Viva analog 360+

[alhbass]

As it says in the topic title - I'd be interested to hear from anyone who's tried (or at least heard) one of these in the flesh...

[url="http://www.lynx.bc.ca/~jc/pedals360.html"]http://www.lynx.bc.ca/~jc/pedals360.html[/url]

I'm interested as I'm increasingly going towards a more vintage sound, and love the Acoustic360 - but but can't forsee having the cash or space for an original... Edited May 8, 2010 by alhbass

[karter2000]

I actually built one, using one of JC's pcb kits. It's a hard build, definitely not for beginners!

As far as sound, I can't comment on whether it sounds like an original or not as I've not played through an Acoustic 360. From the comments I've read, it nails the 360 very close. To my ears, it has a great vintage tone which is also very adjustable. It's quiet and can drive a power amp. The fuzz is pretty cool (and nasty) and the nice thing about JC's design is a clean blend is included (which the original did not have). It has plenty of clean headroom as well, and the circuit has the option for an active/passive switch.

Overall, very nice preamp. I'll probably end up selling mine as I'm into a different vibe as far as tone (more dirt).

Hope that helps!

[quote name='alhbass' post='831323' date='May 8 2010, 03:52 AM']

As it says in the topic title - I'd be interested to hear from anyone who's tried (or at least heard) one of these in the flesh...

[url="http://www.lynx.bc.ca/~jc/pedals360.html"]http://www.lynx.bc.ca/~jc/pedals360.html[/url]

I'm interested as I'm increasingly going towards a more vintage sound, and love the Acoustic360 - but but can't forsee having the cash or space for an original...[/quote]

Edited May 8, 2010 by karter2000

[7enderhead]

[quote name='alhbass' post='831323' date='May 8 2010, 10:52 AM']As it says in the topic title - I'd be interested to hear from anyone who's tried (or at least heard) one of these in the flesh...

[url="http://www.lynx.bc.ca/~jc/pedals360.html"]http://www.lynx.bc.ca/~jc/pedals360.html[/url]

I'm interested as I'm increasingly going towards a more vintage sound, and love the Acoustic360 - but but can't forsee having the cash or space for an original...[/quote]

Sorry to revive an oldish thread, but I had one built by JC in early 2009.

Top notch build and signal quality (no noise at all).

I found the sound to be lacking in the upper mid/lower treble department (when playing through my Markbass Mini CMD 12), but at that time I was using dead flatwounds on my P basses exclusively. It kind of took the 'plonk' away. Deep lower department, though.

I have not touched the pedal in a long time, but leaning more towards roundwounds these days, I'll give it another shot. If it does not suit my taste, I will probably try to sell it.

Cheers,

Christian

[escholl]

[quote name='7enderhead' post='869904' date='Jun 17 2010, 02:17 PM']Sorry to revive an oldish thread, but I had one built by JC in early 2009.

Top notch build and signal quality (no noise at all).

I found the sound to be lacking in the upper mid/lower treble department (when playing through my Markbass Mini CMD 12), but at that time I was using dead flatwounds on my P basses exclusively. It kind of took the 'plonk' away. Deep lower department, though.

I have not touched the pedal in a long time, but leaning more towards roundwounds these days, I'll give it another shot. If it does not suit my taste, I will probably try to sell it.

Cheers,

Christian[/quote]

I first came across these about a month ago, and have been slowly getting more and more interested in either building one or buying a pre-built one, as the pre-built one seems to include some custom components the DIY one doesn't have. I don't suppose you have any recordings of it, do you? Or know of a review anywhere?