06/19/2026
Here we go! Sometimes you just have to listen to the universe, it tells you exactly where you need to go. Don't fight it. 😉
The question was, how to make a nice overdrive pedal out of this microphonic tube? Regular footswitch made it sing like crazy. But wait a minute, what if there was no footswitch? I could do either a soft-switching type with relay and control circuits, or hey, why not just get rid of it altogether? Make this an always on pedal. Is that outside the box or what?
So let's jam it into a standard 1590B case, see what happens. Oops, no room for tone control. Gone! Now it is just DRIVE and LEVEL. Set and forget. The idea here is to add tube warmth and feel to your rig, nothing more. Ideally, this would be first in chain, always on, sort of like a tuner. I'm pretty sure I could sell this for $129.
