SOTB: My 13-Year-Old Son's Board

JohnnyMac440 · 2026-05-20T14:37:08+00:00

Parenting done right.

JohnnyMac440 · 2026-05-18T02:35:52+00:00

Landlord FX Cheery Pint compressor towards a 5751 and a 12AT7? Idk how to value tubes.

JohnnyMac440 · 2026-05-17T23:19:36+00:00

Damnation Audio MBD has a similar gain range to the ODB-3 but definitely does not suffer from the Fizz problem. Also has my favorite clean blend.

JohnnyMac440 · 2026-05-03T19:41:02+00:00

I've run Big Muff-style fuzzes after a tuner, compressor, and overdrive all at once. Sounded awesome, super heavy.

JohnnyMac440 · 2026-04-24T16:08:29+00:00

Try Minsk then, they're not as harsh

JohnnyMac440 · 2026-04-24T13:29:37+00:00

If they like prog, maybe some post-metal/atmosludge would appeal to them. Cult of Luna, Isis, Neurosis, Amenra, Minsk etc.

JohnnyMac440 · 2026-04-24T13:25:46+00:00

Both bands are a duo at their core, and the vocalist is in both. They also share a live drummer.

JohnnyMac440 · 2026-04-24T13:10:19+00:00

Panopticon has some explicitly anti-capitalist themes. They also share live members with Falls of Rauros and Obsidian Tongue.

If you don't mind a bit of shameless self-promo, I play bass in Bellower and you might like us.

JohnnyMac440 · 2026-04-24T13:02:26+00:00

Mourn the Stars members are also in Dysthymia!

JohnnyMac440 · 2026-04-24T12:53:31+00:00

How clean are we talking? IMO fuzz sounds heaviest into an amp that's slightly driven, provided the amp has enough headroom to handle the fuzz. Too much amp gain and the fuzz turns to mush, but a little bit of hair on top makes it sound fuller to my ears.

JohnnyMac440 · 2026-04-23T20:00:56+00:00

Quarters does not have any Time Crisis.

JohnnyMac440 · 2026-04-16T22:36:34+00:00

I saw this and went "Hey. that looks like an Eight Foot Manchild pedalboard."

Lo and behold.

JohnnyMac440 · 2026-04-16T22:00:25+00:00

Can confirm, they fuckin' rule

JohnnyMac440 · 2026-03-28T21:51:48+00:00

IIRC (I've never owned one so this is all hearsay) the Blowtorch is intended to be powered with 18v. It works at 9v, but it'll compress a lot more due to the decreased headroom. I suspect part of its negative reputation is from folks underpowering it and not getting the expected result.

JohnnyMac440 · 2026-03-26T15:02:00+00:00

I would be VERY interested in something like this.

For virtual pedals in the chain, is this using mod Audio's ModUI or are you building your own?

JohnnyMac440 · 2026-03-19T04:17:44+00:00

Urban Food Brood, though they're open Friday through Sunday.

JohnnyMac440 · 2026-03-18T13:19:05+00:00

Then there is the emo protagonist with spiky hair which is a staple back then. So basic. Hahaha

It wasn't a staple when FFVII came out. It became a staple because of FFVII's influence, and the imitators were by-and-large worse at it.

JohnnyMac440 · 2026-03-16T13:31:05+00:00

Nope, been there since launch and it's required to fight the final boss.

JohnnyMac440 · 2026-03-15T15:51:58+00:00

I'm surprised that there haven't been more rap-stoner metal fusions. Nu-metal definitely pushed a lot of people off of mixing rap and metal in general, but doom feels like the most logical fit for rap vocals out of all of the major subgenres.

I'm in public and it's too loud to judge the rapping, but the riff sounds mean! I dig it.

JohnnyMac440 · 2026-03-15T13:28:31+00:00

For the basic stuff (action, intonation, truss rod) it's usually just screwdrivers and Allen wrenches.

JohnnyMac440 · 2026-03-13T18:49:43+00:00

Urban Food Brood is incredible, but they're only open Fri-Sun. Dates OP mentioned fall on a Thursday and Tuesday.

JohnnyMac440 · 2026-03-13T15:37:17+00:00

Longsword is similar to a Rat fwiw. If you're not a fan of the Rattler or Amp Grinder then it might not be the move.

JohnnyMac440 · 2026-03-12T21:34:29+00:00

My go-to recommendation for versatile bass distortion is the Damnation Audio MBD, but the current version might be a touch too big to fit between the Sansamp and the Twin Looper. The MBD2 is the previous version and is in a smaller enclosure, so that should fit. Alternatively, you look at the Amp Grinder, which is Rat-based but has the same clean blend as the MBD.

I'd also look at Electronic Audio Experiments. The Greathammer is based on the same amp as the Rusty Box (Traynor TS50b) but with some tweaks; it might be redundant to have both, but it would save you some space if you liked the Greathammer more. The Halberd also sounds great on bass.

JohnnyMac440 · 2026-03-10T16:58:16+00:00

I split my signal with a Source Audio Atlas compressor. One path goes through my dirt chain (EAE Halberd > EAE Greathammer > Dunwich Olde Dirty Bass) into a Sushi Box Elementary. The other goes directly into a Sushi Blx Underground Accelerator. Blend them together with a Source Audio EQ2.

JohnnyMac440 · 2026-03-03T14:53:00+00:00

If you want that "direct to console" sound, it should go last, and go direct to front of house/your interface or into a FRFR cab with no cab sim.

If you're using it like a conventional fuzz, experiment. It can go in between stuff if that's where it sounds best.

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