bender wrote:Update: I've tried a Fuzzrite and it was pretty excellent, but just a gnats too unpredictable. Currently trying a Karma Suture (apparently based on a Harmonic Percolator) and that seems pretty kick ass. I never would have tried it if Ryan hadn't suggested it, and was very sckeptical when I started trying it- especially because the controls seem daft. It's awesome though. It's versatile enough that it can basically be a boost or OD, or a really smooth fuzz. The Diodes control means that you can dial in how compressed and splatty it sounds and the density control takes it from bright (but not spitty) to thick and chewy. I really love it. It's not a Fuzzface, it's not a Muff, it's not a Bender (sadly)- it's its own thing.
Harmonic percolators are super cool, can be heard all over Steve Albini's playing in Big Black!
Yeah, Albini is really the poster boy for that thing, isn't he? I like the story behind them, even though I'm not totally convinced they are quite as unique and magical as they are made out to be... Does anyone know if the thing about 'even order harmonics only' is legit?
I was idly eyeing this clone on Reverb but it got snapped up very quickly...
Darth Sabbathi wrote:
Yeah, Albini is really the poster boy for that thing, isn't he? I like the story behind them, even though I'm not totally convinced they are quite as unique and magical as they are made out to be... Does anyone know if the thing about 'even order harmonics only' is legit?
Darth Sabbathi wrote:Yeah, Albini is really the poster boy for that thing, isn't he? I like the story behind them, even though I'm not totally convinced they are quite as unique and magical as they are made out to be... Does anyone know if the thing about 'even order harmonics only' is legit?
ISTR that the Harmonic Percolator builder was a strange person -- he stripped markings off EVERYTHING, resistors, caps, transistors, the LOT. There were more details, but can't recall 'em at the mo.
Capt. Black wrote:Call me if you're looking for the sound of a sows ear made from a silk purse with a side of hot bitches and alcohol
and that sounded AWESOME 
