the crunchy creme

So this is a pedal I built for my band mate, Steven Wesley Guiles. The name idea came from a moment of inspiration at the NAMM show last year. I was walking around with a friend and we passed by a Krunchy Kreme ice cream vendor. For some reason it popped in my head that Krunchy Kreme would make a cool pedal name. Fast forward to now... done.

The Crunchy Creme.

This pedal has a ton of "flavors". (pun intended) There are technically (3) different effects in this beast. The 'crunch' is a circuit modified from a Fulltone OCD. The 'creme' is a modified Ibanez Tube Screamer TS-808. And the 'boost' is a MXR Microamp Clean Boost. The OCD has its stock LP/HP filter switch and the Tube Screamer has an additional 'fat boost' switch as well as a diode clipping switch that yields (4) different colorations of distortion. There is also a DBS (dying battery simulator) knob which allows the user to dial down the voltage to simulate a dying battery. This was a common "mojo" trick back in the 60s/70s. Some guitar guys like Jimi Hendrix and Duane Allman swore by almost dead 9Vs. They claimed the dying batteries 'sweetened' the tone. Lastly, on the back is a bypass buffer switch so the user can toggle between true bypass and a buffered bypass.

customary guts shot. :)

You'll probably notice the little "thing" by the word "Ice". This was a courageous but stupid bug that decided to check out my artwork while the epoxy clear coat was drying and curing.