Chicago Stompworks 'Mister Vermin' Rat Clone ... got it for $40 on reverb around halloween. Sounds as good as any rat I've played. Nothing undesirable.

EQD Acapulco Gold -Sounds awesome, but just too loud to fit into my set-up in any practical way without buying other stuff to accomodate it/switch around it etc.If I wanted that sound all the time, I would cling on for dear life.

Bought a JHS Crayon from a bud. It's getting me closer to that Black Dog/No Quarter guitar sound I've always been fascinated with, especially if you capture it direct in addition to the amp. Fun!

Dudley wrote:EQD Acapulco Gold -Sounds awesome, but just too loud to fit into my set-up in any practical way without buying other stuff to accomodate it/switch around it etc.If I wanted that sound all the time, I would cling on for dear life.I wonder if a master volume knob would ruin the mojo? IIRC, that thing is a lot of big gain stages slammed together.

I thought the big knob of the Acapulco Gold was an output/master volume. All the schematics that I've found seem to indicate teh the input gain is fixed and the big knob is the last thing in the circuit.

benadrian wrote:I thought the big knob of the Acapulco Gold was an output/master volume. All the schematics that I've found seem to indicate teh the input gain is fixed and the big knob is the last thing in the circuit.This is correct.

VaticanShotglass wrote:Dudley wrote:EQD Acapulco Gold -Sounds awesome, but just too loud to fit into my set-up in any practical way without buying other stuff to accomodate it/switch around it etc.If I wanted that sound all the time, I would cling on for dear life.I wonder if a master volume knob would ruin the mojo? IIRC, that thing is a lot of big gain stages slammed together.I get that a lot of people are anti master volume, but without one, EQD might as well have done away with the footswitch. The volume leap was so pronounced at anything past 9 o clock that you're not going to be switching it on and off unless you're running it into other maxed or near-maxed gain stages, apart from when you stop/start playing.

154 wrote:Bought a JHS Crayon from a bud. It's getting me closer to that Black Dog/No Quarter guitar sound I've always been fascinated with, especially if you capture it direct in addition to the amp. Fun!Man, I knew this pedal did that direct guitar sound but never thought about the connection to those Zep sounds. I was thinking it did Beatles sounds. I ll keep an eye out for one cheap.

Cool. I must have been thinking it was like their Speaker Cranker or the old Colorsound Overdrivers.

Picked up a second-hand Lovepedal Les Lius and finally had the opportunity to play it at volume the other day. Sounds fantastic! Gets right in those corners of dirty natural drive that I love. Having basically no controls is a huge bonus to me - too many options for tone make me uncomfortable/anxious. It sounds good, it has a second switch to get louder, it works really well with my Silvertone and the gold foil in my weird guitar. Cool.