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Started by mwynwood, February 07, 2016, 06:00:21 AM

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mwynwood

Hi everyone,
I can think of the Green Ringer, the Bumble Buzz, or a simple buffer... but what other effects don't have any knobs?
Marcus Wynwood
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duck_arse

gus did a "no knob lead" circuit, threaded hereabouts.
" I will say no more "

deadastronaut

any circuit, just use internal trimmers...
https://www.youtube.com/user/100roberthenry
https://deadastronaut.wixsite.com/effects

chasm reverb/tremshifter/faze filter/abductor II delay/timestream reverb/dreamtime delay/skinwalker hi gain dist/black triangle OD/ nano drums/space patrol fuzz//

Mark Hammer

Pretty much all the old Dan Armstrong modules, and more recently those little Henretta cubes, have only a bypass switch mounted on the chassis.  Level and any other tweakable parameters are set inside via trimmers.  I believe Catalinbread recently came out with a switches-only flanger, and Earthquaker has a Green Ringer derivative that only has a stompswitch.

eguth

pinkjimiphoton's stupid simple overdrive is quite nice

mth5044


stallik

Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. Albert Einstein

deadastronaut

https://www.youtube.com/user/100roberthenry
https://deadastronaut.wixsite.com/effects

chasm reverb/tremshifter/faze filter/abductor II delay/timestream reverb/dreamtime delay/skinwalker hi gain dist/black triangle OD/ nano drums/space patrol fuzz//

Cozybuilder

Some people drink from the fountain of knowledge, others just gargle.

RickL


Mark Hammer

Oh I don't know if that one counts, Rick.  Yes, no knobs, but the 4 pushbuttons duplicate the knob functions.

The Behringer clone uses a cheaper switch that actually lets you stack switches.  The Boss provides 4 mutually exclusive presets, and a bypass.   The Behringer lets you have, for example, swtches 2 and 3, or 1 and 4, or 1 through 4, or none (which I like best; nice swirly sound).

brianq

Joe D's Easy Drive/Simple Drive, also plug & play

brianq

Just as I clicked "Post" the Orange Sunshine fuzz popped in my head, lol

armdnrdy

Quote from: mwynwood on February 07, 2016, 06:00:21 AM
what other effects don't have any knobs?

Okay...I'll bite!
Why do you ask?
Did they make effect pedals with knobs illegal in Australia?  :icon_lol:
I just designed a new fuzz circuit! It almost sounds a little different than the last fifty fuzz circuits I designed! ;)

mwynwood

Quote from: armdnrdy on February 07, 2016, 11:27:33 PM
Quote from: mwynwood on February 07, 2016, 06:00:21 AM
what other effects don't have any knobs?

Okay...I'll bite!
Why do you ask?
Did they make effect pedals with knobs illegal in Australia?  :icon_lol:

No reason, really.  :P
I just though it would be cool to make a few like this.
I like the idea of simple pedals that are still versatile enough to achieve a range of sounds.
It puts the control back ion your fingers - you might change your picking technique, or tweak the vol/tone on the guitar, or change pickups to get different sounds.
So, no reason - just messing about  ;)  haha

Thanks for the input everyone - there is a lot out there!
Marcus Wynwood
My Build Blog
MarcusGuitar.com

chumbox

#15
Black Arts Toneworks Oath which is now discontinued sadly. However it does appear to have a trimmer/knob inside, but it's not readily accessible.

Hatredman

Brian May's Treeble Booster?

No knobs AND no stop switch:

Kirk Hammet invented the Burst Box.

garcho

a wah pedal IS a knob
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