Crowther Audio Prunes and Custard

http://www.tonefactor.com - The Prunes and Custard is a two stage circuit. There is a preamp stage, the gain of which is adjusted with the Drive control. This stage followed by a special waveshaping distortion circuit. There is some treble roll-off between the preamp and the special distortion circuit.

The frequency at which this treble roll-off happens can be changed with the Guitar/Bass switch. The special distortion stage produces strong harmonic overtones, mostly odd harmonic. Higher harmonics are progressively introduced with increased Drive settings and signal level, so a decaying bass guitar note can sound like a mean swept filter.

Playing double notes, like 4ths or 5ths can produce some strong intermodulation effects, rather like a ring modulator, but more musical, albeit more distorted! The Mix control is a balance between the preamp stage output, (CCW) and the special distortion stage output (CW).

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[oceanoasis]

Great, but you should have just skipped the guitar and used a bass. It's really what this pedal was built for.

[kyral210]

This pedal needs a bass!

[sidewalksurf]

when the devil came

he was not red

he was chrome

and he said

come with me

[leeusness]

I would have liked to see a demo with the drive all the way down.

[avibuffalo]

i haven't tried it with bass but i want to, i think it makes more sense, it can be too mushy with guitar.

[MrMusicfan007]

I am hungry

[brett5673]

@oceanoasis True, but Jeff Tweedy of Wilco uses this very pedal

[bigghettobooty]

any videos of it on bass?

[lookingatcrap]

great demo

[666laughingtarget]

it's like a short and fast phaser with white noise. i don't see why for it nor any harmonics to it really. but if it's your thing you can get one off of ebay really cheap in three days time. i'm not selling it.

[guitarrhythymfool]

Just listened to it again. I honesty can't hear a ring-mod on it. Considering I just woke up though I might still be half deaf xD

[soulrebelsound]

i'm told that a ring modulator was used on Paranoid... that may be where you hear the similarities