PBOTD - 3.16.14 - Flangioplastered!

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Let's get weird.



The pedal with the terrified pigs on it is the PaltheGiraffe Flangioplasty. It's a circuit-bent DOD FX-75B flanger. Which DOD specifically tuned so it would be a "normal" flanger. Unlike EHX, who embrace the weird.

http://www.americaspedal.net/fx75b/

Here is the original owner's manual:

ftp://ftp.dod.com/pub/PDFs/Discontinued/FX72.pdf

Pal modded the pedal with an additional "fine tuning" knob for the delay. That's the 5th knob. The first 4 switches continue to extend the delay time until the pedal becomes an oscillating tone generator. The Stop switch ceases the oscillating, thereby making it a tuneable tone generator (like the EHX pedal). The Echo switch makes the pedal a short echo. I haven't delved deep enough yet to see what other weirdness lurks within this switch.
 
What does "circuit bent" mean? I've seen that term a few times lately. It feels like it means more than just modified or tweaked.

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What does "circuit bent" mean? I've seen that term a few times lately. It feels like it means more than just modified or tweaked.

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In this case, it means each one of those switches, and the fifth knob, are connected to a point on the circuit board that DOD didn't originally intend. Though the original circuitry remains in-tact, the new controls "bend" the original into a completely different effect when engaged.
 
Howie, i think you may have ABC (Adrian Belew Complex)



I've referred you to a forum member, one G. Blanchard for a free consultation.
 
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