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OLC Eclipse Valve
The Eclipse Valve is the first circuit to be offered exclusively by OLC, meaning that you
won't find it anywhere else online. This circuit was developed by
runoffgroove.com,
yet OLC is the sole licensee. Please keep in mind that, as stated on the home page,
OLC does not focus on sales pitches - but on customer service instead. The other kits
have sold themselves and I think that these will, too. However, please don't hesitate
to ask questions.
Eclipse Valve sample
recording by: olcircuits.com & Gringo
bridge humbucker: flat setting + boost 100%, then bypassed
Amp: Peavey 5150 212 combo, clean channel with reverb
The Eclipse Valve is a low-voltage, all-tube, clean booster (approximately 16 - 20 dB of boost) using both
halves of a 12AU7 / ECC82. This is a limited kit, although this is not intended to incite interest or affect
pricing in any way. If it's popular, I'll make more available.
Purpose: To boost the signal and overdrive the input of your amp (or the next pedal in your chain). Keep in
mind that boosters are best suited for tube preamps / amps, but people often use them to get different tones
from other pedals in the chain, too.
The upside:
- All-tube (no transistors or opamps)
- unique
- great tonestack
- DC powered (for hum-free performance)
- low-voltage (for your safety)
The downside:
- low-voltage (safe, but tubes sound best at high voltages)
Specs:
- Unlabelled switch: this is unlabelled for a reason. It is an input cap switch to make it a treble booster, but you can make it a "fat" boost. The caps are included to make it flat/treble, "fat"/treble, "fat"/flat, or two ranges of treble/treble, etc. I went with flat/treble in my prototype, but you can make this switch your own.
- Tone: This is more than a low-pass filter. Counter-clockwise, the treble is rolled off -11 dB @ 2.5 kHz. At 12:00, the response is flat. Fully clockwise, the treble is boosted by approximately 3dB @ 2.5kHz and 8dB @ 10kHz. Simply put: it goes from dark to sparkly.
- Volume: Ouput volume.
Other:
- PCB included.
- Pre-drilled, silver powder-coated enclosure. The enclosures are powder-coated in silver, but do not have graphics or markings. That's your "canvas" - make it personal.
- Aluminum rollbars already bolted and coated to match the enclosure.
- Input / output / DC jacks are on the rear side of the pedal.
- Power supply and tube included.
- True-bypass, as usual.
Price:
Kit: $108 This kit is more expensive than others on my site because there is significantly
more time invested in the development and execution.
Pre-Built: $180
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