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A cumbersome and unwieldy Big Box EHX Pedalboard build would be hella fun!
Would probably sound ace. Mission accepted.
SHOW OFF YOUR PEDALBOARD!
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Would probably sound ace. Mission accepted.
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I've considered this a decade ago, but then didn't go through due to their wacky power and jack/adaptor requirements...A cumbersome and unwieldy Big Box EHX Pedalboard build would be hella fun!
Too many 1/8" 9V ones, and too many 24V ones.
All of them have top jacks though, which is a good start.
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Which ones you got?Ive got a Small Clone and Bad Stone en route.
That will take me to potentially six EHX pedals on my board.
Unfortunately there is nothing left they make I want or would be interested in.
I recommend the Micro Synth and Poly Chorus, if you find one for a good price. Crazy sounds in both!
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I've considered this a decade ago, but then didn't go through due to their wacky power and jack/adaptor requirements...
Too many 1/8" 9V ones, and too many 24V ones.
All of them have top jacks though, which is a good start.
Cool!
Headroom = toanz!!
I do prefer the older all analog signal path of the big box EHX stuff.
While some of the DSP-based stuff is cool, and I have owned and used
it, my insane ass inner child wants what he wants.
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Ive got a Small Clone and Bad Stone en route.
That will take me to potentially six EHX pedals on my board.
Unfortunately there is nothing left they make I want or would be interested in.
I can feel @JiveTurkey getting all twitchy and starting to itch.
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I currently have the POG, Op Amp Big Muff, Walking on the Moon, and Deluxe Memory Man on my board. The Bad Stone + Small Clone are incoming.
I think I’m going to grab all the “been on every record you ever liked” pedals before I get any more new age scarf lover pedals. Boss is next, I don’t have enough Boss pedals.
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Toan is in the noise floor!!That will take me to potentially six EHX pedals on my board.
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I'm getting ready to gig and I'm not saying shot on anything for fear of my own blowback!I can feel @JiveTurkey getting all twitchy and starting to itch.
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UPDATE, because changing stuff even if it works is never getting old, as we know:I just finished wiring this up and giving it a test run!
Sounds exactly like I imagined it would, fired right up without hassle, which is nice.
Goes straight into a power amp (or CAB M+ for headphones), patch cables are all EBS Flat Gold, PSU is a Palmer PWT12 MK2.
Belle Epoch, Exegol, and Super Spring Theory run at 18V.
Signal chain:
GE-7 -> FreqOut -> Gladiator -> POG 2 -> 105Q -> Belle Epoch -> Exegol -> Super Spring Theory
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The Gladiator is cool, but the Warm Bender is even better. I love the texture of the Silicon mode.
Reduced the fuzz voltage with my PSU (to around 7-8V), and now it's dead quiet when I'm not playing.
Also, a much nicer fit, real estate wise. Nothing wiggly anymore, everything sticks and stays where it should.
Yay.
PS: Only red LEDs now, except for an orange one in the POG.
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UPDATE, because changing stuff even if it works is never getting old, as we know:
The Gladiator is cool, but the Warm Bender is even better. I love the texture of the Silicon mode.
Reduced the fuzz voltage with my PSU (to around 7-8V), and now it's dead quiet when I'm not playing.
Also, a much nicer fit, real estate wise. Nothing wiggly anymore, everything sticks and stays where it should.
Yay.
PS: Only red LEDs now, except for an orange one in the POG.
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Classy.
I didn’t realize Warm did a Bender.
Bloody_Inferno
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The bass rig from my old prog band. The setlist only had 5 songs but it was an hour long set, and one song was 25 minutes long.
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Thanks much!
Yes, actually a pretty good one too, imho.
The three modes are MK1.5, MK2, and a Bender-"inspired" Silicon circuit.
There's been some debate about the origin of the NOS components over at TOP tho, some folks suspect they're not what WA claim, maybe relabeled, etc. - not sure what to think of this, especially since WA has been into fishy waters before, but the Bender does sound nice.
My only gripe, but that's inherent to the circuits, is that both the MK1.5 and MK2 modes are noisy/hissy in my rig. No surprise, considering it sits behind a GE-7 and a FreqOut, which means there's two buffers in a row right at the start of the signal path. The Silicon mode isn't problematic at all, and "feels" more open than the MK2 mode, too.
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If you didn't "pay" for it (the NOS mojo unicorn fart components), it was a decent price, and it sounds good, I probably wouldn't care.
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They're definitely not using the transistors they claim to be using. In fairness to them they don't specifically state they're using '60s Mullard transistors but when you list NOS OC76/OC75 in your marketing you're heavily implying that's exactly what they are. They're actually using much more recent Chinese made germanium transistors which have been labeled with those numbers.
"Warm Bender uses true-to-spec NOS OC76, OC75, and SFT337 transistors. NOS or “New Old Stock” transistors require extra effort to find, let alone to ensure they accurately meet the performance specifications required to deliver an authentic Bender-style tone"
They might sound fine and measure spot on but it's pretty shady behaviour IMO.
They could be particularly noisy transistors or very leaky transistors. The higher the leakage the more noise you'll typically get. One of the main reasons people switched from germanium in the first place.
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Yup, this exactly. Slightly above 200€, good sounds, sturdy build, fine so far.
Also agree, definitely something "off" about their claims, nothing to do with the sound - it acts just like a Ge Bender would, so that's not the problem here.
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I hold Warm Audio to the highest of ethical standards, and would be shocked and appalled if they misrepresented anything about the components in their products.
Warm Audio definitely falls into the category of plug your nose and if it sounds good, rock on.
Warm Audio definitely falls into the category of plug your nose and if it sounds good, rock on.
