Monday 10 November 2014

Madbean Poindexter

Madbean's modernized take on Ibanez Standard Fuzz and alike. From discontinued project files.

11 comments:

  1. Oh my god this is an amazing idea! Gotta try it out. The original sounds great but I think Madbean has done great things with vintage circuits.

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  2. I think the direct line derivation was from the Zvex Octane 3.

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    1. Documentation doesn't have any indication of that. And since it's clearly a slightly modified derivative of the FM-2/Standard Fuzz/you-name-it, i saw no point in referencing ZVex...
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    2. The product menu made the comparison back when I bought the board years ago. I wouldn't be too surprised if somebody did the tone knob rather than the switch before ZVex--so many versions--but it hasn't come to my attention yet. Still, it's nitpicking. In my mind it's a Superfuzz.

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    3. That's one of the mods that has been done over and over. Almost like guessing who was the first to up the high pass filter cap from inverting input of a Tubescreamer circuit... I find it quite interesting if this is 1:1 with Johnny Octave. I see one design flaw in there :)
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  3. Ive built it. It works as it should i think 'cause i pick up radio :).
    I'm gonna try other trannies and diodes when i box it to see if i can make it less crazy.

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  4. Just built this one and it works fine but its ever so quiet on its own i have had to louder pedals in front to give it a boost. Any ideas how to make it have a bit more volume\balls? Thanks in advance.

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  6. Deleted last comment as i thought i should thoroughly check my build. Did so and it is working perfectly. Definitely a pedal with major gain and noise when boosted by another pedal but just quiet on its own. Any suggestions?

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    1. Hi Gavin,

      It shouldn't be quiet at all. Mine is really loud.

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