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NPD: 1590a Shimmer and reverb anyone?
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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...
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...
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Edit - The Cephaloverb
Not familiar with the remote control option - is it a particular socket?
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