Hi all,
First off I'll apologise for posting loads of posts in the 250+ forum over the last few days.
Anyway if you haven't seen my other threads, I have built 250+ to mxr dist+ spec with clipping mods. Its built as a thank you gift for a good friend of mine who loves hair metal, we're talking Ozzy (Randy Rhoads, Jake E Lee era), motley crue, twisted sister, etc. that kind of thing. I initially built it because he loves Randy Rhoads and apparently he used one (probably with a JCM 800 or similiar though).
Now I rather like the distortion this thing produces, but I like indie, classic rock and blues, not back-combed metal. So I think I want to make it have the option (ideally via dpdt switch) to crank it up one gear.
Ideally I would like:
- Smoother distortion, more fizzy and less brutal/rough (the opposite of the LED clipping I guess). The current setup I have which is on the way to acheiving this is Asymetrical 914 diodes 3 vs 1, but I think there might be better options out there.
- More gain! Is this possible via a any resistor/cap switches that I could toggle switch?
The other thing to consider is I have tested this pedal with my telecaster sith single coil pups he plays an ibanez rg and a charvel model 4, so they are going to give it a bit more oomph and a smoother sound anyway. We do have the same solid state marshall map though.
To me this pedal sounds more like an overdrive by todays standards. I can still get it to crunch and distort, but just not as much as my rat or big muff, but thats not really too surprising. (I will also double check my board as I think I may have put the odd 250 component in by mistake instead of a dist+!)
I think if I give it him in its current state, he'll still use the distortion produced on the dirty channel of his marshall instead of this, so I want to give him a reason to switch
Thanks in advance!
~ J