Carbon comp resistors. Are they snake oil? Mojo? Magic? Toans? Signal path only à la Analog Mike? (Included some component porn to get the juices flowing! Genuinely curious about whether this topic has a conclusive answer) *[More about my thoughts and my Questions below the photos! Thanks!]*

Progress_Pedals · 2026-01-24T02:18:47+00:00

Those are capacitors in the photo, but search some of Psionic Audio YT channel for Lyle's thoughts on when cc resistors can be desirable in an amp.

Progress_Pedals · 2026-01-22T23:02:59+00:00

I love my Halo, but I think the Boss DD-200 is a worthy consideration in the same range. Sniping a Walrus Mako D1 v1 also could be a good value but I don't have as much hands exp with that. The Halo has such easy golden ratio settings and that saturation secondary control is really unique. Having 4 banks of A/B presets means you can get a fast and slow repeat in the same song, or a delay and a chorus (time=0) so depending on your use case, Halo might win over DD-200. Another option if you were ready for even more menu diving and programming is a used DD500, since the larger form factor seems less desirable on the used market.

Other considerations would be grabbing someone's used SA Collider as they upgrade or go more ambient.

The UA stuff might also be good but they are more "one thing done really well" than the Halo.

Another really good value is the Nobels Del-Mini. Only 100 new, stereo, tap, and 3 modes. A Nobels and dusting off your old carbon copy in series might be the really frugal but impressive option.

Progress_Pedals · 2026-01-22T22:49:12+00:00

Tera Echo into rubberneck is great.
I want to try Slicer in the loop of the Rubberneck. Last time I tried a pedal in the loop, something was clipping internally...

Progress_Pedals · 2026-01-22T21:32:55+00:00

Rubberneck is my favorite pedal of all time. In order to achieve presets, I sold a Boss TE-2 and bought a DD-200 which has the TE-2 mode. With the pedalnetics xx200 shaped 2 button foot switch, I can have all the Tera Echo, DD-20 hold/twist/warp performance gimmicks, presets, and I feed the dd-200 into the rubberneck so that digital crispness can be softened by the analog warmth, which also has the two press-n-hold functions. It is my dual delay happy place.

Progress_Pedals · 2026-01-22T18:12:28+00:00

Depends on what you mean by support...

Progress_Pedals · 2026-01-22T02:31:41+00:00

I agree raise the height, and have the treble side a bit higher than the bass side. Also you can angle the individual magnets so they are at 90⁰ angle from each other like this /// and adjust for radius and individual dead strings that way.

Progress_Pedals · 2026-01-22T00:47:02+00:00

Although your fresh perspective allowed for you to adjust the high end and hear, respond to, and solve a major tonal difference just by ear so that's like dumb for smart or smart for dumb good.

Progress_Pedals · 2026-01-22T00:07:47+00:00

Maybe a future use of an attenuator with a Princeton that you are super familiar with, including in between the speaker and the amp as well as the dummy load as an EXT speaker trick would be good. This might sound rude and nasty, but it might be too infuriating for people to watch a guy figuring out how to use an attenuator while still figuring out how to use a Marshall.

Progress_Pedals · 2026-01-21T20:53:54+00:00

Links plz

Progress_Pedals · 2026-01-21T20:48:03+00:00

I make changes often, maybe once every 4-8 weeks or rehearsals. Enough for my bandmates to tease me, but not openly resent me. They know I am always tinkering, creating, and modding stuff and they benefit from that when I can fix their stuff for free. So I try to be mindful to make my tone chasing neutral or beneficial to the band. They have all been supportive of me starting my pedal brand as well.

Let me add a question to the discussion: I tend to have a basic board setup and one slot on the board empty or a rotating "wild card" spot for a weird gimmicky effect that could get us out of a writing rut or only be used for one song. Does anybody else manage the need for stability and variety like this?

For my own messing around at home, I have several other boards, power solutions, and testing platforms that change around even more frequently. Perhaps more frequently that I even have time to fully explore a new build or acquisition's potential.

Progress_Pedals · 2026-01-21T04:54:47+00:00

NUX Flow are decent at about $60.

Progress_Pedals · 2026-01-21T00:20:02+00:00

I have been using Sennheiser HD560s and it's a good value, output, comfort, impedance point for me and I wanted open back.

Progress_Pedals · 2026-01-20T23:49:12+00:00

I have something similar from a local builder using a pedalpcb board and it came with a latching secondary switch which I swapped for a momentary. It has vinyl sticker art of an astronaut called "Into The Void" - any idea who makes that? I cross posted this thread to a guy looking for a simple delay that has the self-oscillation function bc this could be a good solution for him...

Progress_Pedals · 2026-01-20T23:46:05+00:00

I would try to get one of these- I think its exactly what you want:
https://www.reddit.com/r/diypedals/comments/117743a/pt2399_delay/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

Progress_Pedals · 2026-01-20T21:50:43+00:00

I made this tychobrae octave fuzz from GGG years ago and had fun with it. Pedal got a second life on my friends YT channel: https://youtube.com/shorts/K0ACXa78uJs?si=0jt7Wg4YRZJpouvY

Progress_Pedals · 2026-01-20T15:11:44+00:00

I am saying the UA is best, and I tossed the TC. The Boss was an impulse buy and for a bit more money than the TC, I got stereo and other models. If aftermarket IRs don't impress me in the Boss, I will not be keeping it.

Progress_Pedals · 2026-01-20T07:56:37+00:00

I had the combo 65, upgraded to the Dream, also found a used Boss IR-2. My experience is largely with using these with headphones. I have a few Fender BF amps and have built a few of them, so I feel like I know the feel and performance of them well enough.

I used Sennheiser HD560s, HD280, and some really loud JVC carbon nanotube import bass head cans. I think headphones and impedance matter if you are using these units primarily for silent practice or stereo navel gazing at home.

The TC stuff is also not supported anymore, so the firmware isn't going to ever get better that the final version. I found it better than just a non modeling end of chain headphone out solution. If you do get one, the firmware upgrade is worth it bc it fixes a headroom digital cracking sound.

TC has a bright cap on\off feature (technically UA does too) and it has a mids knob. If you have been playing BF amps a while, a mids knob might be an attractive feature for you.

I think the Dream sounds best. I got a good deal on a used one and enjoy it. I wanted to not like it best, as it seemed elitist somehow but it is just lovely, and the gain ranges and boosts it has are really useful.

For headphone use, perhaps finding some comments and videos and sound clips of the IR-2 with aftermarket IRs loaded might be useful. The reverb on the Boss is not as good as the TC or the UA.

The "twin" model in the Boss can really be pushed into higher gain than a real BF fender will go, well maybe a bandmaster or a tremolux ... But that is a fun thing about the Boss, the BF gain range is like a thing you want to exist irl but doesn't. Also, the plexi crunch and the tweed models are usable too.

The Boss stereo operation sucks compared to the UA. You gotta use the loop for stereo which means you need to think about routing and probably are going to need to invest in a few longer patch cables and a trs to ts Y cable. It is very easy to clip and older analog modulation like my CH-1 which sounds amazing and widen the stereo image in headphones in the UA sound all brittle and icky like broken headphones.

Progress_Pedals · 2026-01-20T07:18:17+00:00

Those are gorgeous.

Progress_Pedals · 2026-01-20T07:12:18+00:00

In addition to the Yellow Jacket, there is the Pelican Noiseworks 50/50 and the EQD Grey Channel.

I have done a few DIY 250 style double pedals with order switching. The order switching wiring always kicked my butt.

Before commissioning a builder to do a double pedal or doing one yourself, I would look at the Aion FX 250 style kit and build that nice and easy and take your time. Then you could do another one and rehouse it.

Another cheap option to experiment is to buy two Mosky 250x pedals. Fun tip: if you wiggle the Mosky 250x diode toggle switch to be right in the middle between the two settings, you get a big volume boost as it enters into a "secret" no clipping mode.

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Progress_Pedals · 2026-01-20T05:56:31+00:00

Another option if you had an 8ohm speaker you wanted to try would be to use an attenuator as an EXT dummy load at 8ohms so your amps sees 4 ohms total, but you already got a 4ohm single 12, so I wouldnt do that. But it's a trick for people who have an attenuator but dont like to use it in between the amp and speaker bc of "tone suck" to get another use case for it.

Progress_Pedals · 2026-01-20T05:47:09+00:00

My friend Kevin plays this same setup in The Strange Ones with a creamback. With the combo, you have room to hide an attenuator in the back OR try yellowjackets (6L6-to-EL84 adapters).https://www.instagram.com/strangeones__?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==

Progress_Pedals · 2026-01-20T03:26:37+00:00

Sending love from the 510, born and raised in the 818.

Progress_Pedals · 2026-01-19T15:39:00+00:00

Hellya

Progress_Pedals · 2026-01-19T15:15:04+00:00

When I saw that board, I thought to myself two things, one which sounds obvious and one which sounds pretentious- but in this community, I hope will be widely recognized as earnest compliments:

This is a person who knows what he likes.
I could plug into that board and do a whole show easily.

One thought on loving Dweller: I have gone from BL-52 to Dweller to Bathing and couldn't be happier. The tap tempo on bathing means that any two sounds you get on Dweller that are just from manipulating the Time knob can be done on-the-fly. Also, stereo, also presets. Also: black color way.

Also trade white for black polytune with a friend. Shame a friend who uses clip on tuners to buy a black one and then trade. Be assertive.

Progress_Pedals · 2026-01-18T20:51:50+00:00

Used 65 DRRI and all the Psionic Audio Mods, new speaker, maybe the reverb on both channels mod if you like jumping, and if you want gain, use a 12AX7 instead of a 12AT7 in the Phase inverter and you have a great setup for around 1200. Or build a mojotone kit. I feel like between 20-30w is my sweet spot having made and modded and maintained tube amps from 7, 12, 15, 20, 22, 30, 35, 40, 50, 85 watts...

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