This is fairly well built. I wish they made a mini pedal version of this circuit.

My favorite drive ever. I use it mostly like people use a Klon because the initial boost sounds so damn good before it goes into distortion.

very cool! this is my favorite pedal

Another great teardown! Rat derivative or not, the 1981 Inventions DRV sure is well built and full of quality parts! As for suggestions, I'd love to see the insides of a Metasonix TX-1 or TX-2. Since those are incredibly rare and expensive however, I'd settle for a Beautiful Noise When The Sun Explodes if you happen to come across one. Cheers!

Thanks Joe, very informative

@graybenchelec

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Two of the electrolytics are the Nichicon Muse, which is a step above the Fine Golds. Those Wimas are the polyester mks line. Rean (made in china) are the cheap version of neutrik. I like these vids. Thanks

@ramencurry6672

6 ай бұрын

Gorgeous capacitors

Can you make a teardown of any Chase bliss audio or darkglass pedal?

@erikvincent5846

2 жыл бұрын

I tore down an old Darkglass B7K, but back then it was through hole. I traced a schematic on it. Now a days, they are now smd... and I believe stuff might have gotten changed.

The PCB says "Engineered by Jon Ashley @ Bondi Effects". I was not aware. Does that mean it was designed/built in Australia?

@graybenchelec

2 жыл бұрын

More likely that Bondi just did the PCB design.

Awesome episode. I suggest for a teardown of the King of Tone Pedal, it would be great.

@graybenchelec

2 жыл бұрын

I'm on the waiting list :)

These teardowns are very interesting to watch. As a suggestion for some point, I would be curious to see a teardown of a pedal that uses Nu-tube tech. (The new vox ones would be easiest to obtain). Would be interested to see if the circuit to that surrounds the nutoob is more like an tube amp or more just a drop in for any sort of fet. Thx for the interesting vids!👍👍

@graybenchelec

2 жыл бұрын

Good idea! Guitologist did a couple videos on the nu-tube I believe, would be worth checking out!

@livingabovethe12th

2 жыл бұрын

@@graybenchelec I got curious after getting a vox mystic (ac30 box) and being pleasantly surprised how close to the real deal it actually is.

Please, w sugar on top- please review the Vahlbruch kaluna or any more recent tube preamp pedal in the near future, appreciate the channel/hard work 😘

@graybenchelec

2 жыл бұрын

I have something coming up you will enjoy, stay tuned :)

Maybe a Pedal Pawn fuzz or their texas twang would be interesting! Great video once again.

@BlakeC27

2 жыл бұрын

I don't think Pedal Pawn even hides the fact the Pedal Pawn Fuzz and Texas Twang are just clones of the Cesar Diaz's Texas Square Face and Texas Ranger pedals. The transistors might be different depending on what he (Cesar) used back then to what is available today but that's about it.

@alexisdrosopoulos

2 жыл бұрын

@@BlakeC27 I thought that there are additional mods and tweaks to the circuit, but I'll take your word for it. I knew that these were clones of Cesar Diaz's, but I didn't know to what extent

@BlakeC27

2 жыл бұрын

@@alexisdrosopoulos Maybe the odd component value to accommodate different transistors but I would hardly call that a mod myself. But it would definitely interesting to see.

@alexisdrosopoulos

2 жыл бұрын

@@BlakeC27 yeah that's not the mods I'm talking about. That's more of an operation adjustment, not really an effect tweak. You just make the electrons work as they should 😂 They're quite "hot" pedals right now and they seem pretty well made. I just left it in the suggestions box.

@BlakeC27

2 жыл бұрын

@@alexisdrosopoulos They do seem quite popular. Definitely well marketed in terms of the amount of advertising. I'm not quite sure why the silicon-based fuzz needs 'tempature tolerate circuitary' however as it says on their website.

I’m new to soldering. I noticed how cleanly you’re able to wick old solder. When I do it, it never goes that smoothly. Usually the area of the board as well as the wick itself look pretty messy. Does this have to do with the quality of the wick I’m using, or do I just need more practice?

@graybenchelec

2 жыл бұрын

A good soldering iron is #1. I recommend it whenever asked; the metcal SP200 is a killer iron for the money. You can usually find the power supplies used

Could you do a boss fz-2 vs behringer sf300? Noticed the sf300 doesn't have as much low end and I'm wondering how complicated it would be to modify one to have as much bass as a fz-2

Light pedal gamechanger reverb teardown?

Can you tear down a king of tone please thanks

Great teardown. Where'd you get those cool nylon/plastic winged 1/4" hand sockets?

@graybenchelec

2 жыл бұрын

Here you go: peperspedals.bigcartel.com/product/rocket-sockets

@seagreenyweeny

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Revv g3 please

2:04 I love the tear down but all I can focus on is not knowing where to get those green nut drivers. I gotta know who makes them and where to get them!

@graybenchelec

Жыл бұрын

Here you go, new ones are blue apparently: lovemyswitches.com/rocket-sockets-pedal-building-socket-set/

What micro are they using?

@graybenchelec

2 жыл бұрын

ATtiny25

@erikvincent5846

2 жыл бұрын

@@graybenchelec nice. Did it just have the relay for the switching, or did it also have the 4-pin solid-state relay with it for muting?

@graybenchelec

2 жыл бұрын

@@erikvincent5846 relay is EA2-5NU, KEMET or NEXEM, some kind of joint venture I suppose. It's DPDT, which should allow for grounding the circuit input in bypass, yes.

@BlakeC27

2 жыл бұрын

@@erikvincent5846 I repaired one of these recently and their is no solid state relay or any type other circuitary for muting in regards to clickless switiching.

@BlakeC27

2 жыл бұрын

@@graybenchelec It seems a bit of a waste to use a microcontroller to control a relay and only have it act like a traditional footswitch i.e. on and off. I get the fact that a relay is far more reliable than the traditional footswitch; quiter too. This maybe me, but if you are going to go the that much fuss maybe add a little more functionality to the code. Momentary on seems like a fairly common one these days.

Looks like a light breeze would break this thing.... chinsy quality inside. Good thing its Hister on th eourside

@user-zv7lm8uk7h

2 жыл бұрын

A 0 seconds ago Looks like a light breeze would break this thing.... chinsy quality inside. Good thing its Hipster on th eourside