Liquid Sunshine and Similar

[aziltz]

Currently Loving My Subdecay Liquid Sunshine, its like the anti-Tube Screamer. Dynamic, Sweet, and Natural.

It uses cascade FETs instead of Op-Amp/Clipping Diodes.

What else have you guys found that's similar to the Liquid Sunshine's goodness?

edit: Price Range, $150 Single Pedals, $200-225 Dual Pedals

[swollen303]

Dirty Little Secret uses JFET. Is that a different technology than cascade FET?

[aziltz]

Originally Posted by swollen303

Dirty Little Secret uses JFET. Is that a different technology than cascade FET?

its not all that different. That one is definitely on my to try list, i should have mentioned that.


FWIW i think discrete op-amps sound pretty great too. A few of the really good boss circuits use them.

[erksin]

If you are looking for similar alternatives, I haven't really played one. The LS is a unique sounding pedal, IMO - and a really cool design.

[aziltz]

Originally Posted by erksin

If you are looking for similar alternatives, I haven't really played one. The LS is a unique sounding pedal, IMO - and a really cool design.

i guess i just like the way that the LS is different. It be nice to know what circuits are different from the usual suspects.

[Wesman61]

As I've said on here before the LS takes goosing really well. I love it for that. And it's very responsive to pick attack.

[fr8_trane]

Lots of cool Jfet designs.

Box of Rock
Menatone pedals
Catalinbread Dirty Little secret and SCOD
Pearl Drive
Ethos
Fetto
Wampler Pinnacle, Cranked AC and plexidrive
BSIAB II (popular GGG jfet distortion)
Blue Magic (GGG)
Many Runoffgroove designs: Odie, Peppermill, 18, English channel, matchbox, professor tweed, supreaux, thor and umble

The king of the discrete opamp distortions is anything by tech 21 (not sure about the new character pedals).

You could argue the Rat's distortion is defined by how the opamp clips. Without that its basically a dist +.

There are more than a couple distortions based on the LM386 opamp. Lovepedal PP800, Krank Distortus maximus and Frantone peachfuzzz come to mind.

[aziltz]

Originally Posted by fr8_trane

The king of the discrete opamp distortions is anything by tech 21 (not sure about the new character pedals).

I have a double drive that uses regular opamps, but i was already designing a discrete version...