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TC Electronic Hall of Fame 2 Review

Reverb 9:17 AM
Hey guys, I'm gonna be taking a look at the TC Electronic Hall of Fame 2. I was super excited when Amazon accidentally leaked this a while back. They were finally going to be adding shimmer and multiple TonePrint settings! I was already a fan of the original Hall of Fame, having used it for about the past 3 years, so these were...
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Madbean Turnabout (JHS @/MI Audio Crunchbox)

DIY 8:23 PM
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Let's build the Madbean Turnabout (a.k.a. JHS Andy Timmons clone). I got the chance to play the JHS @ (Andy Timmons) at the Chicago Music Exchange a while back and it sounded pretty freaking good. It had a nice, thick overdrive/distortion and the clipping options made pretty drastic changes which was cool. So when a vero layout based on the pedal showed up, I...
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Getting Started - Build Procedure

DIY 10:53 AM
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In this post I want to talk about the order of a build. When I started I just put everything on one piece at a time and that made it hard to get things looking neat. Sometimes components fell out of the holes while soldering and made things down right ugly. It also took a really long time.  With all that said, I'm...
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Ernie Ball VP (Jr) Tone Suck Mod

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This post is an in depth look at the Ernie Ball VP tone suck mod. It works on all passive Ernie Ball volume pedals and can also be applied to other passive volume pedals. I'll go over why people experience "tone suck" (hint: it's because of impedance) and a step by step on how to install a buffer that prevents this. I've been...
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Joyo Ultimate Drive Mod

DIY 9:39 AM
The Joyo Ultimate Drive is a cool little pedal based on the Fulltone OCD. In fact, the circuit looks a lot like a V3-4 OCD. But what we're looking at today is how to take a cheap, $35 pedal and turn it into something awesome. We're going to be changing the gain pot so it has a smoother taper as well as changing...
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