nothing changed during layout design.
This was a small issue but we managed
to work around it.
were pretty happy with for a starting
point. We put it into an enclosure and
sent it to Mike with the idea he would
come back to us with changes he would
like. Well, after a few weeks of playing
and testing he said it was perfect, and
just what he had been looking for. Of
course I said, “great what do you want
to tweak?” He said “absolutely nothing”
and that it was on his board, and he
asked when the production pedal would
be ready because it was not coming
off until he got the production model.
This was after he tested it against 53
different OD pedals that were amongst
his favorites for a variety of different
reasons.
While this was good news, it did present
a slight issue in that we would not get
the prototype back for final testing and
circuit layout development to confirm
Now it was just a matter of putting all
this into a nice, player-friendly package.
The Boost is a beautiful MOSFET boost
with a Gain and Level so you can coax
amazing clean and fast boost all the
way to pushing the front end of your
amp into a great breakup tone. Of
course, it needed an order switching
circuit so we could put the boost pre-
or post-overdrive. Then, in fitting with
our design philosophy, we had to give
the pedal a way to know whether the
boost was in pre or post position at a
quick glance on a dark stage. This is
accomplished by the lighted momentary
order changing switch between the two
footswitches. We use green-lit knobs for
the boost side and red-lit knobs for the
drive side, when the order switch is red
the drive is first, when the order switch
is green the boost is first. This switch
is illuminated the moment power is put
to the pedal so that the player always
knows the order even if the pedal is
turned off—no surprises.
Per Mike and the countless major
players playing the Peace Drive
it appears that the mission was
accomplished. What can I say? It rocks!
—Steve Evans, Cast Engineering
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