Behold... Omnibus

Here is the first real design that I developed and produced from 100% original designs. I'm proud of that.

Basically, its a very versatile boost, overdrive, and distortion. I sadly won't be able to go into huge technical detail because it really is still at least partially under development. Only getting better the more I tailor it.

At first, it was a pretty simplistic idea. Just a distortion that had a knob to blend different diodes in and out for the clipping section. Whee... big deal, eh? It was called the Signor Trogdor. Signor being Mister in Italian, (unless I'm wrong..) which I used simply because it sounded pretty cool. Trogdor being a reference to a certain dragon that was thought up by the geniuses over at Homestarrunner.com

Then I added the Type switch and changed a whole bunch of values to get everything sounding good. The original was in the hands of a local guitar player (who now lives in NY) for quite some time. I got good feed back from him on the general tone, but it wasn't ready yet.

Back to the bench for a full make over.

A new board, box, a bunch of different parts, and a bit of acid and some time made this hip little beast.



Renamed the Omnibus, this is the best sounding version so far. Those funky looking symbols on the pedal are letters that I designed to spell-
O M N
 I  B U S

The guitarist I built this for (different guy than before) really dug this version so much that he made it his signature sound, which is a real nice touch. The basic design for this will live for quite a while before I make any major changes.



The nice thing about having a good sounding pedal, is that I reason to make them in bulk. Right now, its only four at a time, but thats better than none! Four more of these, with a custom knob set, paint job, and possibly a knob layout change for each of them. I love nerding out to this sort of stuff.

I'll get pictures up of the four new pedals once they're done, but this is all I really want to get out now, so the rest will be for another post. Bottom line, this thing sounds effin' great.