NPD: 1590a Shimmer and reverb anyone?

stickyfiddle

Crikey. Yes please!

kjdowd

DesVegas said:

kjdowd said:

If you do decide to sell them, @4114Effects put me on the list. 

Done, that will be £1,000 please

Just to go on the list? This boutique pedal thing has escalated....

DesVegas

Totally worth it kj

4114Effects

kjdowd said:

DesVegas said:

kjdowd said:

If you do decide to sell them, @4114Effects put me on the list. 

Done, that will be £1,000 please

Just to go on the list? This boutique pedal thing has escalated....

Nah. I have a standard fee of £1000 just to consider putting you on the list ... actually being added is a further negotiable fee ...

robinbowes

Looking forward to receiving mine *cough*

R.

Moss

Ooooh - that is rather nice

kjdowd

4114Effects said:

kjdowd said:

DesVegas said:

kjdowd said:

If you do decide to sell them, @4114Effects put me on the list. 

Done, that will be £1,000 please

Just to go on the list? This boutique pedal thing has escalated....

Nah. I have a standard fee of £1000 just to consider putting you on the list ... actually being added is a further negotiable fee ...

Now you're talking. This is the way to build a brand! 

chuckles2k3

Sounds good, looks good too! What's not to like?

mr_air

Really Really impressive Work! And it looks  ace  too.

WarpedSounds

That sounds great. Good work, dude. 

57Deluxe

How many Squids will this cost?

citizen68

Very cool!

UnclePsychosis

Blinkin' 'eck. 

You're a wizard. 

Sporky

That is darned impressive. Excellent, excellent work.

stickyfiddle

Just came back and actually listened to the video. Yes please! Will definitely buy one if you make them for sale. Though FWIW I'd rather an MXR-sized box with the dip-switch options on the front as well  

sgosden

Yes please! what a tasty little unit 

marktheharp

That looks ace Dan ,well done mate 

lincolnblue

4114Effects said:

I love a good shimmer pedal, but the choice of 1590a pedals with this feature is pretty dismal. In fact, the only one I know of is the Mooer Shimverb, which adds the shimmer effect in 5ths rather than octaves, making it sound pretty weird IMHO.

I know there are good pedals out there - the Zoom CDR does a decent shimmer but can be hard to tweak on the fly, the Bluesky is great but takes up a lot of space on the board - I just want a pedal that doesn't take a lot of space as I only use the effect occasionally, can be tweaked on the fly and looks pretty cool. 

What's a guy to do? Make one of course...

So here's the yet-to-be named 1590a pedal - although I'm toying with Octoverb ... more on this later.

I've fabricated my own PCB and managed to keep using through-hole components, I'm not a massive fan of surface mount! (The actual digital chip is surface mount though, on the copper side of the PCB.)

It's a digital reverb with shimmer. Controls for mix - this is an analogue mix section so your base tone isn't digitised at all. Tone control - can remove some of the harsh higher end if you're wanting a less in-your-face or darker shimmer. Shimmer - which adds the amount of signal that the shimmer is applied to and Reverb which controls the length of the reverb.

I've also added a 3-position switch to make the pedal more versatile - you can switch to a standard room and hall reverb if needed.

You'll also see on the back a triple DIP switch. The EEPROM I've used can hold 8 programs, so setting the front switch to the middle position and changing these back switches gives you another 5 'secret' reverbs - 3 standard, one with chorus and one with delay - like an EQD dispatch master.

I've also socketed the EEPROM so I can remove, flash a few different programs and turn the pedal into a different effect entirely. Although then the labelling doesn't make sense.

Anyway, I'm really pleased with how this all came together - here are some pics...

Just what I've been after...how much will these be?

english_bob

4114Effects said:

kjdowd said:

DesVegas said:

kjdowd said:

If you do decide to sell them, @4114Effects put me on the list. 

Done, that will be £1,000 please

Just to go on the list? This boutique pedal thing has escalated....

Nah. I have a standard fee of £1000 just to consider putting you on the list ... actually being added is a further negotiable fee ...

You are Alexander Dumble and I claim my £5.

hubobulous

english_bob said:

4114Effects said:

kjdowd said:

DesVegas said:

kjdowd said:

If you do decide to sell them, @4114Effects put me on the list. 

Done, that will be £1,000 please

Just to go on the list? This boutique pedal thing has escalated....

Nah. I have a standard fee of £1000 just to consider putting you on the list ... actually being added is a further negotiable fee ...

You are Alexander Dumble and I claim my £5.

You have to pay £10 to claim your £5