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qersty wrote:

neonblack wrote:Infanem went radio silent a year or two ago. The only place to find Driving Notions now are the spare fuzz drawers of ILFers.

Or on reverb for way too much money thanks to a cameo in a Knobs video

thats sad to hear. i was a fan of their weird stuff but was too poor for gear when they were around.

SORRY! back to percs

remaining OT...The sale of Analog Harmony Synth #1 will forever be on my dumbest gear decisions roster

Too bad nobody can contact Dana. I bet someone could talk her into selling the rights to a couple pedz. Driving Notion, STEP, Second Voice, and maybe like the 141g. There was also supposed to be a flanger coming out.

Anyways, back to percs. Although the DN is an honorary percolator in my mind

There are a few Land Devices HP-2s on GC Used at the moment:

green standard issue for $179.99 + shipping (Paramus)

the blackout edition for $149.99 (Louisville)

Looks pretty deluxe:

https://reverb.com/item/23156978-electr ... ating-fuzz

Huh. That jawn is a coupla few miles from my house

I finally fired up the X23 Creme Brulee that arrived last Wednesday. Controls include the usual output level and pregain controls along with clipping and Albini/normal switches. The vero-board-based internal construction looks okay, and there is no battery clip.

The builder did a decent job on the paint and general aesthetics. I'm not sure what transistors were chosen. Its germanium clipping mode is significantly quieter than the silicon and no diode options and just barely achieves unity gain when the output is dimed.

Albini mode sounds like a standard percolator, while the normal position seems to misbias the circuit in a very gated and unevenly sustaining/blooming manner. Regardless of bias settings, it sounds much fatter and more compressed than most of the other percs in my current collection. Chimey tones are still possible at lower input gain settings.

There is also more hiss overall compared to other units. I originally thought one of the Zander Cafetieres would be displaced by the X23, but I'll probably end up flipping the Creme Brulee instead.

Chankgeez wrote:Looks pretty deluxe:

https://reverb.com/item/23156978-electr ... ating-fuzz

This pedal is insanely awesome. I've demoed it on my YouTube channel. I just demoed an HP-2 which will be posted next couple days too. First time ever trying one and I loved it

Yes, I remember you did. It's probably posted in this thread somewhere, but here it is again:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sh_ObZZt8eE[/youtube]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sh_ObZZt8eE

Thanks Chank! I just uploaded the HP-2 demo too. You're apparently better at posting my videos than I am haha I'm only a bassist

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tXf-1Jw8GQ[/youtube]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tXf-1Jw8GQ

Also, not sure I can tell anything from this demo other than I like the purple LED:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MBNNtfbXFyM[/youtube]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MBNNtfbXFyM

May have to thin the perc variant herd soon, though all somehow fit in the designated drawer. The Jim Jones Cult of Tone 1913 seems like a winner thus far. It provides the desired amount of touch sensitivity and stank with moderate hiss. I plan to directly compare all pedals on the attached board at some point with focus on how the 1913 fares against its counterparts (prior shootouts are noted earlier in this thread).

Cool! Which one is b/w the Divvy and Porkolator?

Dandolin wrote:Cool! Which one is b/w the Divvy and Porkolator?

That's an X23 Creme Brulee (mini review in previous post), which actually seems to behave differently earier in the chain in terms of gating, sustain, thickness, etc. and may end up being another keeper.

thx--I will go back and check it out....