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Catalinbread - SFT  [traced]

Posted: 19 Sep 2009, 16:28
by rcubed
The latest dirt pedal from Catalinbread. Anyone tried one out yet?

http://news.harmony-central.com/Product ... e-Released

I'm liking how it sounds with bass:



Guitar demo:

Re: Catalinbread - SFT

Posted: 19 Sep 2009, 18:14
by lohstah
yeah, that one caught my attention too...

Re: Catalinbread - SFT

Posted: 23 Sep 2009, 05:16
by Brink
Looks cool. Anyone ordered one yet?

Re: Catalinbread - SFT

Posted: 23 Sep 2009, 07:36
by RnFR
that things sounds killer on guitar and bass. you can get a glimpse of the circuit on the breadboard in the proto video. looks like it has about 6 or 7 transistors.



i really like how catalinbread is putting out all of these different videos of their pedals- it really shows what they can do. and it's much better than just one video from the pro guitar shop mafia!

Re: Catalinbread - SFT

Posted: 23 Sep 2009, 12:31
by ~arph
Sounds like there is a bit of crossover distortion in there.. the description, distorted yet clean sound seems to confirm this too..

I really like the sound of this pedal. :applause:

Re: Catalinbread - SFT

Posted: 28 Sep 2009, 04:32
by rcubed
Well I couldn't hold out any longer and I ordered one.

Re: Catalinbread - SFT

Posted: 28 Sep 2009, 16:26
by Brink
rcubed wrote:Well I couldn't hold out any longer and I ordered one.
Cool. I can't wait to see.

Re: Catalinbread - SFT

Posted: 28 Sep 2009, 18:25
by lohstah
:horsey:

Re: Catalinbread - SFT

Posted: 30 Sep 2009, 05:08
by my7of9
Looking forward to checking it out.

Re: Catalinbread - SFT

Posted: 09 Oct 2009, 06:34
by Old Gregg
rcubed, have you received this yet? Thoughts, pics?

Re: Catalinbread - SFT

Posted: 09 Oct 2009, 07:08
by rcubed
Old Gregg wrote:rcubed, have you received this yet? Thoughts, pics?
It's here. I'm still trying to get a feel for it. I'm more of a fuzz guy and I don't have a lot of experience with ODs. It's using a Baxandall tone stack, I know that much. I took the lid off and everything is mounted to the PCB so it will be a good bit of work to take a look at the components.

Re: Catalinbread - SFT

Posted: 09 Oct 2009, 14:52
by Brink
Yeah, the build probably has PCB mounted jacks and pots. Those who traced the DLS look to have unsoldered the jacks and pots (viewtopic.php?f=7&t=4668&hilit=brake+cleaner&start=60) to get pictures, which is probably the best way to get the pcb out.

Re: Catalinbread - SFT

Posted: 13 Oct 2009, 18:09
by Brink
[smilie=bump.gif] Are you ready to/comfortable with opening the insides up a bit more?

Re: Catalinbread - SFT

Posted: 13 Oct 2009, 19:51
by rcubed
Brink wrote:[smilie=bump.gif] Are you ready to/comfortable with opening the insides up a bit more?
Sorry, I had a busy weekend. Yes, I'm comfortable getting the guts out. I just need to block off some time to do so and document it properly.

Re: Catalinbread - SFT

Posted: 13 Oct 2009, 23:20
by Old Gregg
:horsey:

Re: Catalinbread - SFT

Posted: 14 Oct 2009, 22:13
by coldcraft
very interested in this.

I'm not surprised if its a baxandall eq. I was told over at the catalinbread forum that the now-discontinued silverkiss used a 3-band version of the bax'.

Re: Catalinbread - SFT

Posted: 15 Oct 2009, 15:06
by azrael
Very cool sounding pedal. Really adds a lot of the girth I look for in bass tones.

Re: Catalinbread - SFT

Posted: 15 Oct 2009, 15:11
by HEAD
Yeah, come on, desolder it and turn it around.:) Please, do it!:)


Cheers
Helge

Re: Catalinbread - SFT

Posted: 17 Oct 2009, 03:21
by rcubed
A sneak preview:

Image

Re: Catalinbread - SFT

Posted: 17 Oct 2009, 04:47
by Brink
Excellent...