LazerBeakShiek
Find Polaris..and Return
There was a StewMac Black Ice passive overdrive rolling around my junk drawer. From projects long ago. The diagram to wire it is online. I was bored. Thinking back, I remembered that Black Ice was universally hated. After my installation the feelings are mixed.
I would not put this piece of shit in my guitars. It however might have potential in a bass.
On a push/ pull you would think it is slick. However the ICE diode action happens at the end of the knob. So 9-10 starts the fuzz. And then you are left with a 'thats it feeling'? No decrease in volume was found on activation. A mild fuzz helps thicken a bass instrument. If it could be blended I see it being useful. At 0.16 sec I engage at 10 then dial back to 9. At 8 its action becomes tone like. So if you could alter the knob value range to start at 6 and go to 10. But im not that good with wiring the circuits, to change the potentiometer curve.
It cuts different than a tone cap. Acceptable. Different, but is it usable?
What y'all think?
I would not put this piece of shit in my guitars. It however might have potential in a bass.
On a push/ pull you would think it is slick. However the ICE diode action happens at the end of the knob. So 9-10 starts the fuzz. And then you are left with a 'thats it feeling'? No decrease in volume was found on activation. A mild fuzz helps thicken a bass instrument. If it could be blended I see it being useful. At 0.16 sec I engage at 10 then dial back to 9. At 8 its action becomes tone like. So if you could alter the knob value range to start at 6 and go to 10. But im not that good with wiring the circuits, to change the potentiometer curve.
It cuts different than a tone cap. Acceptable. Different, but is it usable?
What y'all think?
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