I love these kinds of videos! My favorite is probably the Big Muff 1 & 2, but of course depends on what I'd be using it for. Zero boredom here. Looking forward to your new mod book, when it comes out.
I like the tube screamer tone control but I think that's mainly just because I like tube screamers. I don't know that my ear is refined enough to fully grasp the distinction of the different tone controls... As an end user I really just tend to go with what sounds good to my ear lol
Wasn't aware you had a book! Will look it up. Is the new version going to be downloadable? I'm sure you'd sell loads if they were selectable as individual PDFs...
Thanks for this video. I’ve been helping my daughter with her major school project, making a dual boost/drive pedal, which has allowed me to gain some insight into effects circuits. I’m hooked, and your videos have really helped. What I’d really like to know is different ways to wire up 3PDT switches, to have each channel truly independent (for her pedal one runs into the other), how to make quiet circuits and how to achieve true bypass. We’re working on a breadboard test bed similar to yours! Thanks from the UK
If this is the new content you are working on, this is the channel ive been looking for 15 years.(yeah before youtube). In 2005 I remember trying to do an overdrive from this spanish website that had some tips for creating your own tubescreamer and I was hooked but I wanted to know the ins and outs of the circuit. This is gold for people that want to go beyond the simple knowledge
Ears down the TSS#3. LOVE these videos. Where else can one go to get that kind of helpful information? THANK YOU, Brian, for sharing. Pro tips and tricks are always welcome and hard to come by.
My only complaint is that these videos are not nerdy enough! There is so much misinformation out there and it is really, really, REALLY great to see the truth. If you wanted to do a series of short videos on the individual parts of the circuit, I'd be absolutely ecstatic. Questions I can't find the answers to, but probably have simple answers: 1) what is all that stuff in the power supply part of the circuit? 2) what is the difference between an inverting/non-inverting circuit (other than phase)? 3) why does everyone else sound awesome when they use a Rat, but when I use on the tone control is either way too bright or way too dark, with no happy medium? Is it because the slope of low pass filter is too extreme? Is there a way to mod it so it sounds more like the Bluesbreaker tone circuit? Thanks Brian. You are the best.
For the most part it goes over my head. I tend to save these videos and as I learn more about pedals from you and all the other guys I go back and watch and a few more blocks fall into place. Thanks Brian 👍
Hey Brian! I think it would be helpful to put three audio clips back to back at the end maybe, my brain can't remember tones when they are split by that much time. I love these circuit analysis videos, thanks.
It just blows me away how good you make a bread board circuit sound, but I live the vids, very informative and it is not boring mainly because you dont go too deep and you keep it short and to the point, one another note, i would like.to hear the third circuit with a slight mid boost, maybe you could make your bread board schematics available to us to be able.to experiment with and offer you a different take along the same subjects then feature one or two of them on the next video, I am gonna get me a couple bread boards and try to do this kind of stuff, I really want to know.more about how they work what values to use for different circuits, please.dont stop doing this I'm starting to look forward to it lol 😁
This is my favorite type of video that you do - Thanks for taking the time to do them! That being said, I cut my teeth so to speak on Forest M Mims' books back in the 70's. It's great to see someone keeping old-school analog audio/music related electronics alive and passing the knowledge on to the next generations. Great Work!
I absolutely love this kind of videos! I've been learning a lot Brian! You have a great laidback way of teaches that a like. 👍 great to see the work and persons involved in a guitarpedal company😃 I've got Bigg Muff pi, the black one that never get used because of the lack of mids.. def going to try out the last tone control options👍
Yes! Man, I was thinking on the drive to work today "I'd love to know a bit more of some basic audio engineering circuit deisgns" This is great a great intro into this territory. Love the little bits of insight. Keep these coming, IMO!
I wish you would have shown the different tone controls on your own line of pedals. Very informative vid, but being a fan of your pedals it would be cool to know which one I'm thinking of picking up next. Sometimes, the pressure of testing a pedal in a guitar store can sometimes be distracting. The worst is passing up on a better pedal (like Wampler) just b/c you happen to tweak a pedal setting just the right way. Knowing the tone controls on your line would make it easier to get more adventurous and see what that little box can really do. Great and informative vid, though. I'd love to see more like this.
Weird looking dogs you got there. Yes btw I'm here for more "nerdy" talk. I started building my own pedals from scratch about a year ago and before that I did kits for about a year. Baxandal and FMV tone stacks can be very confusing I'd love a video on each of them!
I'm a fan of the videos like this where you go into greater detail about the circuits with schematics. Also, seems like there's been a bump in the video editing production lately, which I also like.
Now interested in the taper on Tube Screamers. Here is me thinking there were only three kinds of taper. Maybe you can go and get your own taper built and only three types are commonly manufactured. One to look into :) Who says you cannot learn from TH-cam. Great work! Talk nerdy to me Wampler!
Yep - keep up the nerdy content. I've got a background in refurbing old tube hi-fi gear. I'm new to pedals. I'm also new to playing guitar [been playing keys, semi-pro, for 50+ years]. Totally enjoy ur channel
I like this style of video! And thanks for the shameless plug! I didn’t know such a book existed and where I should start. Seems like the ideal solution!
Personally, I really enjoy the "nerdy" videos. Also, I already have your pedal mod book, and it's awesome. I'll definitely be buying the new one when it comes out.
Love these geek videos (must confess I"m an ee), because I pick my pedals based not just on sound (often subtle) but also circuit designs I find pleasing ;)
I found your video because of this type of content. That being said it's great content and I hope you like doing it and want to do more. Also where's the RGB 😂
How hard would it be to have an overdrive with a 3 position toggle switch and three tone controls labeled 1,2,3, so that all three of these types of tone control could be in one pedal?
I think it's not hard to do it for the sake of just doing it, but you're gonna end up with a lot of extra components. The hard part is to optimize the design so you don't waste a lot in extra components and so you make the design profitable
Got your book last year and its great, fyi I took it to my UPS store had the spine cut/trimmed off and punched for a three ring binder ($5, my FedEx will do the same w/ ring back for the same price.) so it lays flat on the bench on the pages I want to refer to. I've done the same with analog Mike's book and several others on amp construction and basics. Ruins whatever collector valve there is but makes using the books in the shop much easier. Thanks for the video, intriguing enough that I'm going to rewatch Uncle Doug's vid on tone stacks..
I would have liked you to say witch pedals you make have tone controls that are similar.
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Thank you for the video. I want to ask a question about OpAmp. You are using a dual operational OpAmp. If I use single operational OpAmp (for example TL074) will it work just like your circuit. Thank you again :)
By the way, your “”nerdy” vídeos started me on building pedals. A month ago I didn’t know anything, yesterday night I was able to finish my FF clone from scratch! It’s still on my breadboard but I learn a lot with theses videos!
Absolutely love these videos. I’d put it like this: over the past several years my daughter dreaded science classes in school. I’d tell her “hey, science is great...you just need the right teacher.” She came home after the second week of middle school this year and said “oh my god, I really like chemistry...my teacher...she’s awesome!” That’s you, Brian. You’re really exceptional at communicating and teaching technical information and concepts to a broad and diverse audience. I really appreciate your willingness to take the time to do these “clinics.” Have a great weekend. Cheers!
Totally agree. In college, many years ago, my electrical engineering lecturer was not good, so I struggled. I wish I would have had a teacher like Brian.
I wish all pedals came with more explanation of how and what the tone control is exactly doing. Or even just the general EQ of what is not controllable but effected
Thanks so much for taking the time to make these videos! My sons and I (13,14, 15years old) started building pedals in 2018 just for ourselves. A lot of that initial inspiration came from watching your channel and your videos. Now we are getting the hang of things and relying more on schematics than build instructions. As most parents are aware, sometimes kids learn best from someone other than a parent, and for aspiring pedal builders there's not much for them to glean outside what I show them. We are building two fuzz pedals this weekend and I'm going to dangle this video in front of them - and they'll bite!! You've helped me out a bunch and I just wanted you to know. Thanks, man!
I am officially a student at Wampler University! Been learning to build pedals just bought 3 breadboards. My first schematic was the little brother of the big muff "Muff Fuzz"! Now I'm on to the big muff. The "big muff" tone control is quite clever. After a few more schematics I plan to build my own overdrive. Would have not been possible without these videos! Thanks again!
I love these "nerdy" videos too... most things on TH-cam make me feel dumber... these make me feel smarter... and really, its all about me... so... Thanks! +1 for Bluesbreaker style.
Question: The Tunmus Deluxe has a wicked mids control that makes it really useful for changing your overall tone. Why do so few overdrives/distortions feature "Mids" controls? Is it tough to get right?
I'm hardly an expert, but it mostly seems to be a matter of added complexity. It's easy to add a high pass filter or a low pass filter with just a capacitor and a potentiometer to roll off frequencies above or below a certain point. Mid controls require the designer to control the frequencies within a certain range, which is more complicated and requires more components. For a simple overdrive or distortion, a mid control can add as many components as the rest of the circuit combined.
Like after demonstrating 3 options make a short segment of each playing for 5 seconds so it is closer to a side by side listen - will help us hear the distinctiveness of each.
Nope, not boring at all! It's super cool and interesting that you have these kinds of videos, with circuit analysis and a more 'technical' approach. I love them! I think the DIY community owes you a great deal Brian! Thanks!
Yep, love this type of video. Especially enjoy learning more about how the standard pedals like the tube screamer and the big muff tone control differ from each other. I had no idea!
As a DIYer, circuit analysis videos are definitely my favorite. The more detail the better. I also wish they were longer. Either way, love all your videos!
Well I too like the nerdy videos. I'm going on 46 years old this year so I spent a lot of time as a guitar student not understanding pedals and stuff like that.. so I listen to these videos passively. The majority of it goes over my head but bits and pieces of it to creep in and take effect and it helps me understand overall tone in the grand scheme of things so keep it up...
Favourite was the blues breaker style. I definitely want to see more of these types of vidoes Brian, I love hem, even though I don't mod pedals at all.
I'm a big ol' geek. I love this kind of thing. If I'm honest I probably only understand about 50% of it, I wish I knew more, but I have built one DIY kit pedal, and just did my first pedal mod the other day. So I am learning, slowly. I studied mechanical and electrical engineering many years ago, but I struggled with the electronic side of it, and I was too young and daft, and easily distracted, so I dropped out after the first year, d'oh. I'm tempted to maybe try night classes or something, to see if I can get into it, now that I'm a bit older and wiser. So, yea, I'm up for more uploads like this. Cheers.
Very interested in these nerdy videos! I liked the BM mid scoop, but I would imagine it would sound good on a strat but too muddy on a Les Paul; maybe by tweeking the values you could get a flatter response with tone pot in centre?
These videos are absolutely great. No one goes into circuits the way you do. I asked a question on a forum the other day, just about this. How does the tone control on a tube screamer actually work in a circuit? You just answered it for me. Keep these videos coming, please!
You know i only see cool successful guys OWN GOATS, THE BILLIONAIRE WHO PLAYS POKER , YOU ,OLA ENGLUND......I think there is something to that. AND GOATS ARE AWESOME.
I love all your videos Brian. Especially the technical ones. I'm not a "muff" fan so anything but for me. Bluesbreaker more than Tube screamer. Thanks!!
These are very useful to me. For too long I've been the victim of "modded pedals", from friends who thought they were doing me a favor, only to find that I had a problem on my hands that I needed to solve. Right now, it's a germanium transistor boost/fuzz, that's basically two in one, and needs some serious help. The friend who built it for me (who I paid $300 to do so), has no idea how or what he did to build it, so I'm entirely on my own if I want a useable $300 pedal. It's crazy, I know, but it's a good excuse to learn. Cheers, and thanks for the great content.
Hi Brian, First of all thanks for all the work, and sharing your knowledge and intellect via here. My humble opinion, if anyone gets bored or feel not-so-entertained, they can go ahead and fast forward the videos. The whole concept of appealing to the mainstream, has been lowering the standards in terms of standards, on everything. you'll still have enough hits/views etc -if you care at all- on your vids, appreciated by people who have more than 30 second span of attention. Thank you, best regards.
I truly appreciate the knowledge you share...In the late 70s, I took electronics classes in high school...Yes , we worked on tube tv's of the day...I always wanted to build a drive pedal early on....At the time , just didn't have the resources...I learn more on your videos...Again, thank you much!
I just got my copy of How to Modify Guitar Pedals. It was $69 on amazon. Pretty expensive but the knowledge I expect to gain will be worth at least hundreds of dollars in pedals I will no longer need to buy. Thanks for all this, Brian!
Which was your favorite type of tone control in this video?
*Bluesbreaker style tone control
*Big Muff style (types 1 and 2)
*Tube screamer style
They all had a good quality to them tbh, the muff 1 and 2 seemed the biggest/ballsiest. The BB had a nice 'Marshall' thing going on too.
I love these kinds of videos!
My favorite is probably the Big Muff 1 & 2, but of course depends on what I'd be using it for.
Zero boredom here. Looking forward to your new mod book, when it comes out.
I like the tube screamer tone control but I think that's mainly just because I like tube screamers. I don't know that my ear is refined enough to fully grasp the distinction of the different tone controls... As an end user I really just tend to go with what sounds good to my ear lol
I really liked the first and second variation of the Big Muff tone control.
Wasn't aware you had a book! Will look it up. Is the new version going to be downloadable? I'm sure you'd sell loads if they were selectable as individual PDFs...
TBH, I'm mostly here for the goat content.
Same
Same, goats are brilliant.
Thanks for this video. I’ve been helping my daughter with her major school project, making a dual boost/drive pedal, which has allowed me to gain some insight into effects circuits. I’m hooked, and your videos have really helped. What I’d really like to know is different ways to wire up 3PDT switches, to have each channel truly independent (for her pedal one runs into the other), how to make quiet circuits and how to achieve true bypass. We’re working on a breadboard test bed similar to yours! Thanks from the UK
Just ordered the book. I am getting more into these circuits now that I am building my own guitars and basses. Thank a lot!
If this is the new content you are working on, this is the channel ive been looking for 15 years.(yeah before youtube).
In 2005 I remember trying to do an overdrive from this spanish website that had some tips for creating your own tubescreamer and I was hooked but I wanted to know the ins and outs of the circuit. This is gold for people that want to go beyond the simple knowledge
Ears down the TSS#3. LOVE these videos. Where else can one go to get that kind of helpful information? THANK YOU, Brian, for sharing. Pro tips and tricks are always welcome and hard to come by.
All pedals videos guys should nerd out more. I’ve learned so much watching videos
My only complaint is that these videos are not nerdy enough! There is so much misinformation out there and it is really, really, REALLY great to see the truth.
If you wanted to do a series of short videos on the individual parts of the circuit, I'd be absolutely ecstatic.
Questions I can't find the answers to, but probably have simple answers:
1) what is all that stuff in the power supply part of the circuit?
2) what is the difference between an inverting/non-inverting circuit (other than phase)?
3) why does everyone else sound awesome when they use a Rat, but when I use on the tone control is either way too bright or way too dark, with no happy medium? Is it because the slope of low pass filter is too extreme? Is there a way to mod it so it sounds more like the Bluesbreaker tone circuit?
Thanks Brian. You are the best.
these kind of videos are absolutely my favorites, I just activated the TH-cam bell to see these videos at the moment you post them
these videos are straight up my alley. Thanks for all the hard work, bring me great joy when I'm at work
this type of content is gold, even if I'm not able to design or modify a pedal circuit by myself.
I love these videos that are more technical. I've done several of the mods you've posted in the various forums and love these videos!
For the most part it goes over my head. I tend to save these videos and as I learn more about pedals from you and all the other guys I go back and watch and a few more blocks fall into place. Thanks Brian 👍
Hey Brian! I think it would be helpful to put three audio clips back to back at the end maybe, my brain can't remember tones when they are split by that much time. I love these circuit analysis videos, thanks.
Love the nerd stuff! Thats what you're good at and what drew me to the channel in the first place and now I own a Tumnus. Gratefully!
It just blows me away how good you make a bread board circuit sound, but I live the vids, very informative and it is not boring mainly because you dont go too deep and you keep it short and to the point, one another note, i would like.to hear the third circuit with a slight mid boost, maybe you could make your bread board schematics available to us to be able.to experiment with and offer you a different take along the same subjects then feature one or two of them on the next video, I am gonna get me a couple bread boards and try to do this kind of stuff, I really want to know.more about how they work what values to use for different circuits, please.dont stop doing this I'm starting to look forward to it lol 😁
I love these kinds of videos! Please do share more of your expertise!
Absolutely love the diagrams and explanations!!! Please keep them coming!
This is my favorite type of video that you do - Thanks for taking the time to do them! That being said, I cut my teeth so to speak on Forest M Mims' books back in the 70's. It's great to see someone keeping old-school analog audio/music related electronics alive and passing the knowledge on to the next generations. Great Work!
Love this. Would be cool if you play all three at the end so you can really compare them. My brain can’t remember them so spread apart.
Bluesbreaker style, and please continue offering this type of content occasionally.
I absolutely love this kind of videos! I've been learning a lot Brian! You have a great laidback way of teaches that a like. 👍 great to see the work and persons involved in a guitarpedal company😃 I've got Bigg Muff pi, the black one that never get used because of the lack of mids.. def going to try out the last tone control options👍
Yes! Man, I was thinking on the drive to work today "I'd love to know a bit more of some basic audio engineering circuit deisgns" This is great a great intro into this territory. Love the little bits of insight. Keep these coming, IMO!
I wish you would have shown the different tone controls on your own line of pedals. Very informative vid, but being a fan of your pedals it would be cool to know which one I'm thinking of picking up next. Sometimes, the pressure of testing a pedal in a guitar store can sometimes be distracting. The worst is passing up on a better pedal (like Wampler) just b/c you happen to tweak a pedal setting just the right way. Knowing the tone controls on your line would make it easier to get more adventurous and see what that little box can really do.
Great and informative vid, though. I'd love to see more like this.
Weird looking dogs you got there. Yes btw I'm here for more "nerdy" talk. I started building my own pedals from scratch about a year ago and before that I did kits for about a year. Baxandal and FMV tone stacks can be very confusing I'd love a video on each of them!
Different controls for different applications so all work for me! Love the geeky stuff! As internets say...MOAR!
Loving these videos, especially the 'nerdy' ones!!
I'm a fan of the videos like this where you go into greater detail about the circuits with schematics. Also, seems like there's been a bump in the video editing production lately, which I also like.
Great video. My favorite was the Bluesbreaker, but that's just me.
I liked the sound of all 3 (4) circuits. Variety is good.
I dig the geeky vids, keep 'em coming!
What a great video. You may have just inspired me to build my first pedal!
Definitely like the 'nerdier' videos!
Now interested in the taper on Tube Screamers. Here is me thinking there were only three kinds of taper. Maybe you can go and get your own taper built and only three types are commonly manufactured. One to look into :) Who says you cannot learn from TH-cam. Great work! Talk nerdy to me Wampler!
I am a EE and I love it! Dig as deep and your 🐐 will let you....
I really liked that big muff type 2 tone control. When is the updated version of your book coming out?
Hi Brian. I really like this type of video. For those who don't, just name it as a series "nerdy talk: blah blah"..yk. 🤘😅🤘
Yep - keep up the nerdy content. I've got a background in refurbing old tube hi-fi gear. I'm new to pedals. I'm also new to playing guitar [been playing keys, semi-pro, for 50+ years]. Totally enjoy ur channel
I like these type videos. Keep them coming!
Another outstanding video! FYI, I'm really enjoying my Ratsbane!
I like this style of video!
And thanks for the shameless plug! I didn’t know such a book existed and where I should start. Seems like the ideal solution!
Love these videos, Brian!
Thanks! More videos like this please
I liked it! Why don’t more pedals have a mids like your Tumnus Duuulux? So versatile!
I'll add that the formula for calculating the cutoff frequency of an RC filter is 1 over 2πRC.
I like the last one, but the second one was goog also. I don’t mod pedals, yet, . I also love these type of videos, thank you. Love the goats🦅🤪
Yes. More of these.
Perfect, really appreciate this
I like the goats and the "nerdy" content.
Personally, I really enjoy the "nerdy" videos. Also, I already have your pedal mod book, and it's awesome. I'll definitely be buying the new one when it comes out.
I don’t care what the metrics say keep up with the Nerd videos.
Love these geek videos (must confess I"m an ee), because I pick my pedals based not just on sound (often subtle) but also circuit designs I find pleasing ;)
I found your video because of this type of content. That being said it's great content and I hope you like doing it and want to do more. Also where's the RGB 😂
Could watch this stuff for hours (just speaking for myself)
Yeah we like it, keep 'em coming
Man, you are the GOAT!
hum .. love the nerdy stuff ... but at the end .. you asked if I like 1 2 or 3 ... are you talking about the 3 shirt changes? :). if so .. the blue!
honestly, i have no idea about electronics, but I like pedals, and I like Brian's videos, so... 👍
Great stuff. While the "nerdy tech stuff" was absolutely fantastic, let's not forget the goats. 🤣
More please
How hard would it be to have an overdrive with a 3 position toggle switch and three tone controls labeled 1,2,3, so that all three of these types of tone control could be in one pedal?
I think it's not hard to do it for the sake of just doing it, but you're gonna end up with a lot of extra components. The hard part is to optimize the design so you don't waste a lot in extra components and so you make the design profitable
Oh! And the goats are cool too
Got your book last year and its great, fyi I took it to my UPS store had the spine cut/trimmed off and punched for a three ring binder ($5, my FedEx will do the same w/ ring back for the same price.) so it lays flat on the bench on the pages I want to refer to. I've done the same with analog Mike's book and several others on amp construction and basics. Ruins whatever collector valve there is but makes using the books in the shop much easier.
Thanks for the video, intriguing enough that I'm going to rewatch Uncle Doug's vid on tone stacks..
Thanks!
I didn’t know uncle Doug had a vid on tone stacks- I’ll have to check that out!
@@wampler_pedals yessir, it's back aways in his video catalog with the tube amp 101 videos
The goat circuit had the clearest midrange.
I would have liked you to say witch pedals you make have tone controls that are similar.
Thank you for the video. I want to ask a question about OpAmp. You are using a dual operational OpAmp. If I use single operational OpAmp (for example TL074) will it work just like your circuit. Thank you again :)
I would really like to buy one of your books Brian. Amazon??? I am in Australia. 🇦🇺😎
Brian did you go to college? Where can I learn this program ? I’m an aspiring builder. ThNk you
By the way, your “”nerdy” vídeos started me on building pedals. A month ago I didn’t know anything, yesterday night I was able to finish my FF clone from scratch! It’s still on my breadboard but I learn a lot with theses videos!
You're not the only one ;-)
Absolutely love these videos. I’d put it like this: over the past several years my daughter dreaded science classes in school. I’d tell her “hey, science is great...you just need the right teacher.” She came home after the second week of middle school this year and said “oh my god, I really like chemistry...my teacher...she’s awesome!” That’s you, Brian. You’re really exceptional at communicating and teaching technical information and concepts to a broad and diverse audience. I really appreciate your willingness to take the time to do these “clinics.” Have a great weekend. Cheers!
Totally agree. In college, many years ago, my electrical engineering lecturer was not good, so I struggled. I wish I would have had a teacher like Brian.
I wish all pedals came with more explanation of how and what the tone control is exactly doing. Or even just the general EQ of what is not controllable but effected
1:18 low pass filter
5:07 Big Muff style 1 (scooped)
7:12 Big Muff style 2 (bump)
9:25 TS Style (active filter)
This is the most important channel relating to guitar effects on TH-cam.
Thanks so much for taking the time to make these videos! My sons and I (13,14, 15years old) started building pedals in 2018 just for ourselves. A lot of that initial inspiration came from watching your channel and your videos. Now we are getting the hang of things and relying more on schematics than build instructions. As most parents are aware, sometimes kids learn best from someone other than a parent, and for aspiring pedal builders there's not much for them to glean outside what I show them. We are building two fuzz pedals this weekend and I'm going to dangle this video in front of them - and they'll bite!! You've helped me out a bunch and I just wanted you to know. Thanks, man!
I am officially a student at Wampler University! Been learning to build pedals just bought 3 breadboards. My first schematic was the little brother of the big muff "Muff Fuzz"! Now I'm on to the big muff. The "big muff" tone control is quite clever. After a few more schematics I plan to build my own overdrive. Would have not been possible without these videos! Thanks again!
I love these "nerdy" videos too... most things on TH-cam make me feel dumber... these make me feel smarter... and really, its all about me... so... Thanks! +1 for Bluesbreaker style.
Question: The Tunmus Deluxe has a wicked mids control that makes it really useful for changing your overall tone. Why do so few overdrives/distortions feature "Mids" controls? Is it tough to get right?
I'm hardly an expert, but it mostly seems to be a matter of added complexity. It's easy to add a high pass filter or a low pass filter with just a capacitor and a potentiometer to roll off frequencies above or below a certain point. Mid controls require the designer to control the frequencies within a certain range, which is more complicated and requires more components. For a simple overdrive or distortion, a mid control can add as many components as the rest of the circuit combined.
Love the technical detail. Would be helpful to run a side-by-side comparison of the different tones though.
Like after demonstrating 3 options make a short segment of each playing for 5 seconds so it is closer to a side by side listen - will help us hear the distinctiveness of each.
Nope, not boring at all! It's super cool and interesting that you have these kinds of videos, with circuit analysis and a more 'technical' approach. I love them! I think the DIY community owes you a great deal Brian! Thanks!
Yep, love this type of video. Especially enjoy learning more about how the standard pedals like the tube screamer and the big muff tone control differ from each other. I had no idea!
Thumbs up! Thinking about moding goats too? Seriously now: big muff 2 is super interesting.
As a DIYer, circuit analysis videos are definitely my favorite. The more detail the better. I also wish they were longer. Either way, love all your videos!
Well I too like the nerdy videos. I'm going on 46 years old this year so I spent a lot of time as a guitar student not understanding pedals and stuff like that.. so I listen to these videos passively. The majority of it goes over my head but bits and pieces of it to creep in and take effect and it helps me understand overall tone in the grand scheme of things so keep it up...
Favourite was the blues breaker style. I definitely want to see more of these types of vidoes Brian, I love hem, even though I don't mod pedals at all.
I'm a big ol' geek. I love this kind of thing. If I'm honest I probably only understand about 50% of it, I wish I knew more, but I have built one DIY kit pedal, and just did my first pedal mod the other day. So I am learning, slowly. I studied mechanical and electrical engineering many years ago, but I struggled with the electronic side of it, and I was too young and daft, and easily distracted, so I dropped out after the first year, d'oh. I'm tempted to maybe try night classes or something, to see if I can get into it, now that I'm a bit older and wiser. So, yea, I'm up for more uploads like this. Cheers.
that's not boring at all! This makes me want to dig out the breadboard.
Although I’m a TS player, IMO the Big Muff tone control sounds better in this vid. Take care!! 👊🏻
Tube Screamer with Big Muff Tone Control = Aria Overdrive AOD-1
Great vid, Brian! Thanks for this one 🎛
Not only do I love these type of videos I saved it in my overdrives building folder for tones controls🔥Amazing videos learning alot!
Very interested in these nerdy videos! I liked the BM mid scoop, but I would imagine it would sound good on a strat but too muddy on a Les Paul; maybe by tweeking the values you could get a flatter response with tone pot in centre?
These videos are absolutely great. No one goes into circuits the way you do. I asked a question on a forum the other day, just about this. How does the tone control on a tube screamer actually work in a circuit? You just answered it for me. Keep these videos coming, please!
You know i only see cool successful guys OWN GOATS, THE BILLIONAIRE WHO PLAYS POKER , YOU ,OLA ENGLUND......I think there is something to that. AND GOATS ARE AWESOME.
I love all your videos Brian. Especially the technical ones. I'm not a "muff" fan so anything but for me. Bluesbreaker more than Tube screamer. Thanks!!
I thought that was fantastic and I actually loved time 2 the Big Muff..great job and please continue more of these...
LOVE IT!!!! MORE PLEASE! (I am a shameful gear geek). Next best thing to sitting down for a chat , beverage and picking your brain.
These are very useful to me. For too long I've been the victim of "modded pedals", from friends who thought they were doing me a favor, only to find that I had a problem on my hands that I needed to solve. Right now, it's a germanium transistor boost/fuzz, that's basically two in one, and needs some serious help. The friend who built it for me (who I paid $300 to do so), has no idea how or what he did to build it, so I'm entirely on my own if I want a useable $300 pedal. It's crazy, I know, but it's a good excuse to learn. Cheers, and thanks for the great content.
Hi Brian, First of all thanks for all the work, and sharing your knowledge and intellect via here. My humble opinion, if anyone gets bored or feel not-so-entertained, they can go ahead and fast forward the videos. The whole concept of appealing to the mainstream, has been lowering the standards in terms of standards, on everything. you'll still have enough hits/views etc -if you care at all- on your vids, appreciated by people who have more than 30 second span of attention. Thank you, best regards.
I truly appreciate the knowledge you share...In the late 70s, I took electronics classes in high school...Yes , we worked on tube tv's of the day...I always wanted to build a drive pedal early on....At the time , just didn't have the resources...I learn more on your videos...Again, thank you much!
I just got my copy of How to Modify Guitar Pedals. It was $69 on amazon. Pretty expensive but the knowledge I expect to gain will be worth at least hundreds of dollars in pedals I will no longer need to buy. Thanks for all this, Brian!
NERDS!!! Would be cool to rework that midboost Muff circuit into a passive tele tone control. Until then, at least we have EMG’s SPC control.