Basic Audio Scarab Fuzz / Fulltone Tube Tape Echo / Marshall JTM45
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@mrcali68 IT IS SILICON! None of the Basic Audio pedals are germanium, John's pedals are a modern take on the legendary germanium fuzzboxes. that's why they are so great, cause you cannot tell the difference! No more inconsistency due the germanium trannies. John Lyons makes "germanium-sounding silicon-based fuzzboxes" and he makes them real good!
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Tonebender MKIII clone?
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@mrcali68 Weird. Is yours a custom model then? The current production standard Scarab and Deluxe Scarab are both silicon per John. That's a big reason I like them...don't have to deal with germanium powering issues. I tried to link to one of John's pedal docs he used for a pedal tour where he mentions it being silicon, but I can't post links in these comments.
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Best. Gear. Ever.
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@mrcali68 The byoc has voltage bias internal trim pot. I tried to tweak it and turn but it still did not bring the tone back at all.
@mrcali68 I have a byoc fuzz face and I had bad experience on my last tour. I left it in the van during the daytime and the heat made my germainum transistors not work and I cound not use the pedal until the last day of my gigs. I know it's a total different monster but I just ordered a merkin fuzz,(its got sillicon),for a real buzzy sound. Btw the scarab fuzz you played sounds real good! Might have get one.
andrenighthound 1 year ago
@andrenighthound Yea, those germaniums are real sensitive. You could always get a Fulltone '69 or a Analogman Sunface with a bias control. The bias control will allow you to tweak it a bit for weather reasons.
mrcali68 1 year ago
is this pedal silicon or germanium?
andrenighthound 1 year ago
@andrenighthound Germanium. Think of it as a Tone Bender with a tone control.
mrcali68 1 year ago
@andrenighthound @mrcali68 It's silicon, not germanium.
dspilka 8 months ago
@dspilka No, it's germanium. It was sent to me directly by John Lyons with a full run down of the specs.
mrcali68 8 months ago