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Permalink Reply by Paul Craig on August 19, 2016 at 6:38am

When I use my Black Ice pedal, it is more noticeable with magnetic pickups than a piezo. With a piezo only CBG, my results were like yours. Some grit with a more mellowed sound.

That can be a desirable effect for piezo equipped gits.

The diy version is cheaper, but a little difficult to wire if you don't know how or aren't good with wiring and can take up a good bit of space.

The Black Ice from Stewmac cost 20 bucks, easy to wire, comes with instuctions/diagrams and it's a 1/2" cube that isn't hard to find a place for.

Does this effect do as good as a pedal? NO. It does a little good though and no batteries to replace. The drive control option helps with the slight volume drop in my opinion. 

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Permalink Reply by Paul Craig on August 19, 2016 at 8:16am

I put my Black Ice in a Timex watch tin with a in jack, out jack, A250k pot for driver and a 2-way switch for bypass. Bypassing the Black Ice acts like a signal boost using the driver pot so it's like having 2 effects in one.

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Permalink Reply by Fomhorach on August 19, 2016 at 11:47am

Waiting waiting waiting on my diods to arrive.

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