My new none-more-signature OD/Boost pedal

[Jeff R]

From the soldering iron and warped wit of our own Jim Gale ...

A Emerson Paramount Drive circuit tied into a BJF Honey Bee circuit in one box, that can be switched either/or, or both layered in series.

With HFC Inner Circle-approved casing art that dates back to 2004.

I can't stop laughing.

Edited August 20, 2024 by Jeff R

[mathman]

Freaking awesome!

 

[Brooks]

EPIC

[Feynman]

That is ridiculous and amazing.  You deserve it.

I love seeing stuff like this.  A gift from one of my favorite people to another of my favorite people.

[cmatthes]

Prefitted for Velcro?

[gorch]

Very cool!😎 

[Jeff R]

On 8/20/2024 at 7:46 PM, cmatthes said:

Prefitted for Velcro?

Absolutely ... here's what Jim put on the back of the pedal before he sent it to me ...

 

[Jeff R]

Tone Report: Simply put, beyond the sentiment tied to its existence, this pedal sounds phenomenal no matter how I tweak the knobs.

Because I live under a repair bench rock, I had never heard of either the Paramount boost or the Honey Bee drive, which in their stock forms get raving reviews on the innerwebs. Jim took some poetic license, however, and took the package's sound and ingenuity to the next level. A copy and paste from my phone of a sample of the techtalk he provided.

"The Honey Bee circuit is different in that it has two sources of clipping distortion. The normal gain stack with soft clipping diodes dependent on the gain setting for increased/decreased clipping, in this case using Red LEDs which have a high clipping threshold, which sound like power tubes when they give way, and, hard clipping diodes (silicon also with high Vfe threshold) in the signal path, like a fuzz. Soft clipping tied to gain setting. Hard clipping tied to volume setting. If you find a setting that sounds good to you but it is too loud, you can follow with boost to lower overall volume."

The small toggle is a really neat feature too - an effects order switch so you can go "boost first" or "drive first" in the circuit. While the former option is my usual preference on a board, flicking to "drive first" offers me a subtle burpy fuzz-like OD, which is what I use my Fuzz Face clone for. This is the board for my '66 Super Reverb. I'll pull the FF this weekend and put my Menatone TBIAC back in the mix for off the cuff Voxey stuff

Killer job, Jim, and thank you so much again. You're the best.

[velorush]

Izzare a link to order?  🙂

[hamerhead]

Absolutely one of the coolest things I've seen on this board.

Fuck yeah, James! Congrats, Jeff!

[Jeff R]

 I'll pull the FF this weekend and put my Menatone TBIAC back in the mix for off the cuff Voxey stuff

Chose not to wait ...

[cmatthes]

Killer.

[soli'd]

34 minutes ago, Jeff R said:

 I'll pull the FF this weekend and put my Menatone TBIAC back in the mix for off the cuff Voxey stuff

Chose not to wait ...

I have had all the versions of the TBIAC over the years- that one you've got was by far my favorite.  

[HSB0531]

On 8/19/2024 at 6:35 PM, Jeff R said:

From the soldering iron and warped wit of our own Jim Gale ...

A Emerson Paramount Drive circuit tied into a BJF Honey Bee circuit in one box, that can be switched either/or, or both layered in series.

With HFC Inner Circle-approved casing art that dates back to 2004.

I can't stop laughing.

I sent an LOL emogee, but it's a cool idea too!