-amps in my old school Peavey KB60. Originally equipped with 4558's, it seemed noisy. Swapped em' out for 5532's and it actually helped with the noise floor, specially the spring verb send.. Did the same thing to a buddy's Peavey Bandit and it fixed noise but distorted poorly with high gain so we decided to keep the 4458's in the gain side and use 5532's for the verb and clean channel. Datasheet's don't lie, slew rate is a crazy topic for audio. Best sounding op-amps for some circuits (like an EQ) is the one with a sluggish slew rate. Other's (like a compressor) are best with a fast one. Guess my point is, clones are not always clones- stuff changes with simple part exchanges. Still, Discreet JFET's sound best to my ears in guitar circuits. Gotta measure and bias them precisely (Dimitri Danyuk * thank's RG!) but it's worth it.
Very nice explanation of everything. In my case when I'm building a pedal there must be something what is necessary to be changed and modified on my equipment. That's why I like to build on my own. Cheers 🍻
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Would be really brilliant if you could make your DIY pedal books available for people interested in this stuff. Is there any way to buy a digital copy of them or download them please? Love your pedals, content, guitar playing and attitude. 😎👍👍
@@Underfluked There's one currently on amazon. The next version is currently still being written/edited
Any thoughts on re-releasing the older ones? 🤔🙏
@@Underfluked Other than the mods, they're outdated too much
Ahh ok, thanks for responding. People must ask you the same stuff time and again, appreciate you coming back to me. 😎👍👍
I'm in the electronic engineering program at my local college and this video is GREAT! You've combined my education and my favorite hobby into this video. Please continue to make these "nerdy" videos. Also, I would love an in-depth explanation of how to make different effects at the basic level, like what its doing to the voltage signal, current, etc.
"I spent 3 minutes breadboarding this" and still sounds great. I'm impressed how every breadboarded circuit Brian does in his videos are great. You're awesome, Brian. Cheers from Brazil.
Brian Wampler doesn't gig with a pedalboard; he brings five breadboards, some wire and a bag of alligator clips...and changes 'pedalboards' between tunes!
Seriously, I would throw money at any of those impromptu "circuits" you whipped up. Very educational/enlightening. You're a true artist at what you do!
Also: My V.1 Sovereign is probably my favorite distortion pedal of all time. Cheers!
Picture it: effects circuitry you can shift mid-gig, much like moving around the patch cables on an analog synth rig.
@@rickc2102 that is basically what the switches and pots on the top of any pedal make available. Especially rotary switches as you can totally change your path multiple ways.
Why bother adding a foot switch ? Just wiggle around a few jumper wires and you’re good to go ! :)
@@rickc2102 like modular for guitarists' pedal boards.
@@nzeches yeah but you wiggle the wrong way and you're not going anywhere, ha!
Great job on this!
Gee I wonder why Josh Scott likes the video where it shows that cloning a circuit exactly is pretty hard.
I have an idea, make a silicon fuzz circuit with and without a certain redundant capacitor. But you've already done that, haven't you ;)?
GAYLIEN the Gay Alien you seem like a really fun guy!
@@jhspedals Oh I'm great at parties.
Josh, you should get the guy doing production on your videos to Indiana to do a few videos for Brian.
They both have great shows. Brians way of filming reflects his personality perfectly. As im sure Joshes does as well. I find the jhs channel to be a very different type of education more about the history of gear this one is more about the creation. A nice change of pace from one to the other. Both very nice to have access too.
I'm not into electronics, I don't understand much about what's going on inside these boxes but here's why I love this channel: Often, when people talk about this box or that effect, about this brand and about that model, they make it seem as if there was something mysterious, something magical going on inside the box but in your videos, you're showing how at the end, it's just a matter of what you use in a circuit and where you use it. That's it! Thanks for sharing your knowledge!!!
Exactly! 👍🏻
The broken fuzz is perfect!!
Thank you! Between you, TPS and JHS vlog... Man, I feel invigorated to tackle tone in the most inspiring yet realistic way possible.
That distortion sound - considering you spent three minutes making this - is ridiculously good. It sounds fantastic, Brian!
Wow, this video was amazing. I am a newb to circuits and this was such a good video to demonstrate the little components tweaks for modeling the wave forms. Can't wait to start breadboarding and experimenting.
That’s very helpful. Knowing how different pedals arrive at drive sounds helps me narrow down what I’m looking for. Thanks Brian!
This is really amazing to watch when you have been stuck in pedal design. Add more stuff and things happen! I never bread board, instead create small sections of circuits and lego them together in different ways until happy, then tweak away at values. This really makes sense to me with the blocks of “more stuff”. Thanks Brian!
Dang, Brian’s breadboard sounds better than many pedals I’ve owned 🤦🏼♂️
I agree. Here's an idea: Can you put all those sounds in one box? Since the circuits are pretty much the same. "The stompbox that can be whatever you need it to be: fuzz, clean boost, overdrive, ..."
@@elonmush4793 there's the JHS colour box
dad \m/etal phil try the east river drive 👍
I thought the same!!
dad \m/etal phil Yessir! Wish I had his knowledge.
I enjoyed this video. My interest is in trying to build my own effects and have no desire to duplicate anyone else's work. You definitely gave me some ideas. Thank you!
One of the most important things that I've learned from your videos is that the only fundamental difference between a fuzz and a distortion is how much bass you let get distorted.
insanely good tidbit of info
Thanks for the video, it did a great job showing just how versatile a basic circuit outline can be.
I want that first one you hooked up.... Thanks for the explanation. Anything that helps us define and label that ever elusive "tone" we have in our heads is a good thing.
Confirming my suspicions. Every electric guitar player should see this video
This is EXACTLY why I love you channel. Thank you Brian!
So cool! Thank you! This is wonderful to see! Love that we get to see the breadboard and the logic behind everything.
Just to say the video was a much better "let's fool around with some basic circuits and show you what's going on" than "what no one tells you" -- the title of the vid grossly undersells why this was a great video to watch!
thank you for the demonstration. i find it super interesting that small changes in a circuit can elicit so many different sounds.
Never heard a fuzz I liked till 4:42. Amazing
Thanks for all the useful information you give us, Dude. We all appreciate it!!
Man, thats so insightful. You should make pedals. Oh, hold on...
Never really enters my mind. However I do LOVE that you explain circuits and pedals opens my eyes to what I’m buying, and what goes into it. Thx.
This is an excellent demonstration of how tweaking a few parts by just changing/adding a few components. You always were the master of the breadboard. I really dislike using them.
awesome just simply some of the best guitar tones I've ever heard listening to this channel
Really appreciate your contribution to the music world brother! Keep up the good work.
All of these breadboard videos are really turning my gears. Both of the examples you used today would be awesome to utilize.
The last fuzz sound was right up my alley.
Sounded like some White Stripes
So to get that fuzzed out tone you just need all your wires exposed which is almost a moment of synchronicity that is exactly what i did last night testing a newly soldered fuzz circuit totally bare going into amp wires were picking up signal like crazy had to put guitar volume just a smidgen above 0 or the utter devasting tsunami of noise would've been literally earsplitting even at that volume the sputters & spits & fuzziness were like awesome...
Garbage. It sounded like a fart, but not as good as that.
@@WaRLoKWYATT sorry Mr. Bluesrock. Scheduling will be back to normal klons, tubescreamers, light crunches and spring reverb, don't worry
Look for Devi Ever - no-fi fuzz. Not sure if that was the original fuzz name, but you can get this type via the chaos mode switch on a soda meiser fuzz.
Very cool to see what the different changes did!
Very cool way to explain basic knowledge of how these gain pedals are created. Nice Lesson!
I found the video fascinating! I've never built a pedal before, but it looks like it would be a lot of fun. Brian, perhaps you could do a video on how to build a breadboard pedal (fuzz, distortion, etc.) It would be useful to first see the basic signal path, and then see where resistors, capacitors, op amps and other components are added and changed to modify the sound as desired. Thanks
That was a lot of fun. More of this kind of video, Brian. In just a few minutes I learned a good deal about pedal circuitry. Thanks.
I love these kinda videos. I love the way you bread board the pedal in mins lol. I know there's a lot of knowledge that goes into it but you make it look simple.
I love this video and I found it very interesting. It almost makes me want to build a multi-effects pedal that is structured breadboard-style for customization. With a patch-bay, kind of like an old Moog synthesizer. So you could have all your components set up for all your effects, but then patch in whatever you want with quarter inch cables.
Great job. You have open my eyes to the world of pedal building. Please. Teach us
Very helpful for my (newb) level of pedal electronics & circuitry understanding!
Brian, could you do a beginner's guide series for those of us who are interested in building and tinkering but are just plain ignorant from the get-go? THANKS!
I found this video really informative. Thank you for your passion and search for tone and your will to share it and the knowledge to everyone!
Release the bread board circuit
Call it The Bread Winner
Make DAT Bread
Also, if it sounds good, it IS good.
Brian, I am just an old picker that knows what I like to hear.....how it is achieved is up to you.
You sir, make the best sounding, tone shaping gear I have ever had the pleasure of using.
Thanks for the videos and the little magic boxes😆
I am loving your videos. I'm interested in building my own pedals and i find your vids to be very useful to help point me in the right direction. I must admit that the fuzz tones you got in this video are what I've been initially seeking to build. Nasty, gnarly fuzz barely contained in a box!
Please start producing this fuzzes! I'd buy immediately
I would totally be gasing for a pedal that did all these tones in one box. Nice job Brain!!
Brian and Josh, Gods of Guitar Tone.
In all honesty, I love the idea of videos that show off the electrical engineering side of effects, whether explaining clones, or something else. It's akin to what CSGuitars does when he explains the physics of how guitars and amplifiers work.
your point makes sense. the ic manufacturers often give sample circuits. Probably a lot of those are copied all the time to make things. at this point, I want to dig my breadboard out of the basement and try some of this. nice video.
One of the most interesting videos on drive pedals I've ever seen. Also very entertaining 10/10
Thanks! I enjoy all the electronics explanation videos.
Very illuminating and dare I say, educational. Thanks.
The high gain and fuzz were sick. Absolutely wonderful sounds!
Cool setup. Great video. Thanks for sharing your builds.
Eye opening. Thanks Brian.
Super appreciate this perspective Brian
Very interesting. Great video! love your take on building and explaining how circuits work. Cheers
Probably my favorite Wampler vid so far! Great job.
Great video. If I like the way the pedal sounds than it's good. I don't get wrapped up in the right circuits or chips.
Great sound and excellent demo!
Thank you for this video! Love your pedals!
Another amazing instructional video from Professor Wampler! I'll probably never build a pedal, even though there are all of those kits available, but your breadboard circuits are waaay too cool for words, so keep it up. I definitely look at what a pedal may be a "clone" of, but I don't let it's clone-iness or lack of clone-iness make the decision to purchase for me; gotta leave that to my ears, and the way it response to my playing. Thanks again Brian!!!
The key is in the gain stage filtering... among a few other things: impedance, bias stiffness, specific part typology and specs.
Good stuff. Thx man. Oh, BTW, I bought a Metaverse today. Figured I’d make it my first Wampler purchase. Love a good echo-delay (and the Metaverse has many jammed into one 💁♂️). 🤙
Honestly I don’t know anything about pedal building but i can watch this stuff all day long. It helps me learn the lingo and understand a few things here and there. Thanks man!✌🏻🎸🤘🏻
I wish everyone would just shut up about the pedals/tone and start to appreciate the real winner in this video. THE SHIRT!
I own the wampler 57 tweed, and like it alot. I just like your videos, because I do not know much about the electronics of pedals, and your videos are great that you kind of explain what is going on with all of that. I did not answer your question, but gave you feedback on what you do, and it is great.
Those were some great fuzz tones!! Box them up and take my money. Seriously great video
I'm a big fan of "imploding" sounds, like you get around the 6:30 mark. These are generally achieved by using cascaded high-gain circuits. One of my pedals is basically an MXR Distortion+ clone, feeding an Ampeg Scrambler clone. Implosion sounds abound. Another is essentially a heavily modded EHX Double Muff circuit, which is fundamentally a pair of silicon Fuzz Faces in series. It makes a terrific platform for experimentation.
I'm amazed at how much time & money "musicians" spend on Legos combinations of op amps, transistors & diodes in search of that perfect sound & Wes Montgomery just plugged a Gibson into a Fender amp & played with his thumb. Of course, if people are having fun, who cares. I like your playing BTW & dig that well worn maple fretboard.
I remember the 1st Time I breadboarded a working overdrive n got to hear n feel the difference between swapping op amps diodes & different parts so many things that you’re conditioned to believe will make a larger change such as changing the op amp is incredibly subtle n things you didn’t expect like changing the size of cap or resistor can make a drastic difference.. that started the endless rabbit hole of building amps n pedals n constantly modded n tweaking.. your the king of gain BTW Brian. Me n most of my pedal tinkering friends agree
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Sounds nice straight away
Great video, it really re-sparked my interest in electronics
I just happened upon this channel. This is very interesting stuff. Pedals have always been mysterious to me. I’ve subscribed, and look forward to learning more.
By the way, I loved this. I’m trying to get into pedal modding and eventually building, mostly as a hobby for myself in the hopes that I can literally create the tone I’m looking for. Thanks for sharing.
So, I'd stumble across this 5 years later after it was posted. I'm looking to learn more, so I hope you still kick this kind of content out
That’s first fuzz rocked my socks! That sustain was choice!
Choice?
Absolutely fantastic !
I can't thank you enough for a video like this. Even though I don't fully understand electronic circuitry,I am starting to. I hear of people building or modifying their own pedals alot. Wow,the things I could do if I possessed that kind of knowledge. Regardless,,,thanks again for a great knowledge share. Hats off to the creative pedal makers everywhere. Hope to see more videos like this soon.
You have opened a world of options in my head. Now I am thinking about how cool it could be if I could have this in form of pedal and few sockets with switches to activate abs to activate different modules and also be able to change this modules to different ones. Essentially no different than what you show in the video just more organized as a finished product.
Thanks for the video!
I got a hand made clone of the Maestro MFZ-1 fuzz pedal a few years back. Definitely captures that raw, untamed, wild fuzz sound of the first two or three Black Keys records.
Wow. Great tones for 3 minutes!
Great sounds as usual.
I soo wish there would have been a teacher at my school that did this sort of thing.
Love it , you are really good at breaking the myth of tech.
As said elsewhere here, this throw together 3 minute jobby sounds better than 90% of stuff I have now or have owned in the past!!!!
Love these techie subjects. Thanks!
Brian - thanks for the awesome video. This is the exact kind of thing I would love to learn more about!
The OD sounded fantastic. I focused more on the very cool “jig” you set up around your breadboard. Since I play with making pedal I had already hit on the idea of using a plate with in and out jacks, and on/off switch, but you took it much further and now I have to make something similar. Great video too!
I moved away from that a little while ago and created this:
modyourownpedal.com/products/breadboard-module-bb-1-for-prototyping-guitar-pedals
@@wampler_pedals damn. Fell for it immediately, and the price is good, only problem, it’s sold out. I definitely would buy it, but any idea when you will have more for sale?
I’m getting ready to put a new batch up here shortly
@@wampler_pedals cool! I will keep checking for it. If possible had one other question. I would like to have a looping guitar input to some pedals while I tweak them with things like trying different transistors, op amps, bias, etc. was thinking that it would be important to duplicate a guitars output impedance to get it right. Can you advise? Or maybe have something that does that? I can of course loop, but it is the guitars impedance I’m more interested in.
I usually just buffer into whatever effect I’m working on but you can use a “pickup simulator” circuit and increase the impedance if you need to.
Thanks Brian. I always enjoy your videos.
Oh, and the plural of Lego, is Lego.
I just read the description. It's a bit of a thorn with me
@@simonfreer9076 oops! sorry
Amazingly thorough and informative, thank you for the peak behind the curtain
Yes Often.... I have been learning (trying) and as a player that has spent a lot on gear and likes a lot of different tones, sounds, and rigs, I find pedal design very interesting. I like the idea of a single switchable OD/distortion/fuzz wit 3 button switching. Like a V2 with a fuzz as well.....
Cool episode, thank you for the information!
After watching this channel, I had sussed a clean boost was a distortion box without the clipping diodes. This confirms.
Helps nubes like me
It can be, usually without eq flavorings.
@@wampler_pedals that makes sense. My clean boost has a single knob. Is that simply gain?
Thanks for this, I found it very enlightening. New subscriber here!
Yes, yes! Crazier! Great demo sir.
I really liked the two fuzz sounds you had there. Personally I like having a reference point for what a pedal sounds like. Realistically a “clone” is never going to be exactly the same.
I thought those two fuzz sounds were truly awful. I guess different people have different ideas about things lol
You can buy three Fuzz Faces or Muffs off the shelf, and they may not sound the same. Transistors are funny critters, especially germanium. Op-amps are more predictable if they have the same number on top. I swapped out the op-amps in my old school Peavey KB60. Originally equipped with 4558's, it seemed noisy. Swapped em' out for 5532's and it actually helped with the noise floor, specially the spring verb send.. Did the same thing to a buddy's Peavey Bandit and it fixed noise but distorted poorly with high gain so we decided to keep the 4458's in the gain side and use 5532's for the verb and clean channel. Datasheet's don't lie, slew rate is a crazy topic for audio. Best sounding op-amps for some circuits (like an EQ) is the one with a sluggish slew rate. Other's (like a compressor) are best with a fast one. Guess my point is, clones are not always clones- stuff changes with simple part exchanges. Still, Discreet JFET's sound best to my ears in guitar circuits. Gotta measure and bias them precisely (Dimitri Danyuk * thank's RG!) but it's worth it.
Very enlightening! !
Thank you!
Great info. What I know for sure is that I liked that first circuit miles better than some - make that many - production pedals.
I really appreciate your videos
Very nice explanation of everything.
In my case when I'm building a pedal there must be something what is necessary to be changed and modified on my equipment. That's why I like to build on my own. Cheers 🍻
I really like that fuzz from about 5:00-5:20, that would make a sick pedal Mr. Wampler!!!
So cool. Thanks for sharing this stuff.