So anybody who built the Highway 89?

[zonta]

I would like to know about your thoughts.

[Joe Davisson]

Usually I tweak circuits to taste, but I couldn't improve it. I can tell that Doug H. really worked on this to get it right. I liked it enough to make an extra-nice chassis for it, for whatever that's worth... It will provide a nice contrast to the my other pedals which are too high-strung for the blues

Seems like a nice pedal for smaller amps, after playing it through my old Fender Champ which is kinda tinny sounding. The rounded tone counteracts the smaller speaker/cabinet. Thanks Doug!

-Joe

[Ed Rembold]

I built it,  and also fooled around w/values ( just for fun ).
could not "improve" it.
Mine sounds just like Doug's clip.  But I confess, I was really after
the lead tone on Gary's clip-  but it was nowhere to be found.
sigh.......
a worthy build,  and very simple.
Ed R.

[Gary]

Ed,

Turn the treble all the way up, bass mostly down.  Max the gain and use a neck HB pickup.  That's how I did the clip.

[Doug H]

I couldn't get Gary's lead tone either, but my neck pup is wired for single-coil right now. It does get close by pushing the treble high. I will try it with my other guitar that has a PAF neck pup and see.

In any case it wasn't really designed with that kind of sound in mind (although it is very cool that you can get it   ).

This is more of what I was after with this one (scroll to the bottom):
http://www.drzamps.com/route66.html



I'm glad you guys are enjoying it.

Doug

[Ge_Whiz]

I was playing those MP3 clips for the Route 66 through XP Media Player, with the display set to "Scope". The real-time display of the waveforms gives a really good view of what is going on sonically in order to produce that sound - very instructive!

[javacody]

Anyone know where I can get a box shaped like a highway sign?  

[eliktronik]

You should buy a sign on ebay and fold it into a box. Now that would be cool.