This has been an exciting week for new gear. After the Sanyo Pedal Juice and the Floyd Upgrades Brass Big Block arrived, an MI Audio Crunch Box distortion pedal was waiting for me at my doorstep today. I’ve been hearing great things about this stomp box, and what makes it …
After my second stage of modifications I had found that my pedal was sounding absolutely amazing, especially as an overdrive for my amp’s dirty channel. However, I wasn’t completely happy with the the range on the tone knob. I went from extremely thick and bassy, to just in the range …
In part 1 I installed a selection of capacitors to sort out the noise issues commonly associated with the stock Boss DS-1 Distortion pedal. The next stage of my modifications was the Marshall JCM style tonal changes. cubisteffects gave me a selection of LEDs, capacitors and a a resistor to …
The Boss DS-1 Distortion pedal is a fairly common pedal amongst guitar players. It was my first ever effects pedal, and I am sure it was many players first pedal. It has very basic functionality, and especially after manufacturing of Boss pedals moved from Japan to Taiwan the quality of …