Jonny Deth wrote:The knobs are air valve stem caps with small tubes I implanted into the threading so they'll fit split knurled shafts.
Each one is a control knob, including those on the side.
Compared to not just the cost but the LOOK of actual skull knobs sold, these are way cheaper and look better than the dozens of designs I've seen.
It IS a cheap pedal, it's just not a JUNK pedal.
Left side is stage 1 volume.
Right side is master volume.
Red is gain.
Skulls left to right counting bottom go bass, mid and treble.
Top knob is a blend/bypass EQ control.
Oh, and last night I added a switch on the treble control for changing capacitor values. More or less it changes it from a treble to a presence.
Probably $15 in materials....150 in labor! lol
Now you know why boutique pedals cost so damn much.
"The knobs are air valve stem caps" dang... I mistook your skull knobs for the $12 ea knobs you find at all parts etc. nice creative diy approach.
"Probably $15 in materials....150 in labor! lol
Now you know why boutique pedals cost so damn much."
yeah, folks don't often realize how much effort goes into a hand wired pedal vs a 'all smd component-mass produced" pedal.
You just can't compare what you can buy from boss/mxr/dod with what you can build - many times I've built an exact clone of a circuit and have found that based only on using higher quality parts (not changing any values) I end up with something that sounds so much better...
guess that's why zvex can charge $400 for a woolly mammoth!