Re: Pharaoh owners
Posted by
Marbles on
Oct 24, 2016; 7:36pm
URL: http://guitar-fx-layouts.238.s1.nabble.com/Pharaoh-owners-tp33717p33737.html
Oh thanks a lot! Don't worry about it, I'm just glad you're willing to check! I don't have a lot of options come to think of it.. the only other germanium I have in 'stock' are D9e . But I'd appreciate it!
So far it's the setting I like best. It's got that more saggy stoner feel to it. The volume is just so low. Full volume is just above unity. If I'd switch between clean and fuzz, it's going to be tougher in a band setting.
The Silicon I like too. More biting, very gainy, but less body.
The no diode setting... I don't know.. it's so.. dry. It's in your face, but a bit too clean for me I guess.
Then again, my last 2 'muffy' builds were an opamp muff and a Frantone Cream puff. Those are very saturated.
Op maandag 24 oktober 2016 heeft rocket88 [via Guitar FX Layouts] <
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Haha, I get what you mean. The pharaoh is the first boutique pedal I bought and do like it, but there's always room for improvement I think. Compared to a lot of the other muff and muff variants I've built you can tell differences, like you mention in the decay.
I can check this weekend when I get back to my house and see if I can tell what markings are on the diodes. Don't forget I'm living in NYC during the week while going for my doctorate, so checking stuff will take me longer then my normal quick checks. Remember that the amount of volume drop is going to be dependent on the forward voltage drop of the diodes. The lower the voltage drop, the lower the output. So you can try Ge diodes with a higher voltage drop and you should get similar distortion with more output.