LukeFRC

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I’m the opposite!

My question would be - how do you make that on your hx stomp and then if you wanted to, ‘upgrade’ to have the analogue version of that tone…

Very very different soundwise. Soundwise in how it feels/sounds it's probably closer to a snappier Nobel preamp block in Helix world - with a EQ block attached. It doesn't add the crazy amount of fat middy saturation Retro Reel adds. When it overdrives it goes grainy splatty. Presuming you're not going for the drive sounds the Closest other pedals aiming for a similar thing for bass players would be the Caveman preamp or that Mantle thing. More EQ options than both, cheaper, with less iron in than Mantle. I still want a Warwick Hellborg preamp, that's the sound of the bit of gear I should never have sold I want to get back too

So - depends where you think the sound comes from - it does use an input and output transformer - and one of them is a Lundahl LL1578 - but don't know if that's shooting for a specific Neve Mariner transformer sound. They describe it as two of the Neve preamp circuit in series- with the ability to boost one into the other - which makes sense as it was mainly designed for higher gain overdriven sound. While clipping at the tops of the notes is actually quite nice I don't know if that's how you would be using it. The EQ is described as a non Neve influenced 3 band thing. So it adds colour and a kinda glue to the sound, and I can tell immediately if it's been turned off in transit - but if it has "that Neve sound" I don't know - I think if you want a Neve preamp you would be better off elsewhere - but if you want that transformer textured preamp - with a range of colour added and a very useful EQ it's very good.

I did some eq sweeps here I also pair mine with a hx stomp - I found (after those sweeps I did) line level out on the stomp with a TRS - xlr cable into the colourbox with the wee pad on the side on gave me the best variety of clean tones - and helps protect from some RFI noise i was getting at our church

This looks like a fun project!

Power - high voltage circuit, lower voltage heaters and the 9v for the pedal output. Nobelium replaces it with a transfomerless solution for the high voltage and heaters

ah cool. (Nobel preamp doesn't use an input transformer mind)

@kuetsum - what is it?! who's made it?

the good news is they are al traced and mods journaled - try searching on freestompboxes - you'll probably need to do a basic tracing of the Joyo to follow the circuit to find the right place.

that's some birthday @pantherairsoft!

I’ve always wondered if the mass difference between installing strings with lots of winds around the posts vs the minimum woild be enough mass at the end of the neck to move the resonant freq enough. and or truss rod tweaks with different tension strings