Andy 40's Madbean Snarkdoodle (Overdrive Pedal)

[jugglindan]

Curse you!! CD4049UBE just purchased on eBay, along with some more pots. Why does it seem that no matter how many pots I have stashed, every circuit seems to require values I don't have? Must be the Murphy's Law of electronics.

[Andy40]

Good to hear that you are as addicted as me!

[jugglindan]

Hey @Andy40, how close to a fuzz tone can you get with the Snarkdoodle? I have just been playing around with the Big Muff patch in my Xtomp and I found some very interesting saturated tones running the direct drive into it. While I could build one, I am wondering whether the red llama could get into the same territory.

Also, I have shelved my plans to build a Guv'nor. The lemon squeezer into the Direct Drive with the gain switch on high sounds nearly the same (better actually) than the guvnor and Drive Master patches on the xtomp. Man, I really wish I put that gain switch on a stomp. I have dialled in settings that I like and mostly just toggle the switches.

[Andy40]

Interesting question. I'll try it out and compare it with my Big Muff Clone later today.

[jugglindan]

Great, thanks

[Andy40]

Yeah it covers the full spectrum. Certainly can achieve fuzz tones on the last 10 percent of gain, only increases when you turn up the volume.

[jugglindan]

Yeah it covers the full spectrum. Certainly can achieve fuzz tones on the last 10 percent of gain, only increases when you turn up the volume.

Good to know, thanks. I did some experiments with gain pedal stacking, shuffling the order of pedals around. I have every sound that I want covered except for that high-gain fuzz with endless sustain that sounds so right sometimes. One thing that surprised me (because it sounds so good at lower gain settings) was how close the Barber pedal could get to the Guv'nor cranked Marshall sounds.

[Andy40]

Yeah, look it most certainly was overtaken by my fuzz pedal which has sustain for days (and a special knob for said sustain!).

Not to give you ideas but I build a Madbead 8ball which is a close of the Bluesbreaker. I love those Marshally tones.

[jugglindan]

I am going to breadboard some fuzz circuits to see what I think.

I have never really tried a BB pedal. There is a patch in the Xtomp but I don't like it that much. The patches are not always close though.

And I probably shouldn't be surprised by the Guv'nor/cranked plexi tones I am getting from the Barber, given their blurb says "the NEW Compact Direct Drive brings a colossal catalog of vintage British voice to your pedal-board".