The Nautilus (Brassmaster)

This is a Brassmaster kit I built from General Guitar Gadgets. It's a clone of the Maestro Brassmaster that Chris Squire used with Yes.

It's probably the most complex effect I've built so far. There was a slew of off board wiring, but fortunately GGG broke the instructions down into four different sections.

This isn't built in the case GGG included but rather a 1790NS.

Sound-wise, the pedal makes my bass sound huge, from a nice chunking fuzzy distortion, to a really metallic sound. The Brassmaster even has a mix between the clean bass sound and the distorted sound, an important feature for bassists.

The Looking Glass, a Lost-Themed Envelope Filter/Auto-Wah

This was made from the Build Your Own Clone envelope filter kit.



BYOC makes some really clean kits. Mounting the potentiometers to the PCB board really helps keep the wiring clean and holds the board in place. The pedal was built to bass guitar specs.

The effect is controlled by the amount of picking, allowing alot of control over the final sound. It's really a neat sound and I can't wait to use it on a song.